43-U.S.C.-142
§142 – Rights of Occupants Or Claimants of Oil- Or Gas-Bearing Lands; Exceptions to Withdrawals
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- Reference: Section 142
- Legend: §142 – Rights of Occupants Or Claimants of Oil- Or Gas-Bearing Lands; Exceptions to Withdrawals
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
This section and section 141 of this title all lands which are, on the date of such withdrawal, embraced in any lawful homestead or desert-land entry theretofore made, or upon which any valid settlement has been made and is at said date being maintained and perfected pursuant to law; but the terms of this proviso shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman or settler shall continue to comply with the law under which the entry or settlement was made.
(June 25, 1910, ch. 421, §2, 36 Stat. 847; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
References in Text
Section 141 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
Codification
Act Aug. 24, 1912, substituted metalliferous minerals for minerals other than coal, oil, gas, and phosphates in the first clause of this section, and June 25, 1910 for the passage of this Act in the second proviso of this section.
In the last proviso of this section, national forest substituted for forest reserve, in view of act Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, providing that forest reserves should be known as national forests.
The provisions of the last proviso of this section were also classified to section 471 of Title 16, Conservation.
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–579 struck out provisions that all lands withdrawn under the act of June 25, 1910, be open to exploration, occupation, and purchase under the mineral laws of the United States in respect to minerals other than coal, oil, gas, and phosphates and that no national forest be created or additions thereto made to those created before Aug. 24, 1912, in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, or Wyoming, except by Act of Congress.
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, provided that the amendment made by section 704(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
Savings Provision
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
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