To provide for the leasing of certain deposits of minerals located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Notwithstanding the exclusion in the first section of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181) or the first sentence of section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 352) with respect to incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and subject to written consent provided by the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico, to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary may lease deposits of the minerals described in such section and such sentence that are located on covered land in accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), as applicable, and any other applicable Federal mineral leasing law.
In this section:
The term acquired land has the meaning given the term acquired lands in section 2 of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351).
The term covered land means land that—
is—
owned by the United States within the meaning of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); or
acquired land; and
located within the City of Carlsbad, New Mexico.