43 U.S.C. § 142
Rights of occupants or claimants of oil- or gas-bearing lands; exceptions to withdrawals
United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective
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- 43 U.S.C. § 142, Rights of occupants or claimants of oil- or gas-bearing lands; exceptions to withdrawals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/485152
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This section and section 141 11 See References in Text note below. of this title shall not be construed as a recognition, abridgment, or enlargement of any asserted rights or claims initiated upon any oil- or gas-bearing lands after any withdrawal of such lands made prior to June 25, 1910: And provided further, That there shall be excepted from the force and effect of any withdrawal made under the provisions of this section and section 141 1 of this title all lands which are, on the date of such withdrawal, embraced in any lawful homestead or desert-land entry theretofore made, or upon which any valid settlement has been made and is at said date being maintained and perfected pursuant to law; but the terms of this proviso shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman or settler shall continue to comply with the law under which the entry or settlement was made.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally