Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 30 : Section 351


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 351. Definitions

      As used in this chapter "United States" includes Alaska.
    "Acquired lands" or "lands acquired by the United States" include
    all lands heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States to
    which the "mineral leasing laws" have not been extended, including
    such lands acquired under the provisions of the Act of March 1,
    1911 (36 Stat. 961, 16 U.S.C., sec. 552). "Secretary" means the
    Secretary of the Interior, "Mineral leasing laws" shall mean the
    Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741, 48 U.S.C., sec. 432); the
    Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C., sec. 181); the
    Act of April 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 301, 30 U.S.C., sec. 271); the Act
    of February 7, 1927 (44 Stat. 1057, 30 U.S.C., sec. 281), and all
    Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted which are amendatory of or
    supplementary to any of the foregoing Acts. "Lease" includes
    "prospecting permit" unless the context otherwise requires. The
    term "oil" shall embrace all nongaseous hydrocarbon substances
    other than those leasable as coal, oil shale, or gilsonite
    (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons).



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