WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

The law › Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 2

30 U.S.C. 42: Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment

Created in 1960 by Public Law 86-390. Not changed since. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior (1).

This Congress

  • H.R. 1366 Mining Regulatory Clarity Act · passed house · would change (c)

How it got here

1960

  • Pub. L. 86–390 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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.