30 USC 1024: Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected
Text contains those laws in effect on January 2, 2001
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 23-GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
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§1024. Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected
As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under section 1002 of this title, all laws which either (a) provide for the disposal of land by patent or other form of conveyance or by grant or by operation of law subject to a reservation of any mineral or (b) prevent or restrict the disposal of such land because of the mineral character of the land, shall hereafter be deemed to embrace geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources as a substance which either must be reserved or must prevent or restrict the disposal of such land, as the case may be. This section shall not be construed to affect grants, patents, or other forms of conveyances made prior to December 24, 1970.