---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1339"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1339"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 104–185, § 8(b), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1717"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1339"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — Submerged Lands"
  - "Subchapter III — Outer Continental Shelf Lands"
---

# [§1339. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–185, § 8(b), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1717 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 10, 67 Stat. 469, related to requirements for refund of excess payments.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 104–185, § 8(b), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1717, provided in part that the repeal of this section is effective Aug. 13, 1996.

### Applicability of Repeal

Repeal of section not applicable to any privately owned minerals or with respect to Indian lands, see sections 9 and 10 of Pub. L. 104–185, set out as an Applicability of 1996 Amendment note under section 1701 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.