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    The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing...
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    Teapot Dome scandal (category History of Kern County, California)
    competitive bidding; leasing without bids was legal under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. The lease terms were very favorable to the oil companies, and secret...
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    Federal lands (category Federal government of the United States)
    activities on the remaining public lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 allowed leasing, exploration, and production of selected commodities, such as coal, oil...
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  • U.S. territorial sovereignty (category Insular areas of the United States)
    of the assets on public lands and directed the Executive Branch to manage activities on the remaining public lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 allowed...
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    Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917...
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    of the assets on public lands and directed the Executive Branch to manage activities on the remaining public lands. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 allowed...
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  • United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Assn. (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court)
    responsibility of the national forest, while the Trail itself is part of the National Park Service (NPS), and which under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 does not...
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    subsequently repealed; the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, 30 U.S.C. §§ 181 et. seq., which made certain nonmetallic minerals, such as petroleum and oil...
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    controversial amendments, called the Sedition Act of 1918, were repealed on December 13, 1920, the original Espionage Act was left intact. Between 1921 and 1923...
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    Act of 1925, 50 USC § 161, is a United States statute drafted for the purpose of conservation, exploration, and procurement of helium gas. The Act of...
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    Telling of the Amazing Story of the Committee on Public Information That Carried the Gospel of Americanism to Every Corner of the Globe. (1920) Stephen...
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    Petrolia oil field in Clay County, Texas. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, which provided for oil and gas leasing on federal land, reserved all helium contained...
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    temporary headquarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva until 2023 at the end of leasing. Monuments to Wilson...
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  • for California's share of revenue from the federal Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and used the revenue to support the formation of junior college districts...
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    February 25, 1920: Oil Leasing Act of 1920 February 25, 1920: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (Smoot-Sinnot Act), ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437 February 25, 1920: Pipeline...
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    Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from May 2024)
    through the summer of 1973 on both new bills and amendments to the Mineral Leasing Act. On July 13, an amendment calling for more study of the project—the...
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    Promote American Energy Security Act would amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to prohibit the United States Department of the Interior from enforcing any...
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  • BP America Production Co. v. Burton (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court)
    The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA) authorizes the Department of the Interior to lease public lands to private parties for the production of oil and gas...
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    Wilson Square (category Monuments and memorials to presidents of the United States in Poland)
    roundabout in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Żoliborz. It forms a roundabout at the intersection of Mickiewicza, Krasińskiego, and Słowackiego Streets...
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    Big Four (World War I) (category Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920))
    and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. He is commonly nicknamed "Le Tigre" (The Tiger)...
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    first inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as the 28th president of the United States was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1913, at the East Portico of the United States...
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    Telling of the Amazing Story of the Committee on Public Information That Carried the Gospel of Americanism to Every Corner of the Globe (1920). Stephen...
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    Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. (category Family of Woodrow Wilson)
    Dean of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for 27 years. He was the eldest grandchild of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the...
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    James Wilson (journalist) (category Members of the Ohio House of Representatives)
    Ohio House of Representatives. Wilson was the paternal grandfather of President Woodrow Wilson. Born in Dergalt, County Tyrone, Kingdom of Ireland (in...
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    Authorization Act of 1973 is a United States federal law signed by US President Richard Nixon on November 16, 1973, that authorized the building of an oil pipeline...
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    The second inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as president of the United States was held privately on Sunday, March 4, 1917, at the President's Room inside...
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    Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library (category National Register of Historic Places in Staunton, Virginia)
    birthplace, known as the Manse, a Museum that explores the life and times of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), a 6,800 square feet (630 m2) Research Library...
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  • Bryan–Chamorro Treaty (category Treaties of the United States)
    renewable 99year option to establish a naval base in the Gulf of Fonseca, and a renewable 99-year lease to the Great and Little Corn Islands in the Caribbean...
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  • National War Labor Board (1918–1919) (category Defunct independent agencies of the United States government)
    The National War Labor Board (NWLB) was an agency of the United States government established on April 8, 1918 to mediate labor disputes during World War...
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    Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), is a United States federal law, enacted on September 7, 1916. Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana and Rep. Daniel...
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