Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§503 Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS › § 503
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Mining claim rights must carry the United States reservation in section 5(b)(7) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, plus any other required reservations, and any patent must include them.
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Title 30, §503
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The rights under any mining claim given force and effect by this chapter shall also be subject to the reservation to the United States specified in section 5(b)(7) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, and, in addition, any reservation or reservations required by any other provision or provisions of law; and any patent issued for such mining claim shall contain such reservations.
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section 5(b)(7) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended, referred to in text, was formerly classified to section 1805(b)(7) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and prohibited any benefit to a person from confidential information acquired from participation in development of atomic energy program respecting deposits of fissionable source materials on public lands. Such provisions are covered in section 68(a), (b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, which is classified to section 2098(a), (b) of Title 42.
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30 U.S.C. § 503
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73