30 U.S.C. § 1425
Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
United States · Title 30 — MINERAL LANDS AND MINING · Status: effective
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- 30 U.S.C. § 1425, Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467290
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Any licensee or permittee may at any time, without penalty—
Any license or permit, upon written request of the licensee or permittee, may be transferred by the Administrator; except that no such transfer may occur unless the proposed transferee is a United States citizen and until the Administrator determines that (1) the proposed transfer is in the public interest, and (2) the proposed transferee and the exploration or commercial recovery activities the transferee proposes to conduct meet the requirements of this chapter and regulations issued under this chapter.
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.
- An act to establish an interim procedure for the orderly development of hard mineral resources in the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relating thereto, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally