Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410aaa–25 Withdrawal

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–Y— - CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS PARKS, PRESERVE, AND OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RECREATION AREAS › Part Part B— - Joshua Tree National Park › § 410aaa–25

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal lands inside the park cannot be claimed, taken, or transferred under the public land laws. People also cannot stake mining claims, obtain mining patents, or get leases or sell rights for minerals, geothermal energy, or mineral materials on those lands. Existing valid rights that already began before this rule remain unaffected.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410aaa–25

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the park are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws; and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral materials, and all amendments thereto.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410aaa–25

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73