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[CITE: 10USC7427]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                  CHAPTER 641--NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES
 
Sec. 7427. Cooperative or unit plans in the naval petroleum 
        reserves
        
    The Secretary, with the consent of the President, may make 
agreements, with respect to lands inside the naval petroleum reserves, 
of the same type as the Secretary of the Interior may make under section 
17(m) of the Act of February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 226(m)). No such 
agreement made by the Secretary may extend the term of any lease unless 
the agreement so provides.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 460; Pub. L. 94-258, title II, 
Sec. 201(8), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 96-513, title V, 
Sec. 513(33), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, 
title XII, Sec. 1233(g)(3), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2058.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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7427..................................  30 U.S.C. 236b (last 46 words).      Au
g. 8, 1946, ch. 916, Sec.  13
                                                                              (
29th through 85th words) 60 Stat.
                                                                              9
58.
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                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-456 substituted ``section 17(m)'' for ``section 
17(j)'' and ``30 U.S.C. 226(m)'' for ``30 U.S.C. 226(j)''.
    1980--Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``section 17(j) of the Act of 
February 25, 1920 (30 U.S.C. 226(j))'' for ``section 226e of title 30''.
    1976--Pub. L. 94-258 struck out ``of the Navy'' after ``Secretary'' 
wherever appearing.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.

 Ex. Ord. No. 12929. Delegation of Authority Regarding Naval Petroleum 
                         and Oil Shale Reserves

    Ex. Ord. No. 12929, Sept. 29, 1994, 59 F.R. 50473, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 
3 and sections 7427 and 7428 of title 10, United States Code, and in 
order to meet the goals and requirements of the Naval Petroleum and Oil 
Shale Reserves, it is hereby ordered as follows:
    The functions vested in the President by sections 7427 and 7428 of 
title 10 of the United States Code are delegated to the Secretary of 
Energy.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

    Temporary delegations of functions of President under this section 
were contained in the following prior Executive Orders:
    Ex. Ord. No. 12784, Dec. 19, 1991, 56 F.R. 66339.
    Ex. Ord. No. 12659, Dec. 15, 1988, 53 F.R. 50911.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 43 section 1601.
