30 U.S.C. § 227 — Omitted

Page 82 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING §§ 226a, 226b 1 See References in Text note below. seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under sec- tion 1001 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–443, § 5(c)(1), inserted ‘‘or under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970’’ after ‘‘under this chapter’’ and directed that ‘‘oil and gas’’ be strick- en which was executed by striking those words where they appeared after ‘‘not issue any’’ in introductory provisions, but not where they appeared in par. (3) as the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–443, § 5(c)(2), inserted ‘‘, coal, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite or geothermal resources’’ after ‘‘oil and gas’’. §§ 226a, 226b. Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958 Section 226a, act July 8, 1940, ch. 548, 54 Stat. 742, re- lated to lease of lands not within known productive field. See section 226 of this title. Section 226b, acts July 29, 1942, ch. 534, § 1, 56 Stat. 726; Dec. 22, 1943, ch. 376, 57 Stat. 608; Sept. 27, 1944, ch. 429, 58 Stat. 755; Nov. 30, 1945, ch. 495, 59 Stat. 587, re- lated to preference right to new oil and gas lease upon expiration of five-year non-competitive oil and gas lease. See section 226 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SAVINGS PROVISION See note set out under section 181 of this title. § 226c. Reduction of royalties under existing leases From and after August 8, 1946, the royalty ob- ligation to the United States under all leases re- quiring payment of royalty in excess of 121⁄2 per centum, except leases issued or to be issued upon competitive bidding, is reduced to 121⁄2 per centum in amount or value of production re- moved or sold from said leases as to (1) such leases, or such part of the lands subject thereto, and the deposits underlying the same, as are not believed to be within the productive limits of any oil or gas deposit, as such productive limits are found by the Secretary to exist on August 8, 1946, and (2) any production on a lease from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, by a well or wells drilled within the boundaries of the lease, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit; and (3) any production on or allocated to a lease pursuant to an approved unit or cooperative agreement from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, on land committed to such agree- ment, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit, where such lease was in- cluded in such agreement at the time of dis- covery, or was included in a duly executed and filed application for the approval of such agree- ment at the time of discovery. (Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 12, 60 Stat. 957.) Editorial Notes 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. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SAVINGS PROVISION See note set out under section 181 of this title. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF; REFUNDS ON MINERAL- LEASE PAYMENTS Refunds of excess payments with respect to oil, gas, and other leases on submerged lands of outer Conti- nental Shelf, see section 1339 of Title 43, Public Lands. §§ 226d, 226e. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Sections were completely amended by Pub. L. 86–705, § 2, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 781, and included in section 17 of Mineral Leasing Act of Feb. 25, 1920, classified to sec- tion 226 of this title. Section 226d, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 17a, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 4, 60 Stat. 952, provided for the ex- change of leases and fixed royalty rates for new leases. Section 226e, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 17b, as added Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 5, 60 Stat. 952; amended July 29, 1954, ch. 644, § 1(4), (5), 68 Stat. 585, permitted establish- ment of cooperative or unit plans, setting up proce- dures for regulating production, approving contracts and preventing waste. § 227. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, acts Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 18, 41 Stat. 443; Feb. 25, 1928, ch. 104, 45 Stat. 148, authorized the United States to issue leases for a period of twenty years to persons who relinquished all rights claimed or pos- sessed prior to July 3, 1910 under preexisting placer mining law provided relinquishment was filed in the General Land Office within six months after Feb. 25, 1920. § 228. Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and condi- tions of; fraud of claimants Any person who on October 1, 1919, was a bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas lands under a claim initiated while such lands were not withdrawn from oil or gas location and entry, and who had previously performed all acts under then existing laws necessary to valid locations thereof except to make discovery, and upon which discovery had not been made prior to February 25, 1920, and who has performed work or expended on or for the benefit of such locations an amount equal in the aggregate of $250 for each location if application therefor shall be made within six months from February 25, 1920, shall be entitled to prospecting permits thereon upon the same terms and conditions, and limitations as to acreage, as other permits provided for in this chapter, or where any such person has made such discovery, prior to said February 25, 1920, he shall be entitled to a lease thereon under such terms as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe unless otherwise pro- vided for in section 227 1 of this title: Provided, That where such prospecting permit is granted upon land within any known geologic structure of a producing oil or gas field, the royalty to be fixed in any lease thereafter granted thereon or any portion thereof shall be not less than 121⁄2 per-centum of all the oil or gas produced except oil or gas used for production purposes on the