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[CITE: 43USC156]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
     CHAPTER 6--WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY
 
Sec. 156. Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, 
        reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any 
        Department of Defense project or facility
        
    No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act 
of Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 be (1) withdrawn from 
settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of 
Defense for defense purposes; (2) reserved for such use; or (3) 
restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.], if such 
withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal, 
reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the 
aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of 
Defense since February 28, 1958, or since the last previous Act of 
Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or 
land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.

(Pub. L. 85-337, Sec. 2, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 28.)

                       References in Text

    The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in text, is act 
Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter III (Sec. 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1331 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 155, 157 of this title.
