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title: "30 U.S.C. § 271"
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description: "Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 30
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title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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chapter_number: "3A"
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chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
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section: "271"
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citation: "30 U.S.C. § 271"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s271"
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source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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# 30 U.S.C. § 271 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
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## Text
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The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sulphur in lands belonging to the United States located in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
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(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 1, 44 Stat. 301; July 16, 1932, ch. 498, 47 Stat. 701.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.
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Amendments1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted “States of Louisiana and New Mexico” for “State of Louisiana”.
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