Skip to content
LexBuild

16 USC § 441h - Jurisdiction of mining and mineral rights; patents 

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s441h"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 441h - Jurisdiction of mining and mineral rights; patents"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "441h"
section_name: "Jurisdiction of mining and mineral rights; patents"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "LXI"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 7, 1952, ch. 244, § 3, 66 Stat. 65; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)"
---

# § 441h. Jurisdiction of mining and mineral rights; patents

7 U.S.C. 1010*Provided**And provided further*

Administrative jurisdiction over all Federal lands eliminated from the park, by the issuance of an order or orders of the Secretary of the Interior, is transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act [ et seq.] and the related provisions of title IV thereof: , That all of such lands formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be subject to the mining and minerals-leasing laws: , That any disposition of any such lands formerly set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be evidenced by patents issued by the Secretary of the Interior.

---

**Source Credit**: (May 7, 1952, ch. 244, § 3, 66 Stat. 65; Pub. L. 95–625, title VI, § 611, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3521.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, referred to in text, is , . Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1010 et seq.) of chapter 33 of Title 7, Agriculture. Title IV thereof, referred to in text, which was classified to sections 1014 to 1029 of title 7, was repealed by , , and by , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Word “park” substituted in text for “monument” pursuant to , which is classified to  and which redesignated Badlands National Monument as Badlands National Park.