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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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