§566. Mineral permits and leases; suspension of operations and term of permits and leases

(1) Any person holding a permit or lease on the public domain under the Federal mineral leasing laws who enters military service may, at his election, suspend all operations under his permit or lease for a period of time equivalent to the period of his military service and six months thereafter. The term of the permit or lease shall not run during such period of suspension nor shall any rentals or royalties be charged against the permit or lease during the period of suspension.

(2) In order to obtain the benefit of this section, such permittee or lessee shall, within six months after his entrance into military service, notify the Bureau of Land Management by registered mail of his entrance into such service and of his desire to avail himself of the benefits of this section.

(3) This section shall not be construed to supersede the terms of any contract for operation of a permit or lease.

(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. V, §506, 54 Stat. 1188 ; Pub. L. 102–12, §9(21), Mar. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 41 .)

References in Text

The Federal mineral leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (1), have been defined in sections 351, 505, 530, and 541e of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining, to mean acts Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, 38 Stat. 741 ; Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437 ; Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, 44 Stat. 301 ; and Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057 . The act of Oct. 20, 1914, was repealed by Pub. L. 86–252, §1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 490 . The act of Feb. 25, 1920, is known as the Mineral Leasing Act and is classified generally to chapter 3A (§181 et seq.) of Title 30. The act of Apr. 17, 1926, is classified generally to subchapter VIII (§271 et seq.) of chapter 3A of Title 30. The act of Feb. 7, 1927, is classified principally to subchapter IX (§281 et seq.) of chapter 3A of Title 30. For complete classification of these Acts to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1991-Par. (2). Pub. L. 102–12 struck out "six months after the effective date of this Act or" after "lessee shall, within" and substituted "Bureau of Land Management" for "General Land Office".

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 560 to 565, 567 to 590 of this Appendix; title 5 section 5569.