42 U.S.C. 2011Providedsection 541c of this titleThe holders of coal leases issued under the provision of the mineral leasing laws, including chapter 7 of this title, prior to , or thereafter if based upon a prospecting permit issued prior to that date, upon the discovery during the term of such lease of valuable source material in any bed or deposit of lignite situated within the leased lands, shall have the exclusive right to locate such source material under the provisions of this chapter but the mining and disposal of such source material shall be subject to the operating provisions of the lease and to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [ et seq.]: , That the provisions of this section shall not apply to coal prospecting, permits or leases on lands embraced within entered, granted or patented lands described in .
Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, § 569 Stat. 680(, .)
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act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 168 Stat. 919section 2011 of Title 42The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in text, is , as added by , , which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.