Agricultural Entry Act
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Long titleAn Act to provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals.
NicknamesAgricultural Entry Act of 1914
Enacted bythe 63rd United States Congress
EffectiveJuly 17, 1914
Citations
Public lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 63–128
Statutes at Large38 Stat. 509, Chap. 142
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 60
  • Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on July 17, 1914

The Agricultural Entry Act allowed Federal lands containing minerals, petroleum, nitrate, phosphate, potash, oil, gas, and asphalt to be leased to private developers, as long as such deposits in specially zoned lands were left alone.[1] The Federal government reserved the right to abrogate whatever uses the surrounding lands had been developed for in the event that it was deemed necessary for deposit procurement.[2]

References

  1. ^ Heisey, Paul; Fuglie, Keith. "Agricultural Research Investment and Policy Reform in High-Income Countries". www.ers.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. ^ "Bringing Agricultural Products Into the United States | U.S. Customs and Border Protection". www.cbp.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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