10 USC § 8735 - Foreign interest

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title: "10 USC § 8735 - Foreign interest"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8735"
section_name: "Foreign interest"
chapter_number: 869
chapter_name: "NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 461, § 7435; Pub. L. 87–796, § 1(11), Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(17), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 313; renumbered § 8735, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8735. Foreign interest

**(a)** If the laws, customs, or regulations of any foreign country deny the privilege of leasing public lands to citizens or corporations of the United States, citizens of that foreign country, or corporations controlled by citizens of that country, may not, by contract made after July 1, 1937, or by stock ownership, holding, or control, acquire or own any interest in, or right to any benefit from, any lease of land in the naval petroleum, naval oil shale, or other naval fuel reserves made under sections 181–184, 185–188, 189–194, 201, 202–209, 211–214, 223, 224–226, 226d, 226e, 227–229a, 241, 251, and 261–263 of title 30, or under this chapter.

**(b)** The Secretary may cancel any lease for any violation of this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 461, § 7435; Pub. L. 87–796, § 1(11), Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 906; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(17), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 313; renumbered § 8735, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7435 | 34 U.S.C. 524 (8th par.). | June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (8th par. of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1254; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 281. |

In subsection (a) the words “foreign country” are substituted for the words “another country” for clarity.

In subsection (b) the word “for” is substituted for the words “in the event of” for brevity.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by , , .

, referred to in subsec. (a), was repealed by , , , subject to valid existing rights.

Sections 226d and 226e of title 30, referred to in subsec. (a), were omitted from the Code. See , Mineral Lands and Mining.

, referred to in subsec. (a), was omitted from the Code.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1976—Subsec. (b).  struck out “of the Navy” after “Secretary”.

1962—Subsec. (a).  substituted “land in the naval petroleum, naval oil shale, or other naval fuel reserves” for “land in the naval petroleum or other naval fuel reserves”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .