Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-110
§236a Lands in Naval Petroleum Reserves and Naval Oil-shale Reserves; Effect of Other Laws
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER IV — OIL AND GAS › § 236a
Summary
The rules in sections 185, 221, 223, 223a, 226, and this section do not change lands or existing agreements inside the naval petroleum reserves or naval oil-shale reserves. The Secretary of the Navy may, if the President agrees, make agreements like those in sections 184 and 226, and those agreements will not extend any lease unless they clearly say they do.
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Title 30, §236a
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Nothing in section 185, 221, 223, 223a, and 226 of this title and this section shall be construed as affecting any lands within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves or agreements concerning operations thereunder or in relation to the same, but the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized, with the consent of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for under section 184 and 226 of this title, which agreement shall not, unless expressed therein, operate to extend the terms of any lease affected thereby.
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section 221 of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code. section 223a of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958. 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. § 236a
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110