---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 28c"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "28c"
heading: "Length and termination of deferment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/28c"
units:
  - "Chapter 2 — Mineral Lands and Regulations in General"
---

# §28c. Length and termination of deferment


The period for which said deferment may be granted shall end when the conditions justifying deferment have been removed: Provided, That the initial period shall not exceed one year but may be renewed for a further period of one year if justifiable conditions exist: Provided further, That the relief available under sections [28b](/usc/30/28b.md) to [28e](/usc/30/28e.md) of this title is in addition to any relief available under any other Act of Congress with respect to mining claims.


## Source credit

(June 21, 1949, ch. 232, § 2, 63 Stat. 215.)