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[CITE: 30USC236b]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
               CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
 
                       SUBCHAPTER IV--OIL AND GAS
 
Sec. 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not 
        affected
        
    Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting existing leases 
within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves, or agreements 
concerning operations thereunder or in relation thereto.

(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, Sec. 13, 60 Stat. 958; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 
Sec. 53, 70A Stat. 675.)

                       References in Text

    This act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, 60 
Stat. 950, as amended, which is classified generally to sections 181, 
184, 187a, 187b, 188, 193, 209, 225, 226, 226c to 226e, 236b, and 285 of 
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 
Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this 
chapter.


                               Amendments

    1956--Act Aug. 10, 1956, repealed the portion of this section after 
``thereto'' which authorized the Secretary of the Navy, with the consent 
of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for in 
section 236e of this title, which agreements, should not, unless 
expressed therein, operate to extend the term of any lease affected 
thereby.
