30-U.S.C.-3
§3 – Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
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Title 30 > Chapter 1 > Section 3
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- Reference: Section 3
- Legend: §3 – Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
It shall be the province and duty of the United States Bureau of Mines, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions, and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting these industries; to investigate explosives and peat; and on behalf of the Government to investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished mineral products belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment, and use; and to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out the purposes of the provisions of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title.
(May 16, 1910, ch. 240, §2, 36 Stat. 370; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, §2, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102–285, §10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
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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Title 30 – Mineral Lands And Mining in the Legal Encyclopedia: Mining
In this entry about Title 30 – Mineral Lands And Mining, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to mining in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States mining-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.
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