Title 30Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§504 Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS › § 504

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Protects the Atomic Energy Commission and other agencies' power to make leases, withdrawals, reservations, or other arrangements for source materials (section 5(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended), except validating section 501 mining claims or altering withdrawals or reservations.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §504

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Except as this chapter provides for (a) validation of certain mining claims located on lands described in section 501 of this title, and (b) the modification and amendment of certain withdrawals or reservations of land, nothing in this chapter shall affect any power or authority duly vested in the Atomic Energy Commission or any other agency, department or officer of the United States to make leases, withdrawals, reservations or other arrangements with respect to source materials as defined in section 5(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as amended.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 5(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, referred to in text, was formerly classified to section 1805(b)(1) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and defined “source material”. Such term is defined in section 11(z) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, which is classified to section 2014(z) of Title 42.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by section 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See, also,

Transfer of Functions

notes set out under those sections.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 504

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73