Us Code § 158 - Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and exploration
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§ 158. Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and exploration
All withdrawals or reservations of public lands for the use of any agency of the Department of Defense, except lands withdrawn or reserved specifically as naval petroleum, naval oil shale, or naval coal reserves, heretofore or hereafter made by the United States, shall be deemed to be subject to the condition that all minerals, including oil and gas, in the lands so withdrawn or reserved are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and there shall be no disposition of, or exploration for, any minerals in such lands except under the applicable public land mining and mineral leasing laws: Provided, That no disposition of, or exploration for, any minerals in such lands shall be made where the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines that such disposition or exploration is inconsistent with the military use of the lands so withdrawn or reserved.
(Pub. L. 85–337, §6, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 30.)
CHAPTER 7—HOMESTEADS
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER II—RIGHT OF PARTICULAR PERSONS TO MAKE ENTRY
SUBCHAPTER III—LANDS SUBJECT TO ENTRY
SUBCHAPTER IV—LIMITATION AS TO AMOUNT AND ADDITIONAL AND ENLARGED ENTRIES
SUBCHAPTER V—LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND EXCUSES FOR NONRESIDENCE OR NONCULTIVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI—FINAL PROOF GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER VII—PAYMENTS AND REFUNDS
SUBCHAPTER VIII—ALASKA HOMESTEADS
SUBCHAPTER IX—SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' HOMESTEAD
SUBCHAPTER X—STOCK-RAISING HOMESTEAD
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
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