{"data":{"id":"us/30-u.s.c.-261","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 U.S.C. § 261","heading":"Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage","body":"The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, 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 chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of sodium, in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form.","path":["Title 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING","CHAPTER 3A—LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc30@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:53Z","sha256":"ea5bb707a55b69fce5fb8e69c76625a48be1b7b77e3149b84e83839e6630dd18","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/30-u.s.c.-251","next":"us/30-u.s.c.-262"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}