Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§192b Application to Contracts
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 192b
Summary
Sections 192a–192c apply to all government royalty-oil purchase contracts made after July 13, 1946 and before September 1, 1949, even if no preference was decided when the contract was awarded. They do not apply if, after award, the contract was transferred (by stock acquisition or other transaction) to a refinery that was ineligible for preference under section 192 and the rules in force at that transfer.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §192b
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The provisions of sections 192a to 192c of this title shall apply to all existing contracts for the purchase of Government royalty oil entered into after July 13, 1946, and prior to September 1, 1949, irrespective of whether a determination of preference status was made in connection with the award of such contracts, but shall not apply to any such contract which subsequent to its award has been transferred, through the acquisition of stock interests or other transactions, to the ownership or control of a refinery ineligible for a preference under section 192 of this title, and the regulations in force thereunder at the time of such transfer.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.
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30 U.S.C. § 192b
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102