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30 U.S.C. 181: Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved

Created in 1960 by Public Law 86-705. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

36 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 8739, 16 U.S.C. 90c–1, 16 U.S.C. 460q–5, 16 U.S.C. 460v–4, 16 U.S.C. 460dd–2.

26 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Department of the Interior (10), Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior (10), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior (3), Office of the Secretary of the Interior (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2019

    • Pub. L. 116–9 inserted ", and that extraction of helium from gas produced from such lands shall maintain the lease as if the extracted helium were oil and gas" after "purchaser thereof" in last par. (John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act) Law text

    1981

    • Pub. L. 97–78, in first par., substituted "gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons)," for "native asphalt, solid and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock (including oil-impregnated rock or sands from which oil is recoverable only by special treatment after the deposit is mined or qu…

    1960

    • Pub. L. 86–705 included deposits of native asphalt, solid and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock.

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.