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16 USC § 247 - Homestead, mineral, and other rights un­affected 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s247"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 247 - Homestead, mineral, and other rights un­affected"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "247"
section_name: "Homestead, mineral, and other rights un­affected"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XXVI"
subchapter_name: "THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 6, formerly § 7, 61 Stat. 54; renumbered § 6, June 10, 1948, ch. 437, § 1, 62 Stat. 352.)"
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# § 247. Homestead, mineral, and other rights un­affected

That nothing herein contained shall affect any valid existing claim, location, or entry under the land laws of the United States, whether for homestead, mineral, right-of-way, or any other purposes whatsoever, or shall affect the right of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 25, 1947, ch. 41, § 6, formerly § 7, 61 Stat. 54; renumbered § 6, June 10, 1948, ch. 437, § 1, 62 Stat. 352.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Herein, referred to in text, means act , which was generally classified to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The land laws of the United States, referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands.