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[CITE: 30USC541i]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
  CHAPTER 12A--ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE 
                                MATERIAL
 
Sec. 541i. Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims

    Twenty years after August 11, 1955, all lands subject to the 
provisions of section 541 of this title shall be withdrawn from all 
forms of entry under this chapter. All claims made pursuant to the 
provisions of this chapter shall expire at that time, except for (1) 
claims for which patent has already been issued, and (2) claims on which 
application for patent has already been made and on which patent is 
subsequently issued: Provided, That, if the President shall so provide 
by Executive order, the provisions of this section shall not become 
effective until thirty years after August 11, 1955.

(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, Sec. 10, 69 Stat. 681.)
