§ 389a. — Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation field stations; reservation of mineral rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC389a]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 14--AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS
SUBCHAPTER II--EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS,
VINES, AND VEGETABLES
Sec. 389a. Conditions of transfer of dry land and irrigation
field stations; reservation of mineral rights
Conveyances or patents under this section and section 389 of this
title shall be upon such conditions as in the opinion of the Secretary
of Agriculture will assure the use of such station in the cooperative
agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the
respective State. Any such conveyances of the land shall contain a
reservation to the United States of all the minerals in the land
together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under
such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1005, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 982.)
Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of
Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this
title.
