30 U.S.C. § 271 — Prospecting permits; lands included; acre-

Page 89 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 272 ter 3 of this title and subchapter IX of this chap- ter, nor the mining and sale of potassium com- pounds as a byproduct from sodium leases taken under this section: Provided further, That on ap- plication by any lessee the Secretary of the In- terior is authorized to modify the rental and royalty provisions stipulated in any existing so- dium lease to conform to the provisions of this section. (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 24, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11, 1928, ch. 19, 45 Stat. 1019.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Subchapter VII [§ 141 et seq.] of chapter 3 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6, 44 Stat. 1058. Subchapter IX of this chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘act February 7, 1927 (Forty-fourth Statutes at Large, page 1057)’’ meaning act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057, which enacted subchapter IX (§ 281 et seq.) of this chapter, amended sections 181 and 193 of this title, and repealed subchapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. AMENDMENTS 1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, amended section generally. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SODA ASH ROYALTIES Pub. L. 113–40, § 10(e), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 546, pro- vided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262) and the terms of any lease under that Act [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], the royalty rate on the quantity of gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of ship- ment to market from Federal land in the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 2, 2013] shall be 4 percent.’’ SODA ASH ROYALTY REDUCTION Pub. L. 109–338, title I, Oct. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 1786, pro- vided that: ‘‘SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act of 2006’. ‘‘SEC. 102. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH. ‘‘Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal Land Policy [and] Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 2006] shall be 2 percent. ‘‘SEC. 103. STUDY. ‘‘After the end of the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 2006], and before the end of the 5-year period beginning on that date, the Secretary of the Interior shall report to Congress on the effects of the royalty reduction under this title, in- cluding— ‘‘(1) the amount of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market from Federal land during that 4-year period; ‘‘(2) the number of jobs that have been created or maintained during the royalty reduction period; ‘‘(3) the total amount of royalty paid to the United States on the quantity or gross value of the output of sodium compounds and related products at the point of shipment to market produced during that 4-year period, and the portion of such royalty paid to States; and ‘‘(4) a recommendation of whether the reduced roy- alty rate should apply after the end of the 5-year pe- riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.’’ § 263. Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage In addition to areas of such mineral land which may be included in any such prospecting permits or leases, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may grant to a permittee or lessee of lands containing sodium deposits, and subject to the payment of an annual rental of not less than 25 cents per acre, the exclusive right to use, during the life of the permit or lease, a tract of unoccupied nonmineral public land, not exceeding forty acres in area, for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes con- nected with and necessary to the proper develop- ment and use of the deposits covered by the per- mit or lease. (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 25, 41 Stat. 447.) SUBCHAPTER VIII—SULPHUR § 271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acre- age The Secretary of the Interior is hereby au- thorized and directed, under such rules and regu- lations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sul- phur in lands belonging to the United States lo- cated in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form. (Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.) 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. AMENDMENTS 1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted ‘‘States of Lou- isiana and New Mexico’’ for ‘‘State of Louisiana’’. § 272. Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Sec- retary of the Interior that valuable deposits of sulphur have been discovered by the permittee within the area covered by his permit, and that the land is chiefly valuable therefor, the per- mittee shall be entitled to a lease for any or all of the land embraced in the prospecting permit, at a royalty of 5 per centum of the quantity or gross value of the output of sulphur at the point of shipment to market, such lease to be taken in compact form by legal subdivisions of the pub- lic-land surveys; or if the land be not surveyed, by survey executed at the cost of the permittee