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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 Omitted or Repealed. 13.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 Repealed. 16.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
CHAPTER 1 - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
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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.