43 CFR § 3000.30 - Unlawful interests.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3000.30"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3000.30 - Unlawful interests."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3000.30"
section_name: "Unlawful interests."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3000"
part_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT: GENERAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3101 30 U.S.C. 181 301-306, 351-359, and 601 31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471 42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701 and Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 30963, Apr. 23, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3000"
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# 3000.30 Unlawful interests.
No member of, or delegate to, Congress, or Resident Commissioner, and no employee of the Department of the Interior, except as provided in 43 CFR part 20, is allowed or entitled to acquire or hold any Federal lease, or interest therein. (Officer, agent or employee of the Department—see 43 CFR part 20; Member of Congress—see R.S. 3741; 41 U.S.C. 22; 18 U.S.C. 431-433.)