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30 U.S.C. 207: Conditions of lease

Created in 1976 by Public Law 94-377. Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 30 U.S.C. 201, 30 U.S.C. 203, 30 U.S.C. 1256.

This Congress

  • H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. · became law · changed (a)

How it got here

2005

  • Pub. L. 109–58, §434, designated first to third and seventh and eighth sentences as pars. (1) to (3) and (6) and (7), respectively, substituted "Advance royalties described in paragraph (2)" for "Such advance royalties" in par. (3), added pars. (4), (5), and (6) related to amount of an… (Energy Policy Act of 2005) Law text · (b)
  • Pub. L. 109–58, §435, struck out "and not later than three years after a lease is issued," before "the lessee shall submit". (Energy Policy Act of 2005) Law text · (c)

1976

  • Pub. L. 94–377 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted provisions limiting the lease term to 20 years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities for provision authorizing leases for indeterminate periods upon condition of diligent development…

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