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25 U.S.C. § 5504 — Existing rights of possession, contract, interest, etc.
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**(a) Preservation; force and effect of mineral leases; rejection of pending applications for leases and return of advance rental payments** Nothing in this chapter shall deprive any person of any existing valid right of possession, contract right, interest, or title he may have in the land involved, or of any existing right of access to public domain lands over and across the land involved, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All existing mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, which may have been issued or approved pursuant to section 5 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of August 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 913, 915) [[30 U.S.C. 354](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section354&num=0&edition=prelim)], or the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], as amended prior to October 17, 1975, shall remain in force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof. All applications for mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, pursuant to such Acts, pending on October 17, 1975, and covering any of the minerals conveyed by sections 5501 and 5503 of this title shall be rejected and the advance rental payments returned to the applicants.
**(b) Administration of lands** Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the property conveyed by this chapter shall hereafter be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to property held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes, including but not limited to sections 396a to 396g of this title.
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**(a) Preservation; force and effect of mineral leases; rejection of pending applications for leases and return of advance rental payments** Nothing in this chapter shall deprive any person of any existing valid right of possession, contract right, interest, or title he may have in the land involved, or of any existing right of access to public domain lands over and across the land involved, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. All existing mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, which may have been issued or approved pursuant to section 5 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of August 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 913, 915) [[30 U.S.C. 354](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section354&num=0&edition=prelim)], or the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], as amended prior to October 17, 1975, shall remain in force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof. All applications for mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, pursuant to such Acts, pending on October 17, 1975, and covering any of the minerals conveyed by sections 5501 and 5503 of this title shall be rejected and the advance rental payments returned to the applicants.
**(b) Administration of lands** Subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the property conveyed by this chapter shall hereafter be administered in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to property held in trust by the United States for Indian tribes, including but not limited to sections 396a to 396g of this title.
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Where the United States does not own all of the mineral deposits under any lands sought to be leased and which are affected by this chapter, the Secretary is authorized to lease the interest of the United States in any such mineral deposits when, in the judgment of the Secretary, the public interest will be best served thereby; subject, however, to the provisions of [section 352 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section352&num=0&edition=prelim). Where the United States does not own any interest or owns less than a full interest in the minerals that may be produced from any lands sought to be leased, and which are or will be affected by this chapter and where, under the provisions of its acquisition, the United States is to acquire all or any part of such mineral deposits in the future, the Secretary may lease any interest of the United States then owned or to be acquired in the future in the same manner as provided in the preceding sentence.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 459c was editorially reclassified as [section 5504 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5504&num=0&edition=prelim).
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Deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons), or gas, and lands containing such deposits owned by the United States, including those in national forests, but excluding lands acquired under the Appalachian Forest Act, approved March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), and those in incorporated cities, towns, and villages and in national parks and monuments, those acquired under other Acts subsequent to February 25, 1920, and lands within the naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves, except as hereinafter provided, shall be subject to disposition in the form and manner provided by this chapter to citizens of the United States, or to associations of such citizens, or to any corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, or in the case of coal, oil, oil shale, or gas, to municipalities. Citizens of another country, the laws, customs, or regulations of which deny similar or like privileges to citizens or corporations of this country, shall not by stock ownership, stock holding, or stock control, own any interest in any lease acquired under the provisions of this chapter.
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TITLE 25—INDIANS
§ 5505
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 459a of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
AMENDMENTS
1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–434 substituted ‘‘section
5501(a) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 5501 of this title’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–434 effective Jan. 8, 1983,
see section 1(c) of Pub. L. 97–434, set out as a note under
section 5501 of this title.
§ 5503. Submarginal lands of United States held
in trust for Stockbridge Munsee Indian Com-
munity
All of the right, title, and interest of the
United States in all the minerals including gas
and oil underlying the submarginal lands de-
clared to be held in trust for the Stockbridge
Munsee Indian Community by the Act of Octo-
ber 9, 1972 (86 Stat. 795), are hereby declared to
be held by the United States in trust for the
Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community.
(Pub. L. 94–114, § 3(a), Oct. 17, 1975, 89 Stat. 578.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of October 9, 1972, referred to in text, is Pub. L.
92–480, Oct. 9, 1972, 86 Stat. 795, which was not classified
to the Code.
CODIFICATION
Section is comprised of section 3(a) of Pub. L. 94–114.
Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 94–114 repealed section 2 of Pub.
L. 92–480, which related to claims offset involving the
Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community and was not
classified to the Code. Section 3(c) of Pub. L. 94–114
amended section 5 of Pub. L. 92–488, which related to
claims offset involving the Burns Indian Colony and
was not classified to the Code.
Section was formerly classified to section 459b of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this sec
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 181
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER V—OIL SHALE
241.
Leases of lands.
242.
Oil shale claims.
SUBCHAPTER VI—ALASKA OIL PROVISO
251.
Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands;
terms and conditions; acreage; annual rent-
als and royalties; fraud of claimants.
SUBCHAPTER VII—SODIUM
261.
Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
262.
Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royal-
ties and annual rentals.
263.
Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands
for camp sites, and other purposes; annual
rentals; acreage.
SUBCHAPTER VIII—SULPHUR
271.
Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
272.
Leases to permittees; privileges extended to
oil and gas permittees.
273.
Lease of lands not covered by permits or
leases; acreage; rental.
274.
Lands containing coal or other minerals.
275.
Laws applicable.
276.
Application of subchapter to Louisiana and
New Mexico only.
SUBCHAPTER IX—POTASH
281.
Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates,
carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of
potassium; authorization; acreage; lands af-
fected.
282.
Leases to permittees of lands showing valu-
able deposits; royalty.
283.
Lands containing valuable deposits not cov-
ered by permits or leases; authority to
lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemp-
tions from rentals and royalties; suspension
of operations.
284.
Lands containing coal or other minerals in
addition to potassium deposits; issuance of
prospecting permits and leases; covenants
in potassium leases.
285.
Laws applicable.
286.
Disposition of royalties and rents from potas-
sium leases.
287.
Extension of prospecting permits.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 181. Lands subject to disposition; persons enti-
tled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; heliu
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 353
1 See References in Text note below.
tinental Shelf, see section 1331 et seq. of Title 43, Public
Lands.
§ 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of
mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease;
naval petroleum reserves unaffected
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or
construed to (a) amend, modify, or change any
existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of
acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission,
bureau, or agency of the Government to make a
reservation of the minerals in the sale of any ac-
quired land: Provided, That any such sale or con-
veyance of lands shall be made by the agency
having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease
theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits
underlying such lands: Provided further, That
nothing in this chapter is intended, or shall be
construed to affect in any manner any provision
of chapter 869 of title 10.
(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914; Pub. L.
115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(i)(2), Aug. 13, 2018,
132 Stat. 1843.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted ‘‘chapter 869 of title
10’’ for ‘‘the Act of June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amend-
ing the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 813)’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800
of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section
3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
§ 354. Lease of partial or future interests in de-
posits
Where the United States does not own all of
the mineral deposits under any lands sought to
be leased and which are affected by this chapter
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