US Code
Title 30— MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

CHAPTER 1— UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

§ 1. United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees - There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior...

§ 1a. Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines - There is hereby transferred from the Department of Commerce, Bureau...

§ 2. Performance of duties in absence of director - On and after , in the absence of the Director...

§ 3. Duties of United States Bureau of Mines - It shall be the province and duty of the United...

§ 4. Investigation of lignite coal and peat - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to...

§ 4a. Omitted -

§ 4b. Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices - The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce...

§ 4c. Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal - The United States Bureau of Mines, under the general direction...

§ 4d. Plants, machinery, and equipment - The United States Bureau of Mines is further authorized, under...

§ 4e. Omitted -

§§ 4f to 4o. Transferred -

§ 5. Reports of investigations - The Director of the United States Bureau of Mines shall...

§ 6. Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines - In conducting inquiries and investigations authorized under sections 1, 3,...

§ 7. Fees for tests or investigations - For tests or investigations authorized by the Secretary of the...

§ 8. Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed...

§ 9. Acceptance of lands from States - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept lands,...

§ 10. Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept any...

§ 11. Omitted -

§ 12. Repealed. , -

§ 13. Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance - The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States...

§ 14. Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies - For the purpose of sections 13 to 16 of this...

§ 15. Repealed. , , -

§ 16. Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment - The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States...

CHAPTER 2— MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL

§ 21. Mineral lands reserved - In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved...

§ 21a. National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs - The Congress declares that it is the continuing policy of...

§ 22. Lands open to purchase by citizens - Except as otherwise provided, all valuable mineral deposits in lands...

§ 23. Length of claims on veins or lodes - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other...

§ 24. Proof of citizenship - Proof of citizenship, under sections 21, 22 to 24, 26...

§ 25. Affidavit of citizenship - Applicants for mineral patents, if residing beyond the limits of...

§ 26. Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment - The locators of all mining locations made on any mineral...

§ 27. Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right - Where a tunnel is run for the development of a...

§ 28. Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner’s succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure - The miners of each mining district may make regulations not...

§ 28–1. Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions - The term “labor”, as used in the third sentence of...

§ 28–2. Definitions - (a) The term “geological surveys” means surveys on the ground...

§ 28a. Omitted -

§ 28b. Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions - The performance of not less than $100 worth of labor...

§ 28c. Length and termination of deferment - The period for which said deferment may be granted shall...

§ 28d. Performance of deferred work - All deferred assessment work shall be performed not later than...

§ 28e. Recordation of deferment - Claimant shall file or record or cause to be filed...

§ 28f. Fee - (a) Claim maintenance fee(1) Lode mining claims, mill sites, and...

§ 28g. Location fee - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for every unpatented mining...

§ 28h. Co-ownership - The co-ownership provisions of the Mining Law of 1872 ()...

§ 28i. Failure to pay - Failure to pay the claim maintenance fee or the location...

§ 28j. Other requirements - (a) Federal Land Policy and Management Act requirementsNothing in sections...

§ 28k. Regulations - The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate rules and regulations...

§ 28l. Collection of mining law administration fees - In fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the...

§ 29. Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objections; nonresident claimant’s agent for execution of application and affidavits - A patent for any land claimed and located for valuable...

§ 30. Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office, and acreage and fee payments; issuance of patents for entire or partial claims upon certification of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation of patent title - Where an adverse claim is filed during the period of...

§ 31. Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim - The adverse claim required by may be verified by the...

§ 32. Findings by jury; costs - If, in any action brought pursuant to , title to...

§ 33. Existing rights - All patents for mining claims upon veins or lodes issued...

§ 34. Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls - The description of vein or lode claims upon surveyed lands...

§ 35. Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land - Claims usually called “placers,” including all forms of deposit, excepting...

§ 36. Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements - Legal subdivisions of forty acres may be subdivided into ten-acre...

§ 37. Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent - Where the same person, association, or corporation is in possession...

§ 38. Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent - Where such person or association, they and their grantors, have...

§ 39. Surveyors of mining claims - The Director of the Bureau of Land Management may appoint...

§ 40. Verification of affidavits - All affidavits required to be made under sections 21, 22...

§ 41. Intersecting or crossing veins - Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other,...

§ 42. Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment - (a) Vein or lode and mill site owners eligibleWhere nonmineral...

§ 43. Conditions of sale by local legislature - As a condition of sale, in the absence of necessary...

§§ 44, 45. Omitted -

§ 46. Additional land districts and officers - The President is authorized to establish additional land districts, and...

§ 47. Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property - Nothing contained in sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to...

§ 48. Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands - Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title,...

§ 49. Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands - Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title,...

§ 49a. Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State - The laws of the United States relating to mining claims,...

§ 49b. Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska - The general mining laws of the United States so far...

§ 49c. Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims - Notices of location of mining claims shall be filed for...

§ 49d. Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized - Miners in any organized mining district may make rules and...

§ 49e. Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury - During each year and until patent has been issued therefor,...

§ 49f. Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements - The recorders for the several divisions or districts of Alaska...

§ 50. Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands - No act passed at the first session of the Thirty-eighth...

§ 51. Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession - Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of...

§ 52. Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights - All patents granted, or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to...

§ 53. Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title - No possessory action between persons, in any court of the...

§ 54. Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities - Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act of Congress to the...

CHAPTER 3— LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE

SUBCHAPTER I— COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL

§ 71. Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is...

§ 72. Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation - Any person or association of persons severally qualified, as provided...

§ 73. Presentation of claims - All claims under must be presented to the register of...

§ 74. Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions - Sections 71 to 73 of this title shall be held...

§ 75. Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations - In case of conflicting claims upon coal lands where the...

§ 76. Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands - Nothing in sections 71 to 75 of this title shall...

§ 77. Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry - Unreserved public lands containing coal deposits in the State of...

SUBCHAPTER II— COAL LAND ENTRIES UNDER NONMINERAL LAND LAWS WITH RESERVATION OF COAL TO UNITED STATES

§ 81. Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits - Any person who has in good faith located, selected, or...

§ 82. New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed in...

§ 83. Homestead or desert-land and other entries - Unreserved public lands of the United States exclusive of Alaska...

§ 84. Applications for entry - Any person desiring to make entry under the homestead laws...

§ 85. Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits - Upon satisfactory proof of full compliance with the provisions of...

§ 86. Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands - In any Indian reservation opened to settlement and entry pursuant...

§ 87. Statements in application; patents - Any applicant for lands mentioned in shall state in his...

§ 88. Disposition of coal by United States - If the coal-land laws have been or shall be extended...

§ 89. Disposition of proceeds - The net proceeds derived from the sale and entry of...

§ 90. Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts - Unreserved public lands of the United States, exclusive of Alaska,...

SUBCHAPTER III— PETROLEUM, OTHER MINERAL OIL, OR GAS LAND ENTRIES UNDER MINING LAWS

§ 101. Omitted -

§ 102. Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner - Where oil lands are located under the provisions of sections...

§ 103. Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands - In no case shall patent be denied to or for...

§ 104. Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund - Where applications for patents have been or may be offered...

SUBCHAPTER IV— HOMESTEAD ENTRY OF LANDS IN UTAH, WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS OIL LANDS

§§ 111 to 113. Repealed. , -

SUBCHAPTER V— AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR

§ 121. Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application - Lands withdrawn or classified as phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, gas,...

§ 122. Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification - Upon satisfactory proof of full compliance with the provisions of...

§ 123. Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to - Any person who has, in good faith, located, selected, entered,...

§ 124. Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur - Lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for sodium and/or...

§ 125. Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation - Where reclamation homestead entry was made prior to , pursuant...

SUBCHAPTER VI— LOCATION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK LANDS UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS

§ 131. Omitted -

SUBCHAPTER VII— PERMITS TO PROSPECT FOR CHLORIDES, SULPHATES, CARBONATES, BORATES, SILICATES, OR NITRATES OF POTASSIUM

§§ 141 to 152. Repealed. , -

SUBCHAPTER VIII— BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS

§ 161. Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected - Any person authorized to enter lands under the mining laws...

§ 162. Entry of saline lands; limitation - All unoccupied public lands of the United States containing salt...

SUBCHAPTER IX— DISPOSAL OF ALABAMA LANDS AS AGRICULTURAL LANDS

§ 171. Disposal as agricultural lands - Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title,...

§ 172. Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry - All lands designated as agricultural in the reclassification of the...

CHAPTER 3A— LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 181. Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved - Deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite...

§ 182. Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc. - The provisions of this chapter shall also apply to all...

§ 183. Cancellation of prospecting permits - The Secretary of the Interior shall reserve and may exercise...

§ 184. Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations - (a) Coal leasesNo person, association, or corporation, or any subsidiary,...

§ 184a. Authorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States - Notwithstanding the provisions of any applicable grant, deed, patent, exchange,...

§ 185. Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands - (a) Grant of authorityRights-of-way through any Federal lands may be...

§ 186. Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods - Any permit, lease, occupation, or use permitted under this chapter...

§ 187. Assignment or subletting of leases; relinquishment of rights under leases; conditions in leases for protection of diverse interests in operation of mines, wells, etc.; State laws not impaired - No lease issued under the authority of this chapter shall...

§ 187a. Oil or gas leases; partial assignments - (1) A separate zone or deposit under any lease. (2)...

§ 187b. Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in , a lessee...

§ 188. Failure to comply with provisions of lease - (a) ForfeitureExcept as otherwise herein provided, any lease issued under...

§ 188a. Surrender of leases - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept the...

§ 189. Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe necessary...

§ 190. Oath; requirement; form; blanks - All statements, representations, or reports required by the Secretary of...

§ 191. Disposition of moneys received - (a) In generalAll money received from sales, bonuses, royalties including...

§ 191a. Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases - (a) Distribution of late payment chargesAny interest or other charges...

§ 191b. Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees - Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and thereafter, the Secretary shall...

§ 192. Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas - All royalty accruing to the United States under any oil...

§ 192a. Cancellation or modification of contracts - (1) to terminate such contract, the termination to take place...

§ 192b. Application to contracts - The provisions of sections 192a to 192c of this title...

§ 192c. Rules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized under general rules...

§ 193. Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth - The deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale,...

§ 193a. Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction - The United States shall, at all times, have the preference...

§ 194. Repealed. , , -

§ 195. Enforcement - (a) ViolationsIt shall be unlawful for any person:(1) to organize...

§ 196. Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority - (a) enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with any...

SUBCHAPTER II— COAL

§ 201. Leases and exploration - (a) Leases(1) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to...

§ 201–1. Repealed. , , -

§ 201a. Repealed. , -

§ 201b. Omitted -

§ 202. Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit - No company or corporation operating a common-carrier railroad shall be...

§ 202a. Consolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit - (1) Approval by Secretary; public hearing; definitionThe Secretary, upon determining...

§ 203. Additional lands or deposits - (a) In general(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), on...

§ 204. Repealed. , , -

§ 205. Consolidation of leases - If, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior,...

§ 206. Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease - Where coal or phosphate lands aggregating two thousand five hundred...

§ 207. Conditions of lease - (a) Term of lease; annual rentals; royalties; readjustment of conditionsA...

§ 208. Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit - In order to provide for the supply of strictly local...

§ 208–1. Exploratory program for evaluation of known recoverable coal resources - (a) Authorization; purposeThe Secretary is authorized and directed to conduct...

§ 208–2. Repealed. , , -

§ 208a. Repealed. , , -

§ 209. Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production - The Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of encouraging...

SUBCHAPTER III— PHOSPHATES

§ 211. Phosphate deposits - (a) Authorization to lease land; terms and conditions; acreageThe Secretary...

§ 212. Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation - Each lease shall describe the leased lands by the legal...

§ 213. Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease - Any lease to develop and extract phosphates, phosphate rock, and...

§ 214. Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception - The holder of any lease or permit issued under the...

SUBCHAPTER IV— OIL AND GAS

§§ 221 to 222i. Omitted -

§ 223. Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental - Upon establishing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the...

§ 223a. Repealed. , -

§ 224. Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease - Until the permittee shall apply for lease to the one...

§ 225. Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation - All leases of lands containing oil or gas, made or...

§ 226. Lease of oil and gas lands - (a) Authority of SecretaryAll lands subject to disposition under this...

§ 226–1. Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before - (a) Lands not withdrawn from leasingUpon the expiration of the...

§ 226–2. Limitations for filing oil and gas contests - No action contesting a decision of the Secretary involving any...

§ 226–3. Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing - (a) ProhibitionThe Secretary shall not issue any lease under this...

§§ 226a, 226b. Repealed. , -

§ 226c. Reduction of royalties under existing leases - From and after , the royalty obligation to the United...

§§ 226d, 226e. Omitted -

§ 227. Omitted -

§ 228. Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants - Any person who on , was a bona fide occupant...

§ 229. Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions - In the case of lands bona fide entered as agricultural,...

§ 229a. Water struck while drilling for oil and gas - (a) Acquisition; condition in leaseAll prospecting permits and leases for...

§§ 230 to 233. Repealed. , -

§ 233a. Permits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties - The Secretary of the Interior is directed to retain in...

§§ 234 to 236. Repealed. , -

§ 236a. Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws - Nothing in sections 185, 221, 223, 223a, and 226 of...

§ 236b. Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected - Nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting existing...

§ 237. Omitted -

SUBCHAPTER V— OIL SHALE

§ 241. Leases of lands - (a) In general(1) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby...

§ 242. Oil shale claims - (a) NoticeNotwithstanding any other provision of law, within 60 days...

SUBCHAPTER VI— ALASKA OIL PROVISO

§ 251. Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants - Any bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas...

SUBCHAPTER VII— SODIUM

§ 261. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such...

§ 262. Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals - Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the...

§ 263. Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage - In addition to areas of such mineral land which may...

SUBCHAPTER VIII— SULPHUR

§ 271. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed,...

§ 272. Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees - Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the...

§ 273. Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental - Lands known to contain valuable deposits of sulphur and not...

§ 274. Lands containing coal or other minerals - Prospecting permits or leases may be issued in the discretion...

§ 275. Laws applicable - The general provisions of sections 181 to 184, 185 to...

§ 276. Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only - The provisions of this subchapter shall apply only to the...

SUBCHAPTER IX— POTASH

§ 281. Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such...

§ 282. Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty - Upon showing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the...

§ 283. Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions from rentals and royalties; suspension of operations - Lands known to contain valuable deposits enumerated in this subchapter...

§ 284. Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases - Prospecting permits or leases may be issued under the provisions...

§ 285. Laws applicable - The general provisions of sections 182 to 184, 185 to...

§ 286. Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases - All money received from royalties and rentals from any lease...

§ 287. Extension of prospecting permits - Any prospecting permit issued under this subchapter may be extended...

CHAPTER 4— LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS

§ 291. Lease of gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits on lands title to which confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims - All gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits, or mines or minerals...

§ 292. Royalties and rentals; disposition - For the privilege of mining or extracting the gold, silver,...

§ 293. Duties of Secretary of the Interior - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform...

CHAPTER 5— LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY

§ 301. Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased - Whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall deem it to...

§ 302. Assignment of lease; subletting - The right conferred by this chapter may, subject to the...

§ 303. Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding - Prior to the award of any lease under , the...

§ 304. Provisions authorized in lease - Any lease granted by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant...

§ 305. Royalties under lease - The royalty to be paid to the United States under...

§ 306. Rules and regulations - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to...

CHAPTER 6— SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUEL DEMONSTRATION PLANTS

§§ 321 to 325. Omitted -

CHAPTER 7— LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS

§ 351. Definitions - As used in this chapter “United States” includes Alaska. “Acquired...

§ 352. Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded - Except where lands have been acquired by the United States...

§ 353. Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected - Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to (a)...

§ 354. Lease of partial or future interests in deposits - Where the United States does not own all of the...

§ 355. Disposition of receipts - (a) Subject to the provisions of section 35(b) of the...

§ 356. Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies - Upon request by the Secretary, the heads of all executive...

§ 357. State or local government rights; taxation - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect...

§ 358. Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases - Nothing in this chapter shall affect any rights acquired by...

§ 359. Rules and regulations - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe such...

§ 360. Authority to manage certain mineral leases - Each department, agency and instrumentality of the United States which...

CHAPTER 8— DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES

§ 401. Establishment of research laboratory; duties - The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States...

§ 402. Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies - For the purpose of this chapter the Secretary, acting through...

§ 403. Repealed. , , -

§ 404. Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment - The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States...

CHAPTER 9— RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION

§ 411. Establishment and operation of experimental plant - The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States...

§ 412. Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money - For the purposes of this chapter the Secretary, acting through...

CHAPTER 10— COAL MINE SAFETY

§§ 451 to 460, 471 to 483. Repealed. , , -

CHAPTER 11— MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS

§ 501. Mining claims located between , and - (a) Force and effectSubject to the provisions of this chapter...

§ 502. Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal - Any mining claim given force and effect as provided in...

§ 503. Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials - The rights under any mining claim given force and effect...

§ 504. Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected - Except as this chapter provides for (a) validation of certain...

§ 505. “Mineral leasing laws” defined - As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean...

CHAPTER 12— MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS

§ 521. Mineral leasing claims - (a) Preference categoriesSubject to the conditions and provisions of this...

§ 522. Conflicting periods of location of claims - (a) If any mining claim which shall have been located...

§ 523. Uranium leases - (a) Right to locate mining claimsSubject to the conditions and...

§ 524. Reservation of minerals to United States - (1) heretofore located under the mining laws of the United...

§ 525. Future location of claims on mineral lands - (a) included in a permit or lease issued under the...

§ 526. Mining and Leasing Act operations - (a) Multiple useWhere the same lands are being utilized for...

§ 527. Determination of unpatented mining claims - (a) Filing of noticeAny applicant, offeror, permittee, or lessee under...

§ 528. Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights - The owner or owners of any mining claim heretofore located...

§ 529. Helium lands subject to entry - Lands withdrawn from the public domain which are within (a)...

§ 530. Definitions - As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean...

§ 531. Approval of United States officials - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to waive, amend,...

CHAPTER 12A— ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE MATERIAL

§ 541. Entry and location; filing of copy of notice of mining location; report and payment for lignite mined; mineral patents; reservation of minerals to United States - Subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter and...

§ 541a. Claims located prior to ; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location - Any mining claim located in a manner prescribed by the...

§ 541b. Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite - Subject to the provisos of , any mining location made...

§ 541c. Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States - The entryman or owner of any land or the assignee...

§ 541d. Location of source materials by holders of coal leases - The holders of coal leases issued under the provision of...

§ 541e. Definitions - As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean...

§ 541f. Disbursement of moneys - All moneys received under the provisions of this chapter shall...

§ 541g. Rules and regulations - The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue such...

§ 541h. Savings provision - Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to amend or...

§ 541i. Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims - Twenty years after , all lands subject to the provisions...

CHAPTER 13— CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES

§ 551. Declaration of policy - It is recognized that outcrop and underground fires in coal...

§ 552. Definitions - As used in this chapter:“Coal” means any of the recognized...

§ 553. Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects - (a) to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the...

§ 554. Lands subject to chapter - (a) on lands owned or controlled by the United States...

§ 555. Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands - (a) Enactment of local laws; agreementsAs a condition to the...

§ 556. Administration - (a) Employment of personnelto secure, by contract or otherwise, and...

§ 557. Rules and regulations - The Secretary of the Interior may issue rules and regulations...

§ 558. Authorization of appropriations - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, as...

CHAPTER 14— ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL

§ 571. Declaration of policy - It is hereby recognized that the presence of large volumes...

§ 572. United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations - (a) Contributions to be matched by CommonwealthThe amounts authorized to...

§ 573. Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary - The Commonwealth shall furnish to the Secretary of the Interior...

§ 574. Hearings; withholding payments - Whenever the Secretary of the Interior, after reasonable notice and...

§ 575. Repealed. , , -

§ 576. Authorization of appropriations - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as...

CHAPTER 15— SURFACE RESOURCES

SUBCHAPTER I— DISPOSAL OF MATERIALS ON PUBLIC LANDS

§ 601. Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded - The Secretary, under such rules and regulations as he may...

§ 602. Bidding; advertising and other notice; conditions for negotiation of contract - (a) The Secretary shall dispose of materials under this subchapter...

§ 603. Disposition of moneys from disposal of materials - All moneys received from the disposal of materials under this...

§ 604. Disposal of sand, peat moss, etc., in Alaska; contracts - Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary may...

SUBCHAPTER II— MINING LOCATIONS

§ 611. Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood - No deposit of common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice,...

§ 612. Unpatented mining claims - (a) Prospecting, mining or processing operationsAny mining claim hereafter located...

§ 613. Procedure for determining title uncertainties - (a) Notice to mining claimants; request; publication; serviceThe head of...

§ 614. Waiver of rights - The owner or owners of any unpatented mining claim heretofore...

§ 615. Limitation of existing rights - Nothing in this subchapter and sections 601 and 603 of...

CHAPTER 16— MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT

§ 621. Entry to lands reserved for power development - (a) Conditions of entryAll public lands belonging to the United...

§ 622. Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim - Prospecting and exploration for and the development and utilization of...

§ 623. Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time - The owner of any unpatented mining claim located on land...

§ 624. Protection of existing valid claims - Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to limit...

§ 625. Prohibition of unspecified use - Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, all mining claims...

CHAPTER 17— EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS

§ 641. Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance - The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed,...

§ 642. Exploration contracts - (a) Terms and conditions; interest ratesIn order to carry out...

§ 643. “Exploration” defined - As used in this chapter, the term “exploration” means the...

§ 644. Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds - Departments and agencies of the Government are authorized to advise...

§ 645. Repealed. , , -

§ 646. Authorization of appropriations - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, from any funds...

CHAPTER 18— COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

§ 661. Short title; definitions - (a) This chapter may be cited as the “Coal Research...

§ 662. Powers and duties of Secretary - (1) develop through research, new and more efficient methods of...

§§ 663, 664. Repealed. , , -

§ 665. Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities - Research authorized by this chapter may be conducted wherever suitable...

§ 666. Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements - No research shall be carried out, contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored,...

§ 667. Repealed. , , -

§ 668. Authorization of appropriations - (a) Fiscal year beginning July 1, 1960There is hereby authorized...

CHAPTER 19— LEAD AND ZINC STABILIZATION PROGRAM

§§ 681 to 689. Omitted -

CHAPTER 20— CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS

§ 701. Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined - The Secretary of the Interior may convey to any occupant...

§ 702. “Qualified applicant” defined - For the purposes of this chapter a qualified applicant is...

§ 703. Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit - Where the lands for which application is made under have...

§ 704. Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee - (a) If the Secretary of the Interior determines that conveyance...

§ 705. Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments - The Secretary of the Interior, prior to any conveyance under...

§ 706. Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations - (a) The execution of a conveyance as authorized by section...

§ 707. Reservation of mineral rights - In any conveyance under this chapter the mineral interests of...

§ 708. Assignments; succession - Rights and privileges to qualify as an applicant under this...

§ 709. Disposition of payments and fees - Payments of filing fees and survey costs, and the payments...

CHAPTER 21— METAL AND NONMETALLIC MINE SAFETY

§§ 721 to 740. Repealed. , , -

CHAPTER 22— MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL

§ 811. Mandatory safety and health standards - (a) Development, promulgation, and revisionThe Secretary shall by rule in...

§ 812. Advisory committees - (a) Committee on coal or other mine safety research; establishment;...

§ 813. Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping - (a) Purposes; advance notice; frequency; guidelines; right of accessAuthorized representatives...

§ 814. Citations and orders - (a) Issuance and form of citations; prompt issuanceIf, upon inspection...

§ 815. Procedure for enforcement - (a) Notification of civil penalty; contestIf, after an inspection or...

§ 816. Judicial review of Commission orders - (a) Petition by person adversely affected or aggrieved; temporary relief(1)...

§ 817. Procedures to counteract dangerous conditions - (a) Withdrawal ordersIf, upon any inspection or investigation of a...

§ 818. Injunctions - (a) Civil action by Secretary(1) The Secretary may institute a...

§ 819. Posting of orders and decisions - (a) Mine office; bulletin boardAt each coal or other mine...

§ 820. Penalties - (a) Civil penalty for violation of mandatory health or safety...

§ 821. Entitlement of miners to full compensation - If a coal or other mine or area of such...

§ 822. Representation of Secretary in civil litigation by Solicitor of Labor - Except as provided in , relating to litigation before the...

§ 823. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission - (a) Establishment; membership; chairmanThe Federal Mine Safety and Health Review...

§ 823a. Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere - The principal office of the Commission shall be in the...

§ 824. Authorization of appropriations - There are authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys...

§ 825. Mandatory health and safety training - (a) Approved program; regulationsEach operator of a coal or other...

§ 826. Limitation on certain liability for rescue operations - (a) In generalNo person shall bring an action against any...

SUBCHAPTER II— INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS

§ 841. Mandatory health standards for underground mines; enforcement; review; purpose - (a) The provisions of sections 842 through 846 of this...

§ 842. Dust concentration and respiratory equipment - (a) Samples; procedures; transmittal; notice of excess concentration; periodic reports...

§ 843. Medical examinations - (a) Chest roentgenogram; availability; periodic intervals; other tests; transmittal of...

§ 844. Rock dust and gas hazards; controls - The dust resulting from drilling in rock shall be controlled...

§ 845. Dust standards in presence of quartz - In coal mining operations where the concentration of respirable dust...

§ 846. Noise standards; promulgation of new standards; tests; procedures; protective devices - On and after the operative date of this subchapter, the...

SUBCHAPTER III— INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES

§ 861. Mandatory safety standards for underground mines - (a) Coverage; enforcement; reviewThe provisions of sections 862 through 878...

§ 862. Roof support - (a) Roof control plan; contents; review; availabilityEach operator shall undertake...

§ 863. Ventilation - (a) Equipment; approval; daily examinationsAll coal mines shall be ventilated...

§ 864. Combustible materials and rock dusting - (a) Accumulations; maintenanceCoal dust, including float coal dust deposited on...

§ 865. Electrical equipment - (a) Allowable equipment; replacements; maintenance; permits for noncompliance; renewals; limitations;...

§ 866. Trailing cables - (a) Requirements established for flame resistant cablesTrailing cables used in...

§ 867. Grounding of equipment - (a) Metallic enclosed power conductors; metallic frames and other equipment;...

§ 868. Underground high-voltage distribution - (a) Circuits entering underground areas of mines; circuit breakersHigh-voltage circuits...

§ 869. Underground low- and medium-voltage alternating current circuits - (a) Circuits providing power for three-phase equipment; circuit breakersLow- and...

§ 870. Trolley wires and trolley feeder wires - (a) Intervals for cutoff switchesTrolley wires and trolley feeder wires...

§ 871. Fire protection - (a) Firefighting equipment; promulgation of minimum requirements for equipment; existing...

§ 872. Maps - (a) Fireproof repository; contents; certificationThe operator of a coal mine...

§ 873. Blasting and explosives - (a) Limitations on storage and use of black powder and...

§ 874. Hoisting and mantrips - (a) Transporting of persons; required equipment and capabilities; safety catches;...

§ 875. Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans - The Secretary or an authorized representative of the Secretary may...

§ 876. Communication facilities; locations and emergency response plans - (a) In generalTelephone service or equivalent two-way communication facilities, approved...

§ 877. General safety provisions - (a) Location of oil and gas wells; establishment and maintenance...

§ 878. Definitions - (a) “certified” or “registered” as applied to any person means...

SUBCHAPTER IV— BLACK LUNG BENEFITS

Part A— General Provisions

§ 901. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title - (a) Congress finds and declares that there are a significant...

§ 902. Definitions - (a) The term “dependent” means—(1) a child as defined in...

§ 903. Field offices - (a) The Secretary of Labor shall establish and operate such...

§ 904. Repealed. , , -

Part B— 31, 1973

§ 921. Regulations and presumptions - (a) Promulgation; payment of benefitsThe Secretary shall, in accordance with...

§ 922. Payment of benefits - (a) SchedulesSubject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this...

§ 923. Filing of notice of claim - (a) Promulgation of regulations; time requirementExcept as otherwise provided in...

§ 924. Time for filing claims - (a) Claims filed before December 31, 1973(1) No claim for...

§ 924a. Repealed. , , -

§ 925. Procedure for the determination of claims during transition period - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, for the...

Part C— 31, 1973

§ 931. Benefits under State workmen’s compensation laws - (a) FilingOn and after January 1, 1974, any claim for...

§ 932. Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements - (a) Benefits; applicability of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act;...

§ 932a. Appointment of qualified individuals to hear and determine claims for benefits - Qualified individuals appointed by the Secretary of Labor may hear...

§ 933. Duties of operators in States not qualifying under workmen’s compensation laws - (a) Securing of benefits for miners; self-insurers; mutual companiesDuring any...

§ 934. “Fund” defined; liability of operators to United States for repayments to fund; procedures applicable; rate of interest - (a) For purposes of this section, the term “fund” has...

§ 934a. Repealed. , , -

§ 935. Utilization of services of State and local agencies - With the consent and cooperation of State agencies charged with...

§ 936. Regulations and reports - (a) Promulgation; applicability of section 553 of title 5The Secretary...

§ 937. Contracts and grants - (a) Construction, purchase, and operation of fixed-site and mobile clinical...

§ 938. Miners suffering from pneumoconiosis; discrimination prohibited - (a) Mine operatorsNo operator shall discharge or in any other...

§ 939. Authorization of appropriations - There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of...

§ 940. Applicability of amendments to part B of this subchapter to this part - The amendments made by the Black Lung Benefits Act of...

§ 941. Penalty for false statements or representations - Any person who willfully makes any false or misleading statement...

§ 942. Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file - (a) The Secretary may by regulation require employers to file...

§ 943. Black lung insurance program - (a) Authorization to establish and carry outThe Secretary is authorized...

§ 944. Statement of reasons for denial of claim - Any individual whose claim for benefits under this subchapter is...

§ 945. Repealed. , , -

SUBCHAPTER V— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

§ 951. Studies and research - (a) Appropriate projectsThe Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary...

§ 951a. Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program - (a) Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research Plan(1) Every 5...

§ 952. Training and education - (a) Programs for operators, agents, and minersThe Secretary shall expand...

§ 953. Assistance to States - (a) Development and enforcement of health and safety regulations; improvement...

§ 954. Appointment of administrative personnel and inspectors; qualifications; training programs - The Secretary may, subject to the civil service laws, appoint...

§ 955. State laws - (a) No State law in effect on December 30, 1969...

§ 956. Applicability of administrative procedure provisions - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of...

§ 957. Promulgation of regulations - The Secretary, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the...

§ 958. Annual reports to Congress; contents - (a) Within one hundred and twenty days following the convening...

§ 959. Study of coordination of Federal and State activities; report - (a) The Secretary shall make a study to determine the...

§ 960. Limitation on issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction - In any proceeding in which the validity of any interim...

§ 961. Functions transferred under 1977 amendments - (a) Transfer of functions to Secretary of LaborExcept with respect...

§ 962. Acceptance of contributions and prosecution of projects; cooperative programs to promote health and safety education and training; recognition and funding of Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association; use of funds for costs of mine rescue and survival operations - The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and...

§ 963. Technical Study Panel - (a) EstablishmentThere is established a Technical Study Panel (referred to...

§ 964. Scholarships - (a) EstablishmentThe Secretary of Education (referred to in this section...

§ 965. Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants - (a) In generalThe Secretary of Labor shall establish a program...

§ 966. Retention of fees - The Mine Safety and Health Administration may retain up to...

CHAPTER 23— GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES

§ 1001. Definitions - (a) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior; (b) “geothermal...

§ 1002. Lands subject to geothermal leasing - Subject to the provisions of , the Secretary of the...

§ 1002a. Repealed. , , -

§ 1003. Leasing procedures - (a) NominationsThe Secretary shall accept nominations of land to be...

§ 1004. Rents and royalties - (a) In generalGeothermal leases shall provide for—(1) a royalty on...

§ 1005. Lease term and work commitment requirements - (a) In general(1) Primary termA geothermal lease shall be for...

§ 1006. Acreage limitations - A geothermal lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area of...

§ 1007. Readjustment of lease terms and conditions - (a) Initial readjustment; periodic intervals; notice; objections, relinquishment, and terminationThe...

§ 1008. Byproducts - If the production, use, or conversion of geothermal steam is...

§ 1009. Relinquishment of geothermal rights - The holder of any geothermal lease at any time may...

§ 1010. Suspension of operations and production - The Secretary, upon application by the lessee, may authorize the...

§ 1011. Termination of leases - Leases may be terminated by the Secretary for any violation...

§ 1012. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty - The Secretary may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or...

§ 1013. Surface land use - Subject to the other provisions of this chapter, a lessee...

§ 1014. Lands subject to geothermal leasing - (a) Terms and conditions for lands withdrawn or acquired for...

§ 1015. Requirement for lessees - Leases under this chapter may be issued only to citizens...

§ 1016. Administration - Administration of this chapter shall be under the principles of...

§ 1017. Unit and communitization agreements - (a) Adoption of units by lessees(1) In generalFor the purpose...

§ 1018. Data from Federal agencies - Upon request of the Secretary, other Federal departments and agencies...

§ 1019. Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties - (a) In generalExcept with respect to lands in the State...

§ 1020. Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights - Geothermal resources in lands the surface of which has passed...

§ 1021. Federal exemption from State water laws - Nothing in this chapter shall constitute an express or implied...

§ 1022. Prevention of waste; exclusivity - (a) All leases under this chapter shall be subject to...

§ 1023. Rules and regulations - The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he...

§ 1024. Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws - As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under ,...

§ 1025. Federal reservation of certain mineral rights - The United States reserves the ownership of and the right...

§ 1026. Significant thermal features - (a) Units of National Park System(1) The Secretary shall maintain...

§ 1027. Land subject to prohibition on leasing - The Secretary shall not issue any lease under this chapter...

§ 1028. Hot dry rock geothermal energy - (a) Definition of enhanced geothermal systemsIn this section, the term...

CHAPTER 24— GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION

§§ 1101 to 1164. Repealed. , , -

CHAPTER 25— SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION

SUBCHAPTER I— STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY

§ 1201. Congressional findings - (a) extraction of coal and other minerals from the earth...

§ 1202. Statement of purpose - (a) establish a nationwide program to protect society and the...

SUBCHAPTER II— OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT

§ 1211. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement - (a) EstablishmentThere is established in the Department of the Interior,...

SUBCHAPTER III— STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES

§ 1221. Authorization of State allotments to institutes - (a)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary...

§ 1222. Research funds to institutes - (a) Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to...

§ 1223. Funding criteria - (a) Funds available to institutes under sections 1221 and 1222...

§ 1224. Duties of Secretary - (a) Consulting with other agencies; prescribing rules and regulations; furnishing...

§ 1225. Effect on colleges and universities - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to impair or...

§ 1226. Research - (a) Coordination with existing programs; availability of information to publicThe...

§ 1227. Center for cataloging - The Secretary shall establish a center for cataloging current and...

§ 1228. Interagency cooperation - (1) continuing review of the adequacy of the Government-wide program...

§ 1229. Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research - (a) Appointment; compositionThe Secretary shall appoint a Committee on Mining...

§ 1230. Eligibility criteria - (a) The Committee shall determine the eligibility of a college...

§ 1230a. Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center - (a) EstablishmentThe Secretary of 11 So in original. Probably should...

SUBCHAPTER IV— ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS

§ 1231. Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund - (a) Establishment; administration; State fundsThere is created on the books...

§ 1231a. Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations - (a) In generalThere is authorized to be appropriated, for deposit...

§ 1232. Reclamation fee - (a) Payment; rateAll operators of coal mining operations subject to...

§ 1233. Objectives of fund - (a) PrioritiesExpenditure of moneys from the fund on lands and...

§ 1234. Eligible lands and water - Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures...

§ 1235. State reclamation program - (a) Promulgation of regulationsNot later than the end of the...

§ 1236. Reclamation of rural lands - (a) Agreements with landowners for conservation treatmentIn order to provide...

§ 1237. Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices - (a) Findings of fact; notice; right of entryIf the Secretary...

§ 1238. Liens - (a) Filing of statement and appraisalWithin six months after the...

§ 1239. Filling voids and sealing tunnels - (a) Congressional declaration of hazardous conditionsThe Congress declares that voids,...

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