30 USC § 703 - Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s703"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 703 - Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "703"
section_name: "Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–851, § 3, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1127.)"
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# § 703. Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
section 701 of this title
Where the lands for which application is made under have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a State, county, municipality, water district, or other local governmental subdivision or agency, the Secretary of the Interior may convey an interest therein only with the consent of the head of the governmental unit concerned and under such terms and conditions as said head may deem necessary.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–851, § 3, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1127.)