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The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, in addition to phosphates, sodium, sulfur, and potassium in the United States.
the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. §§ 181 et. seq., [29] which made certain nonmetallic minerals, such as petroleum and oil shale, not open to claim staking; the Mineral Materials Act of 1947, 30 U.S.C. § 601, et. seq., [30] which provides for the sale or public giveaway of certain minerals, such as sand or gravel;
The Indian Mineral Leasing Act (IMLA) was a 1938 United States law. It was passed May 11, 1938 by the 75th United States Congress. [1]The Act made it so that after May 11, 1938, unallotted lands within Indian reservations or lands owned by Native Americans under Federal jurisdiction could, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, be leased for mining purposes by the authority of the ...
The suit accuses the bureau of violating the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Mineral Leasing Act.
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 allowed leasing, exploration, and production of selected commodities, such as coal, oil, gas, and sodium to take place on public lands. [24] The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 established the United States Grazing Service to manage the public rangelands by establishment of advisory boards that set grazing fees.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act; Other short titles: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 Amendments: Long title: An Act to amend section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, and to authorize a trans-Alaska oil pipeline, and for other purposes. Nicknames: Federal Lands Right-of-Way Act: Enacted by: the 93rd United States Congress: Effective ...
Office leasing revenue in Dallas, Atlanta, and Seattle grew even faster. “This gives us confidence that office leasing will continue to increase as activity has spread broadly,” Giamartino said.
Any US citizen could stake a placer claim to reserve the mineral rights over 160 acres of oil-shale land. Congress changed the situation when it passed the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, which declared that oil and oil shale were no longer locateable minerals, but instead the rights to mine them had to be leased from the federal government.