# United States Code/Title 30/Chapter 1

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30 USC CHAPTER 1 - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES 01/03/05
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TITLE 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING:
CHAPTER 1 - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES:
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CHAPTER 1 - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
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    1.United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees.
       1a. Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines.
    2. Performance of duties in absence of director.
    3. Duties of United States Bureau of Mines.
    4. Investigation of lignite coal and peat.
       4a. Omitted.
       4b. Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices.
       4c. Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal.
       4d. Plants, machinery, and equipment.
       4e. Omitted.
       4f to 4o. Transferred.
    5. Reports of investigations.
    6. Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines.
    7. Fees for tests or investigations.
    8. Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized.
    9. Acceptance of lands from States.
    10. Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations.
    11, 12. Omitted or Repealed.
    13. Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance.
    14. Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies.
    15. Repealed.
    16. Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment.
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    30 USC Sec. 1 01/03/05
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    TITLE 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
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    Sec. 1. United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees
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There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated the United States Bureau of Mines, and there shall be a director of said bureau, who shall be thoroughly equipped for the duties of said office by technical education and experience and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and there shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be required to carry out the purposes of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title in accordance with the appropriations made from time to time by Congress for such purposes.
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    (May 16, 1910, ch. 240, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 369; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
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## CHANGE OF NAME

"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau of Mines" pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out below.
Section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285 provided that: "The Bureau of Mines established by the Act of May 16, 1910 (30 U.S.C. 1), is designated as and shall hereafter [on and after May 18, 1992] be known as the United States Bureau of Mines."
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## TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For provisions appropriating funds for the closure of the United States Bureau of Mines and the transfer of its functions, see Pub. L. 104-99, title I, Sec. 123, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 32, and Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], set out as a note below.
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-167; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part: "That there hereby are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Energy: (1) the functions pertaining to the promotion of health and safety in mines and the mineral industry through research vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Spokane Research Center in Washington; (2) the functions pertaining to the conduct of inquiries, technological
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    TITLE 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
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    Sec. 4. Investigation of lignite coal and peat
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## CODIFICATION

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## CHANGE OF NAME

"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau
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    (!1) See References in Text note below.
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    30 USC Sec. 4a 01/03/05
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    Sec. 4a. Omitted
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## CODIFICATION

Section, act June 25, 1926, ch. 674, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 768, authorized appropriation of $100,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and the four succeeding fiscal years for investigation of potash deposits.
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    Sec. 4b. Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices
-STATUTE- The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commercejointly are hereby authorized, within their discretion, to cooperate under formal agreement with individuals, associations, corporations, States, and municipalities, educational institutions, or other bodies, for the purposes of this section: Provided, That before undertaking drilling operations upon any tract or tracts of land, the mineral deposits of which are not the property of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly shall enter into a contract or contracts with the owners or lessees, or both, of the mineral rights therein, and the aforesaid contract or contracts shall provide, among other things, that, if deposits of potash minerals or oil shall be discovered in pursuance of operations under said contract or contracts and if and when said mineral deposits shall be mined and sold, the owners or lessees, or both, of said mineral rights shall pay to the Government and its cooperators a royalty of not less than 2 1/2 per centum of the sale value of any potash minerals and oil therefrom, said payments to continue until such time as the total amount derived from said royalty is equal to not more than the cost of the exploration, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly: Provided further, That all Federal claims for reimbursement under this section shall automatically expire twenty years from the date of approval of the contracts entered into, in accordance with the provisions thereof, unless sooner terminated by agreement between the owners or lessees of the potash mineral rights and oil and the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly: Provided further, That said contract or contracts shall not restrict the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly in the choice of drilling locations within the property or in the conduct of the exploratory operations, so long as such selection or conduct do not interfere unreasonably with the surface of the land or with the improvements thereof, and said contract or contracts shall provide that the United States shall not be liable for damages on account of such reasonable use of the surface as may be necessary in the proper conduct of the work.
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    (June 25, 1926, ch. 674, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 768; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 356, 44 Stat. 1388.)
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## AMENDMENTS

    1927 - Act Mar. 3, 1927, amended provisions generally.
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    TITLE 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
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    Sec. 4c. Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal
-STATUTE- The United States Bureau of Mines, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to conduct investigations, studies, and experiments on its own initiative and in cooperation with individuals, State institutions, laboratories, and other organizations, with a view to (1) the development of a commercially practicable carbonization method of processing sub- bituminous and lignite coal so as to convert such coal into an all- purpose fuel, to provide fertilizers, and obtain such other byproducts thereof as may be commercially valuable; (2) the development of efficient methods, equipment, and devices for burning lignite or char therefrom; and (3) determining and developing methods for more efficient utilization of such sub- bituminous and lignite coal for purposes of generating electric power.
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## CHANGE OF NAME

"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau of Mines" pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 1 of this title.
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