CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (parts 1000 to 9260) > SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) (parts 3000 to 3871) > PART 3000—MINERALS MANAGEMENT: GENERAL > SUBPART 3000—General (§3000.0-5 to §3000.12) > 3000.3—Unlawful interests.

3000.3—Unlawful interests.

No member of, or delegate to, Congress, or Resident Commissioner, and no employee of the Department of the Interior, except as provided in 43 CFR part 20, shall be entitled to acquire or hold any Federal lease, or interest therein. (Officer, agent or employee of the Department—see 43 CFR part 20; Member of Congress—see R.S. 3741; 41 U.S.C. 22; 18 U.S.C. 431-433.)