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30 U.S.C. 28: Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner's succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure

Created in 1958 by Public Law 85-736. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 30 U.S.C. 28-1, 30 U.S.C. 28b, 30 U.S.C. 28f, 30 U.S.C. 28h, 50 U.S.C. 3994.

3 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior (3).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2007Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008

1993Pub. L. 103-66

1958Pub. L. 85-736created it

30 U.S.C. 28Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner's succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure

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

How it got here

2007

Pub. L. 110–161 substituted "shall commence at 12:01 ante meridian on the first day of September" for "shall commence at 12 o'clock meridian on the 1st day of September". See Codification note above. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008) Law text

1993

Pub. L. 103–66 inserted "that is granted a waiver under section 28f of this title," after "On each claim located after the 10th day of May 1872,".

1958

Pub. L. 85–736 changed period for doing annual assessment work on unpatented mineral claims, substituting "1st day of September" for "1st day of July".

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.