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30 U.S.C. § 193a

Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction

United States · Title 30 — MINERAL LANDS AND MINING · Status: effective

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30 U.S.C. § 193a, Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/466833
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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.

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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 97-164(H.R. 4482)1982-04-02
    Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-572(S. 1569)1992-10-29
    Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally