30 U.S.C. § 193a : US Code - Section 193A: Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction

Search 30 U.S.C. § 193a : US Code - Section 193A: Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction

The United States shall, at all times, have the preference right
to purchase so much of the product of any mine or mines opened upon
the lands sold under the provisions of this Act, as may be
necessary for the use of the Army and Navy, and at such reasonable
and remunerative price as may be fixed by the President; but the
producers of any coal so purchased who may be dissatisfied with the
price thus fixed shall have the right to prosecute suits against
the United States in the United States Court of Federal Claims for
the recovery of any additional sum or sums they may claim as justly
due upon such purchase.
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Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644

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