PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Lands inside the recreation area cannot be opened up for new mining claims, entries, or patents, except for any valid rights that already exist. The Secretary of the Interior may allow removal of non‑leasable minerals from Interior lands under section 387 of title 43 and from lands managed by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 192c of title 30. He may allow leasing of leasable minerals under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947, only if doing so won’t significantly harm the Central Valley project or the recreation area. Leases or permits on lands run by the Secretary of Agriculture need that Secretary’s consent and conditions. Money from permits and leases on lands run by the Secretary of Agriculture goes into the same Treasury accounts and is distributed the same way as other receipts from those lands, except amounts from leases under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, or the Act of August 7, 1947 are handled as those Acts require. Proceeds from non‑leasable minerals on Interior public lands are handled like money from sales of public lands.

Title 16, §460q–5

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The lands within the recreation area, subject to valid existing rights, are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws. The Secretary of the Interior, under such regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the removal of the nonleasable minerals from lands or interests in lands under his jurisdiction within the recreation area in the manner prescribed by section 387 of title 43, and from those under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture within the recreation area in accordance with the provisions of section 192c of title 30, and he may permit the removal of leasable minerals from lands or interests in lands within the recreation area in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947 [30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.], if he finds that such disposition would not have significant adverse effects on the purposes of the Central Valley project or the administration of the recreation area: Provided, That any lease or permit respecting such minerals in lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be issued only with his consent and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe. All receipts derived from permits and leases issued under the authority of this section on lands administered by the Secretary of Agriculture shall be paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury of the United States and shall be distributed in the same manner as provided for other receipts from the lands affected by the lease or permit, except that any receipts derived from permits or leases issued on those or other lands in the recreation area under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, or the Act of August 7, 1947, shall be disposed of as provided in the applicable Act; and receipts from the disposition of nonleasable minerals from public lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior shall be disposed of in the same manner as moneys received from the sale of public lands.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947, referred to in text, is act Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, 61 Stat. 913, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 351 et seq.) of Title 30. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 351 of Title 30 and Tables.

§460q–5 Mineral Development; Payment of Receipts Into Certain Funds or Accounts in Treasury; Disposition of Receipts