30 U.S.C. § 1024 : US Code - Section 1024: Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws

Search 30 U.S.C. § 1024 : US Code - Section 1024: Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws

As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under section 1002
of this title, 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 December 24,
1970.