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43 USC § 156 - Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility 

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title: "43 USC § 156 - Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "156"
section_name: "Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–337, § 2, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 28.)"
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# § 156. Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility

February 28, 195843 U.S.C. 1331February 28, 1958

No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act of Congress, on and after  be (1) withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of Defense for defense purposes; (2) reserved for such use; or (3) restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [ et seq.], if such withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of Defense since , or since the last previous Act of Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–337, § 2, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 28.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.