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43 U.S.C. 1340: Geological and geophysical explorations

Created in 1978 by Public Law 95-372. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 2701, 43 U.S.C. 1352, 43 U.S.C. 1842.

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

1985Pub. L. 99-68

1978Pub. L. 95-372created it

43 U.S.C. 1340Geological and geophysical explorations

(a)Approved exploration plans

(b)Oil and gas exploration

(c)Plan approval; State concurrence; plan provisions

(d)Drilling permit

(e)Plan revisions; conduct of exploration activities

(f)Drilling permits issued and exploration plans approved within 90-day period after September 18, 1978

(g)Determinations requisite to issuance of permits

(h)Lands beneath navigable waters adjacent to Phillip Burton Wilderness

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

How it got here

1978

Pub. L. 95–372 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)(1) and added subsecs. (a)(2) to (h).

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.