30 USC § 353 - Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s353"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 353 - Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "353"
section_name: "Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(i)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1843.)"
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# § 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected

*Provided**Provided further*

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a) amend, modify, or change any existing law authorizing or requiring the sale of acquired lands, or (b) empower any commission, bureau, or agency of the Government to make a reservation of the minerals in the sale of any acquired land: , That any such sale or conveyance of lands shall be made by the agency having jurisdiction thereof, subject to any lease theretofore made, covering the mineral deposits underlying such lands: , That nothing in this chapter is intended, or shall be construed to affect in any manner any provision of chapter 869 of title 10.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 513, § 4, 61 Stat. 914; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(i)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1843.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “the Act of  (), amending the Act of  ()”.

## 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 , Armed Forces.