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[CITE: 30USC353]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
       CHAPTER 7--LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS
 
Sec. 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral 
        rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves 
        unaffected
        
    Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a) amend, 
modify, or change any existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of 
acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission, bureau, or agency of the 
Government to make a reservation of the minerals in the sale of any 
acquired land: Provided, That any such sale or conveyance of lands shall 
be made by the agency having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease 
theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits underlying such lands: 
Provided further, That nothing in this chapter is intended, or shall be 
construed to affect in any manner any provision of chapter 641 of title 
10.

(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, Sec. 4, 61 Stat. 914.)

                          Codification

    ``Chapter 641 of title 10'' substituted in text for ``the Act of 
June 30, 1938 (32 Stat. 1252), amending the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 
Stat. 813)'', which had been classified to section 524 of former Title 
34, Navy, on authority of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 49(b), 70A 
Stat. 640, the first section of which enacted Title 10, Armed Forces.
