Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§359 Rules and Regulations
Title 30 › CHAPTER 7 — LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS › § 359
Summary
Lets the Secretary of the Interior make rules needed to carry out this chapter. If rules from the mineral leasing laws apply, those same rules must be used.
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Title 30, §359
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter, which rules and regulations shall be the same as those prescribed under the mineral leasing laws to the extent that they are applicable.
Legislative History
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
For definition of “mineral leasing laws”, see section 351 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of the Interior to promulgate
Regulations
under this chapter relating to fostering of competition for Federal leases, implementation of alternative bidding systems authorized for award of Federal leases, establishment of diligence requirements for operations conducted on Federal leases, setting of rates for production of Federal leases, and specifying of procedures, terms, and conditions for acquisition and disposition of Federal royalty interests taken in kind, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. section 7152(b) of Title 42 was repealed by Pub. L. 97–100, title II, § 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407, and functions of Secretary of Energy returned to Secretary of the Interior. See
House Report No. 97–315
, pp. 25, 26, Nov. 5, 1981.
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30 U.S.C. § 359
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102