30 USC § 236b - Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s236b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 236b - Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "236b"
section_name: "Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "OIL AND GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 675.)"
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# § 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected

Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting existing leases within the borders of the naval petroleum reserves, or agreements concerning operations thereunder or in relation thereto.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 13, 60 Stat. 958; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 675.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to sections 181, 184, 187a, 187b, 188, 193, 209, 225, 226, 226c to 226e, 236b, and 285 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1956—Act , repealed the portion of this section after “thereto” which authorized the Secretary of the Navy, with the consent of the President, to enter into agreements such as those provided for in , which agreements, should not, unless expressed therein, operate to extend the term of any lease affected thereby.