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[84 STAT. 1574]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1574]

1574 Certain mineral rights, retention by U.S.

PUBLIC LAW 91-582-DEC. 24, 1970

[84 STAT.

SEC. 27. The United States reserves the ownership of and the right to extract under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium from all geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources produced from lands leased under this Act in accordance with presently applicable laws: Provided, That whenever the right to extract oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium from geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources produced from such lands is exercised pursuant to this section, it shall be exercised so as to cause no substantial interference with the production of geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources from such lands. Approved December 24, 1970.

Public Law 91-582 December 24, 1970 [H. R. 8663]

Navy. Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps, former officers. 82 Stat. 852.

AN ACT To amend the Act of September 20, 1968 (Public Law 90-502), to provide relief to certain former officers of the Supply Corps and Civil Engineers Corps of the Navy.

Be it enacted by the Senate und Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 6388 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding the following after the last sentence: "The provisions of this subsection are effective as of August 7, 1947.". SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a former officer of the Navy in the Supply Corps and Civil Engineer Corps who is considered to have twice failed of selection for promotion to either the grade of lieutenant commander or the grade of lieutenant and who was discharged prior to September 20, 1968, is entitled to be credited with his total commissioned service in determining the amount of his severance pay and to submit a claim for payment prior to September 20, 1973, for any diminution thereof through a failure to be credited for prior service as an officer in the line. Approved December 24, 1970,

Public Law 91-583 December 24, 1970 [S. 528]

William " B i l l " Dannelly Reservoir, Ala. Designation.

AN ACT To provide that the reservoir formed by the lock and dam referred to as the "Millers Ferry lock and dam" on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known as the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in honor of late Probate Judge William "BilP' Dannelly of Wilcox County, Alabama, and in recognition of his long and outstanding service to his county, State, and Nation, and his leadership in the modernization of the Alabama-Coosa Waterway, the reservoir formed by the Millers Ferry lock and dam on the Alabama River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known and designated as the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. Any law, regulation, map, or record of the United States in which such reservoir is referred to shall be held and considered to refer to such reservoir by the name of the William "Bill" Dannelly Reservoir. Approved December 24, 1970.