{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-8729","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 8729","heading":"Re-lease of certain lands: lessee’s preferential right","body":"The Secretary, on terms prescribed by him, may re-lease lands in the naval petroleum reserves that were covered by leases made before July 1, 1936, and terminated by law at the expiration of their initial twenty-year periods. If any such land is to be re-leased, the Secretary shall give to the former lessee preferential rights to the new lease.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 869—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"34118478c940248a21b469cb47c8a6474df101e3d864934d990c15df3b9034e8","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-8728","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-8730"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}