---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1021"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1021"
heading: "Federal exemption from State water laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1021"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Geothermal Resources"
---

# §1021. Federal exemption from State water laws


Nothing in this chapter shall constitute an express or implied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Government as to its exemption from State water laws.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–581, § 22, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(20), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 673.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.