Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 25 : Section 611
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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 611 - Notes
SOURCE
(May 19, 1947, ch. 80, Sec. 1, 61 Stat. 102.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 12 of the Act of June 7, 1897 (30 Stat. 93), referred to
in text, is act June 7, 1897, ch. 3, Sec. 12, 30 Stat. 93, which
was not classified to the Code.
WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION; MINERAL RIGHTS
Pub. L. 85-780, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 935, provided: "That,
from and after the effective date of this Act [Aug. 27, 1958], all
of the right, title, and interest of the United States in all
minerals, including oil and gas, the Indian title, to which was
extinguished by the Act of August 15, 1953 (67 Stat. 592; Public
Law 284, Eighty-third Congress, first session [set out as a note
under this section]), entitled 'An Act to provide compensation to
the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians for certain lands of
the Riverton reclamation project within the ceded portion of the
Wind River Indian Reservation, and for other purposes', is hereby
declared to be held by the United States in trust for the Shoshone
and Arapahoe Tribes and, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, said minerals, including oil and gas, subject to the
provisions of section 2 of this Act, shall be administered and
leased in accordance with the provisions of the Act of May 11, 1938
(ch. 198, 52 Stat. 347 [sections 396a to 396g of this title]). The
gross proceeds received by the United States from such minerals
either before or after the date of this Act shall be deposited to
the credit of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes in accordance with
the provisions of the Act of May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 102), as
amended [this subchapter], and any of such gross proceeds that have
been credited to miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury of the
United States in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the
Act of August 15, 1953 (67 Stat. 592 [set out as a note under this
section]), shall be transferred on the books of the Treasury to the
credit of such tribes.
"Sec. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, (1) all
mineral leases, including oil and gas leases, covering any of the
minerals referred to in section 1 hereof, which have heretofore
been issued by the Secretary of the Interior on a noncompetitive
basis, shall be subject to renewal at the end of the primary
five-year term thereof for a term that extends to a date that is
five years from the date of this Act [Aug. 27, 1958] and shall not
be subject to renewal or further extension except in any case
where, at the expiration of said extended term, oil or gas is being
produced under the lease in paying quantities, and (2) the
Secretary of the Interior shall process in accordance with the
Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437), as
amended [section 181 et seq. of Title 30, Mineral Lands and
Mining], and the regulations issued thereunder, all oil and gas
lease offers covering any of the oil and gas referred to in section
1 hereof which were filed on or before December 31, 1957: Provided,
That any oil and gas lease issued pursuant to such lease offers
shall be for a single term of five years commencing with the
effective date of the lease and shall not be subject to renewal or
extension except in any case where at the expiration of said
five-year term, oil or gas is being produced under the lease in
paying quantities.
"Any oil or gas lease referred to in subparagraph (1) of this
section and any oil or gas lease which may hereafter be issued
pursuant to the lease offers referred to in subparagraph (2) of
this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 1 (1) of
the Act of July 29, 1954 (ch. 644, 68 Stat. 583), amendatory of the
second paragraph of section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act of
February 25, 1920 (ch. 85, 41 Stat. 443), as amended [section 226
of title 30]."
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 612 of this title.
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