10 U.S.C. § 8729
Re-lease of certain lands: lessee’s preferential right
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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The Secretary, on terms prescribed by him, may re-lease lands in the naval petroleum reserves that were covered by leases made before July 1, 1936, and terminated by law at the expiration of their initial twenty-year periods. If any such land is to be re-leased, the Secretary shall give to the former lessee preferential rights to the new lease.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019