43 USC § 156 - Approval by Congress necessary for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of over 5,000 acres for any Department of Defense project or facility
No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act of Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 be
(1) withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of Defense for defense purposes;
(2) reserved for such use; or
(3) restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.], if such withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of Defense since February 28, 1958, or since the last previous Act of Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.
No public land, water, or land and water area shall, except by Act of Congress, on and after February 28, 1958 be
(1) withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for the use of the Department of Defense for defense purposes;
(2) reserved for such use; or
(3) restricted from operation of the mineral leasing provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.], if such withdrawal, reservation, or restriction would result in the withdrawal, reservation, or restriction of more than five thousand acres in the aggregate for any one defense project or facility of the Department of Defense since February 28, 1958, or since the last previous Act of Congress which withdrew, reserved, or restricted public land, water, or land and water area for that project or facility, whichever is later.
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1331 et seq.) of chapter
29 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
1331 of this title and Tables.
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