30 USC § 1024 - Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1024"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1024 - Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1024"
section_name: "Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–581, § 25, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(1), (23), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 671, 673.)"
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# § 1024. Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws

section 1002 of this titleDecember 24, 1970

As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under , all laws which either (a) provide for the disposal of land by patent or other form of conveyance or by grant or by operation of law subject to a reservation of any mineral or (b) prevent or restrict the disposal of such land because of the mineral character of the land, shall hereafter be deemed to embrace geothermal resources as a substance which either must be reserved or must prevent or restrict the disposal of such land, as the case may be. This section shall not be construed to affect grants, patents, or other forms of conveyances made prior to .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–581, § 25, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(1), (23), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 671, 673.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2005— inserted section catchline and substituted “geothermal resources” for “geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources” in text.