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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1024. Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected
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 steam and associated 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.
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