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30 U.S.C. § 703 — Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
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Where the lands for which application is made under [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality, water district, or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary of the Interior may convey an interest therein only with the consent of the head of the governmental unit concerned and under such terms and conditions as said head may deem necessary.
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Where the lands for which application is made under [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality, water district, or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary of the Interior may convey an interest therein only with the consent of the head of the governmental unit concerned and under such terms and conditions as said head may deem necessary.
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The Secretary of the Interior may convey to any occupant of an unpatented mining claim which is determined by the Secretary to be invalid an interest, up to and including a fee simple, in and to an area within the claim of not more than (a) five acres or (b) the acreage actually occupied by him, whichever is less. The Secretary may make a like conveyance to any occupant of an unpatented mining claim who, after notice from a qualified officer of the United States that the claim is believed to be invalid, relinquishes to the United States all rights in and to such claim which he may have under the mining laws. Any conveyance authorized by this section, however, shall be made only to a qualified applicant, as that term is defined in [section 702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section702&num=0&edition=prelim), who applies therefor within the period ending June 30, 1971, and upon payment of an amount established in accordance with [section 705 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section705&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** If the Secretary of the Interior determines that conveyance of an interest under [section 701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) is otherwise justified but the consent required by [section 703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section703&num=0&edition=prelim) is not given, he may, in accordance with such procedural rules and regulations as he may prescribe, grant the applicant a right to purchase, for residential use, an interest in another tract of land, five acres or less in area, from tracts made available by him for sale under this chapter (1) from the unappropriated and unreserved lands of the United States, or (2) from lands subject to classification under [section 315f of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section315f&num=0&edition=prelim). Said right shall not be granted until arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary have been made for termination of the applicant’s occupancy of his unpatented mining claim and for settlement of any liability for the unauthorized use thereof which may have been incurred and shall expire five years from the date on which it was granted unless sooner exercised. The amount to be paid for the interest shall be determined in accordance with [section 705 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section705&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Any conveyance of less than a fee made under this chapter shall include provision for removal from the tract of any improvements or other property of the applicant at the close of the period for which the conveyance is made, or if it be an interest terminating on the death of th
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 702
As used in this section, the term ‘‘qualified of-
ficer of the United States’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior or an employee of the Depart-
ment of the Interior so designated by him: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may delegate his au-
thority to designate qualified officers to the
head of any other department or agency of the
United States with respect to lands within the
administrative jurisdiction of that department
or agency.
(Pub. L. 87–851, § 1, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1127;
Pub. L. 90–111, § 1, Oct. 23, 1967, 81 Stat. 311.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1967—Pub. L. 90–111 extended from Oct. 23, 1967, to
June 30, 1971, the period in which qualified individuals
shall apply for conveyances authorized by this section.
§ 702. ‘‘Qualified applicant’’ defined
For the purposes of this chapter a qualified ap-
plicant is a residential occupant-owner, as of Oc-
tober 23, 1962, of valuable improvements in an
unpatented mining claim which constitute for
him a principal place of residence and which he
and his predecessors in interest were in posses-
sion of for not less than seven years prior to
July 23, 1962.
(Pub. L. 87–851, § 2, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1127.)
§ 703. Withdrawal of lands in aid of a govern-
mental unit
Where the lands for which application is made
under section 701 of this title have been with-
drawn in aid of a function of a Federal depart-
ment or agency other than the Department of
the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality,
water district, or other local governmental sub-
division or agency, the Secretary of the Interior
may convey an interest therein only with the
consent of the head of the governmental unit
concerned and under such terms and conditions
as said head may
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