Agricultural Entry Act

Agricultural Entry Act
Long title	An Act to provide for agricultural entry of lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas, or asphaltic minerals.
Nicknames	Agricultural Entry Act of 1914
Enacted by	the 63rd United States Congress
Effective	July 17, 1914
Citations
Public law	Pub.L. 63–128
Statutes at Large	38 Stat. 509, Chap. 142
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 60; Signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on July 17, 1914;

The Agricultural Entry Act allowed Federal lands containing minerals, petroleum, nitrate, phosphate, potash, oil, gas, and asphalt to be leased to private developers, as long as such deposits in specially zoned lands were left alone.^[1] The Federal government reserved the right to abrogate whatever uses the surrounding lands had been developed for in the event that it was deemed necessary for deposit procurement.^[2]

References[]

^ Heisey, Paul; Fuglie, Keith. "Agricultural Research Investment and Policy Reform in High-Income Countries". www.ers.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
^ "Bringing Agricultural Products Into the United States | U.S. Customs and Border Protection". www.cbp.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

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[1] Heisey, Paul; Fuglie, Keith. "Agricultural Research Investment and Policy Reform in High-Income Countries". www.ers.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

[2] "Bringing Agricultural Products Into the United States | U.S. Customs and Border Protection". www.cbp.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-10.

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