---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 531"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "531"
heading: "Approval of United States officials"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/531"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Multiple Mineral Development of the Same Tracts"
---

# §531. Approval of United States officials


Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to waive, amend, or repeal the requirement of any provision of any law for approval of any official of the United States whose approval prior to prospecting, exploring, or mining would be required.


## Source credit

(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, § 12, 68 Stat. 717.)