30 - 1  UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES (§§ 1 to 16) 1 - 1 - 1 United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees 1 - 1 - 2 Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines 1 - 1 - 3 Performance of duties in absence of director 1 - 1 - 4 Duties of United States Bureau of Mines 1 - 1 - 5 Investigation of lignite coal and peat 1 - 1 - 6 Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices 1 - 1 - 7  Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal 1 - 1 - 8 Plants, machinery, and equipment 1 - 1 - 9 Transferred 1 - 1 - 10 Reports of investigations 1 - 1 - 11 Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines 1 - 1 - 12 Fees for tests or investigations 1 - 1 - 13 Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized 1 - 1 - 14 Acceptance of lands from States 1 - 1 - 15  Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations 1 - 1 - 16 Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance 1 - 1 - 17 Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies 1 - 1 - 18 Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment Repealed & Omitted June 29, 1960, Oct. 25, 1951,

30 - 2 MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL (§§ 21 to 54) 1 - 1 - 1  Mineral lands reserved 1 - 1 - 2  National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs 1 - 1 - 3 Lands open to purchase by citizens 1 - 1 - 4  Length of claims on veins or lodes 1 - 1 - 5 Proof of citizenship 1 - 1 - 6 Affidavit of citizenship 1 - 1 - 7 Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment 1 - 1 - 8 Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right 1 - 1 - 9 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 1 - 1 - 10 Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions 1 - 1 - 11  Definitions 1 - 1 - 12 Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions 1 - 1 - 13 Length and termination of deferment 1 - 1 - 14 Performance of deferred work 1 - 1 - 15 Recordation of deferment 1 - 1 - 16 Fee 1 - 1 - 17 Location fee 1 - 1 - 18 Co-ownership 1 - 1 - 19  Failure to pay 1 - 1 - 20 Other requirements 1 - 1 - 21 Regulations 1 - 1 - 22 Collection of mining law administration fees 1 - 1 - 23  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 1 - 1 - 24 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 1 - 1 - 25 Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim 1 - 1 - 26 Findings by jury; costs 1 - 1 - 27 Existing rights 1 - 1 - 28  Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls 1 - 1 - 29  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 1 - 1 - 30 Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements 1 - 1 - 31 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 1 - 1 - 32 Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent 1 - 1 - 33 Surveyors of mining claims 1 - 1 - 34 Verification of affidavits 1 - 1 - 35 Intersecting or crossing veins 1 - 1 - 36  Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment 1 - 1 - 37 Conditions of sale by local legislature 1 - 1 - 38  Additional land districts and officers 1 - 1 - 39  Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property 1 - 1 - 40 Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands 1 - 1 - 41 Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands 1 - 1 - 42 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 1 - 1 - 43 Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska 1 - 1 - 44 Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims 1 - 1 - 45 Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized 1 - 1 - 46  Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury 1 - 1 - 47 Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements 1 - 1 - 48 Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands 1 - 1 - 49 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 1 - 1 - 50  Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights 1 - 1 - 51 Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title 1 - 1 - 52  Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities 1 - 1 - 53 0 Omitted

30 - 3 LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE (§§ 71 to 172) 1 - 1 - 1 COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL (§§ 71 to 77) 1 - 1 - 2 COAL LAND ENTRIES UNDER NONMINERAL LAND LAWS WITH RESERVATION OF COAL TO UNITED STATES (§§ 81 to 90) 1 - 1 - 3 PETROLEUM, OTHER MINERAL OIL, OR GAS LAND ENTRIES UNDER MINING LAWS (§§ 101 to 104) 1 - 1 - 4 HOMESTEAD ENTRY OF LANDS IN UTAH, WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS OIL LANDS (§ 111) 1 - 1 - 5  AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR (§§ 121 to 125) 1 - 1 - 6 LOCATION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK LANDS UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS (§ 131) 1 - 1 - 7  PERMITS TO PROSPECT FOR CHLORIDES, SULPHATES, CARBONATES, BORATES, SILICATES, OR NITRATES OF POTASSIUM (§ 141) 1 - 1 - 8 BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS (§§ 161 to 162) 1 - 1 - 9 DISPOSAL OF ALABAMA LANDS AS AGRICULTURAL LANDS (§§ 171 to 172)

30 - 4 LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS (§§ 181 to 287) 1 - 1 - 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 181 to 196) 1 - 1 - 2 COAL (§§ 201 to 209) 1 - 1 - 3 PHOSPHATES (§§ 211 to 214) 1 - 1 - 4 OIL AND GAS (§§ 221 to 237) 1 - 1 - 5 OIL SHALE (§§ 241 to 242) 1 - 1 - 6 ALASKA OIL PROVISO (§ 251) 1 - 1 - 7 SODIUM (§§ 261 to 263) 1 - 1 - 8 SULPHUR (§§ 271 to 276) 1 - 1 - 9 POTASH (§§ 281 to 287)

30 - 5 LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS (§§ 291 to 293) 1 - 1 - 1  Lease of gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits on lands title to which confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims 1 - 1 - 2  Royalties and rentals; disposition 1 - 1 - 3  Duties of Secretary of the Interior

30 - 6 LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY (§§ 301 to 306) 1 - 1 - 1 Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased 1 - 1 - 2 Assignment of lease; subletting 1 - 1 - 3  Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding 1 - 1 - 4  Provisions authorized in lease 1 - 1 - 5  Royalties under lease 1 - 1 - 6 Rules and regulations

30 - 7 SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUEL DEMONSTRATION PLANTS (§ 321) Omitted

30 - 8  LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS (§§ 351 to 360) 1 - 1 - 1 Definitions 1 - 1 - 2 Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded 1 - 1 - 3 Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected 1 - 1 - 4 Lease of partial or future interests in deposits 1 - 1 - 5  Disposition of receipts 1 - 1 - 6 Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies 1 - 1 - 7 State or local government rights; taxation 1 - 1 - 8 Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases 1 - 1 - 9 Rules and regulations 1 - 1 - 10 Authority to manage certain mineral leases

30 - 9 DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES (§§ 401 to 404) 1 - 1 - 1 Establishment of research laboratory; duties 1 - 1 - 2  Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies 1 - 1 - 3 Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment Repealed. Jan. 2, 1975,

30 - 10 RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION (§§ 411 to 412) 1 - 1 - 1  Establishment and operation of experimental plant 1 - 1 - 2 Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money

30 - 11 COAL MINE SAFETY (§ 451)  Repealed. Dec. 30, 1969,

30 - 12 MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS (§§ 501 to 505) 1 - 1 - 1 Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953 1 - 1 - 2  Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal 1 - 1 - 3 Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials 1 - 1 - 4 Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected 1 - 1 - 5 “Mineral leasing laws” defined

30 - 13 MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS (§§ 521 to 531) 1 - 1 - 1 Mineral leasing claims 1 - 1 - 2 Conflicting periods of location of claims 1 - 1 - 3 Uranium leases 1 - 1 - 4  Reservation of minerals to United States 1 - 1 - 5 Future location of claims on mineral lands 1 - 1 - 6 Mining and Leasing Act operations 1 - 1 - 7 Determination of unpatented mining claims 1 - 1 - 8  Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights 1 - 1 - 9 Helium lands subject to entry 1 - 1 - 10  Definitions 1 - 1 - 11 Approval of United States officials

30 - 14 ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE MATERIAL (§§ 541 to 541i) 1 - 1 - 1 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 1 - 1 - 2 Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extra­lateral rights; amended notice of mining location 1 - 1 - 3 Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite 1 - 1 - 4 Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States 1 - 1 - 5  Location of source materials by holders of coal leases 1 - 1 - 6  Definitions 1 - 1 - 7 Disbursement of moneys 1 - 1 - 8 Rules and regulations 1 - 1 - 9 Savings provision 1 - 1 - 10 Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims

30 - 15 CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES (§§ 551 to 558) 1 - 1 - 1 Declaration of policy 1 - 1 - 2  Definitions 1 - 1 - 3 Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; proj­ects 1 - 1 - 4  Lands subject to chapter 1 - 1 - 5 Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands 1 - 1 - 6 Administration 1 - 1 - 7  Rules and regulations 1 - 1 - 8  Authorization of appropriations

30 - 16 ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL (§§ 571 to 576) 1 - 1 - 1  Declaration of policy 1 - 1 - 2 United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations 1 - 1 - 3 Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary 1 - 1 - 4 Hearings; withholding payments 1 - 1 - 5  Authorization of appropriations  Repealed. Nov. 10, 1998,

30 - 17 SURFACE RESOURCES (§§ 601 to 615) 1 - 1 - 1 DISPOSAL OF MATERIALS ON PUBLIC LANDS (§§ 601 to 604) 1 - 1 - 2 MINING LOCATIONS (§§ 611 to 615)

30 - 18 MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT (§§ 621 to 625) 1 - 1 - 1 Entry to lands reserved for power development 1 - 1 - 2  Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim 1 - 1 - 3  Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time 1 - 1 - 4  Protection of existing valid claims 1 - 1 - 5  Prohibition of unspecified use

30 - 19 EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS (§§ 641 to 646) 1 - 1 - 1 Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance 1 - 1 - 2  Exploration contracts 1 - 1 - 3  “Exploration” defined 1 - 1 - 4 Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds 1 - 1 - 5  Authorization of appropriations Repealed. Jan. 2, 1975,

30 - 20 COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 661 to 668) 1 - 1 - 1 Short title; definitions 1 - 1 - 2 Powers and duties of Secretary 1 - 1 - 3  Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities 1 - 1 - 4 Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements 1 - 1 - 5 Authorization of appropriations  Repealed. Aug. 8, 2005,

30 - 21 LEAD AND ZINC STABILIZATION PROGRAM (§ 681) Omitted

30 - 22 CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS (§§ 701 to 709) 1 - 1 - 1 Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined 1 - 1 - 2  “Qualified applicant” defined 1 - 1 - 3  Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit 1 - 1 - 4 Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee 1 - 1 - 5  Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments 1 - 1 - 6  Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations 1 - 1 - 7 Reservation of mineral rights 1 - 1 - 8 Assignments; succession 1 - 1 - 9 Disposition of payments and fees

30 - 23 METAL AND NONMETALLIC MINE SAFETY (§ 721)  Repealed. Nov. 9, 1977,

30 - 24 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH (§§ 801 to 966) 1 - 1 - 1 Congressional findings and declaration of purpose 1 - 1 - 2 Definitions 1 - 1 - 3 Mines subject to coverage 1 - 1 - 4 Interim Compliance Panel 1 - 1 - 5 GENERAL (§§ 811 to 826) 1 - 1 - 6 INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS (§§ 841 to 846) 1 - 1 - 7  INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES (§§ 861 to 878) 1 - 1 - 8 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (§§ 901 to 945) 1 - 1 - 9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 951 to 966)

30 - 25 GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES (§§ 1001 to 1028) 1 - 1 - 1 Definitions 1 - 1 - 2 Lands subject to geothermal leasing 1 - 1 - 3 Leasing procedures 1 - 1 - 4 Rents and royalties 1 - 1 - 5 Lease term and work commitment requirements 1 - 1 - 6 Acreage limitations 1 - 1 - 7  Readjustment of lease terms and conditions 1 - 1 - 8 Byproducts 1 - 1 - 9 Relinquishment of geothermal rights 1 - 1 - 10 Suspension of operations and production 1 - 1 - 11 Termination of leases 1 - 1 - 12 Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty 1 - 1 - 13 Surface land use 1 - 1 - 14 Lands subject to geothermal leasing 1 - 1 - 15 Requirement for lessees 1 - 1 - 16 Administration 1 - 1 - 17  Unit and communitization agreements 1 - 1 - 18 Data from Federal agencies 1 - 1 - 19 Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties 1 - 1 - 20 Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights 1 - 1 - 21 Federal exemption from State water laws 1 - 1 - 22 Prevention of waste; exclusivity 1 - 1 - 23 Rules and regulations 1 - 1 - 24  Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws 1 - 1 - 25  Federal reservation of certain mineral rights 1 - 1 - 26 Significant thermal features 1 - 1 - 27 Land subject to prohibition on leasing 1 - 1 - 28 Hot dry rock geothermal energy Repealed. July 12, 1982,

30 - 26  GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (§§ 1101 to 1164) 1 - 1 - 1 Congressional findings 1 - 1 - 2 Definitions 1 - 1 - 3 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (§§ 1121 to 1126) 1 - 1 - 4 LOAN GUARANTIES (§§ 1141 to 1147) 1 - 1 - 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1161 to 1164)

30 - 27 SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION (§§ 1201 to 1328) 1 - 1 - 1 STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY (§§ 1201 to 1202) 1 - 1 - 2  OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§ 1211) 1 - 1 - 3  STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES (§§ 1221 to 1230a) 1 - 1 - 4  ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS (§§ 1231 to 1244) 1 - 1 - 5 CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURFACE COAL MINING (§§ 1251 to 1279) 1 - 1 - 6 DESIGNATION OF LANDS UNSUITABLE FOR NONCOAL MINING (§ 1281) 1 - 1 - 7 ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1291 to 1309b) 1 - 1 - 8 UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (§§ 1311 to 1316) 1 - 1 - 9  ENERGY RESOURCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS (§§ 1321 to 1328)

30 - 28 DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 1401 to 1473) 1 - 1 - 1 Congressional findings and declaration of purpose 1 - 1 - 2 International objectives 1 - 1 - 3 Definitions 1 - 1 - 4  REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS (§§ 1411 to 1428) 1 - 1 - 5 TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT (§§ 1441 to 1444) 1 - 1 - 6 ENFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1461 to 1473)

30 - 29 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (§§ 1501 to 1542) 1 - 1 - 1 Congressional statement of findings 1 - 1 - 2 PROJECT LOANS (§§ 1511 to 1516) 1 - 1 - 3 STUDY, ESTABLISHMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INSURANCE PROGRAM (§§ 1521 to 1522) 1 - 1 - 4  ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§ 1531) 1 - 1 - 5 FEDERAL FACILITIES (§§ 1541 to 1542)

30 - 30  MATERIALS AND MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 1601 to 1605) 1 - 1 - 1 Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined 1 - 1 - 2 Congressional declaration of policies 1 - 1 - 3 Implementation of policies 1 - 1 - 4  Program administration 1 - 1 - 5 Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies 1 - 1 - 6 0

30 - 31 OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT (§§ 1701 to 1759) 1 - 1 - 1  Congressional statement of findings and purposes 1 - 1 - 2 Definitions 1 - 1 - 3  FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 1711 to 1726) 1 - 1 - 4 STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES (§§ 1731 to 1736) 1 - 1 - 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 1751 to 1759)

30 - 32 NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL (§§ 1801 to 1811) 1 - 1 - 1  Congressional findings and declaration of purposes 1 - 1 - 2 Establishment of National Critical Materials Council 1 - 1 - 3 Responsibilities and authorities of Council 1 - 1 - 4 Program and policy for advanced materials research and technology 1 - 1 - 5  Innovation in basic and advanced materials industries 1 - 1 - 6  Compensation of members and reimbursement 1 - 1 - 7 Executive Director 1 - 1 - 8 Responsibilities and duties of Director 1 - 1 - 9 General authority of Council 1 - 1 - 10 Authorization of appropriations 1 - 1 - 11 “Materials” defined

30 - 33 MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH (§§ 1901 to 1905) 1 - 1 - 1 Definitions 1 - 1 - 2  Research program 1 - 1 - 3  Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements 1 - 1 - 4 Marine mineral research centers 1 - 1 - 5 Authorization of appropriations

30 - 34 METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2001 to 2006) 1 - 1 - 1 Findings 1 - 1 - 2  Definitions 1 - 1 - 3 Methane hydrate research and development program 1 - 1 - 4  National Research Council study 1 - 1 - 5 Reports and studies for Congress 1 - 1 - 6 Authorization of appropriations