Title 30 U.S.C. — Mineral Lands and Mining
626 sections
- § 1 — SHORT TITLE.
- § 1a — Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines
- § 2 — DEFINITIONS.
- § 3 — SCOPE.
- § 4 — ABANDONED HARDROCK MINE SITE GOOD SAMARITAN PILOT PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.
- § 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 — Transferred
- § 5 — SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.
- § 6 — REPORT TO CONGRESS.
- § 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 — Omitted
- § 12 — Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 1(16), 65 Stat. 638
- § 13 — Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
- § 14 — Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies
- § 15 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(17), June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 248
- § 16 — Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment
- § 21 — Mineral lands reserved
- § 21a — National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
- § 22 — Lands open to purchase by citizens
- § 23 — Length of claims on veins or lodes
- § 24 — Proof of citizenship
- § 25 — Affidavit of citizenship
- § 26 — Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment
- § 27 — Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
- § 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
- § 28–1 — Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions
- § 28–2 — Definitions
- § 28a — Omitted
- § 28b — Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
- § 28c — Length and termination of deferment
- § 28d — Performance of deferred work
- § 28e — Recordation of deferment
- § 28f — Fee
- § 28g — Location fee
- § 28h — Co-ownership
- § 28i — Failure to pay
- § 28j — Other requirements
- § 28k — Regulations
- § 28l — Collection of mining law administration fees
- § 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
- § 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
- § 31 — Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
- § 32 — Findings by jury; costs
- § 33 — Existing rights
- § 34 — Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
- § 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
- § 36 — Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
- § 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
- § 38 — Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
- § 39 — Surveyors of mining claims
- § 40 — Verification of affidavits
- § 41 — Intersecting or crossing veins
- § 42 — Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
- § 43 — Conditions of sale by local legislature
- § 44, — Omitted
- § 46 — Additional land districts and officers
- § 47 — Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
- § 48 — Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
- § 49 — Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
- § 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
- § 49b — Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
- § 49c — Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
- § 49d — Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
- § 49e — Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
- § 49f — Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
- § 50 — Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
- § 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
- § 52 — Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
- § 53 — Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
- § 54 — Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
- § 71 — Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre
- § 72 — Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation
- § 73 — Presentation of claims
- § 74 — Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions
- § 75 — Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
- § 76 — Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
- § 77 — Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry
- § 81 — Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits
- § 82 — New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal
- § 83 — Homestead or desert-land and other entries
- § 84 — Applications for entry
- § 85 — Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits
- § 86 — Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands
- § 87 — Statements in application; patents
- § 88 — Disposition of coal by United States
- § 89 — Disposition of proceeds
- § 90 — Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts
- § 101 — SHORT TITLE.
- § 102 — REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH.
- § 103 — STUDY.
- § 104 — Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund
- § 111 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1, 46 Stat. 1028
- § 121 — Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application
- § 122 — Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification
- § 123 — Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to
- § 124 — Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur
- § 125 — Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation
- § 131 — Omitted
- § 141 — Repealed. Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6, 44 Stat. 1058
- § 161 — Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
- § 162 — Entry of saline lands; limitation
- § 171 — Disposal as agricultural lands
- § 172 — Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry
- § 181 — Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved
- § 182 — Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.
- § 183 — Cancellation of prospecting permits
- § 184 — Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations
- § 184a — Authorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States
- § 185 — Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands
- § 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
- § 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
- § 187a — Oil or gas leases; partial assignments
- § 187b — Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
- § 188 — Failure to comply with provisions of lease
- § 188a — Surrender of leases
- § 189 — Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation
- § 190 — Oath; requirement; form; blanks
- § 191 — Disposition of moneys received
- § 191a — Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases
- § 191b — Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees
- § 192 — Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas
- § 192a — Cancellation or modification of contracts
- § 192b — Application to contracts
- § 192c — Rules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
- § 193 — Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth
- § 193a — Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction
- § 194 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644
- § 195 — Enforcement
- § 196 — Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority
- § 201 — Leases and exploration
- § 201–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 5(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1086
- § 201a — Repealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 379, § 8, 62 Stat. 291
- § 201b — Omitted
- § 202 — Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit
- § 202a — Consolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit
- § 203 — Additional lands or deposits
- § 204 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 13(a), Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1090
- § 205 — Consolidation of leases
- § 206 — Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease
- § 207 — Conditions of lease
- § 208 — Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit
- § 208–1 — Exploratory program for evaluation of known recoverable coal resources
- § 208–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(e), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722
- § 208a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a)(3), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578
- § 209 — Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production
- § 211 — Phosphate deposits
- § 212 — Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation
- § 213 — Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease
- § 214 — Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception
- § 221 — Omitted
- § 223 — Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
- § 223a — Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958
- § 224 — Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
- § 225 — Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
- § 226 — Leasing of oil and gas parcels
- § 226–1 — Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
- § 226–2 — Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
- § 226–3 — Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
- § 226a, — Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14, 60 Stat. 958
- § 226c — Reduction of royalties under existing leases
- § 226d, — Omitted
- § 227 — Omitted
- § 228 — Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
- § 229 — Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
- § 229a — Water struck while drilling for oil and gas
- § 230 — Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576
- § 233a — Permits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties
- § 234 — Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3, 62 Stat. 576
- § 236a — Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
- § 236b — Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
- § 237 — Omitted
- § 241 — Leases of lands
- § 242 — Oil shale claims
- § 251 — Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants
- § 261 — Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- § 262 — Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals
- § 263 — Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage
- § 271 — Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- § 272 — Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees
- § 273 — Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental
- § 274 — Lands containing coal or other minerals
- § 275 — Laws applicable
- § 276 — Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only
- § 281 — Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
- § 282 — Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
- § 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
- § 284 — Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases
- § 285 — Laws applicable
- § 286 — Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases
- § 287 — Extension of prospecting permits
- § 291 — Lease of gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits on lands title to which confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims
- § 292 — Royalties and rentals; disposition
- § 293 — Duties of Secretary of the Interior
- § 301 — Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased
- § 302 — Assignment of lease; subletting
- § 303 — Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding
- § 304 — Provisions authorized in lease
- § 305 — Royalties under lease
- § 306 — Rules and regulations
- § 321 — Omitted
- § 351 — Definitions
- § 352 — Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded
- § 353 — Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected
- § 354 — Lease of partial or future interests in deposits
- § 355 — Disposition of receipts
- § 356 — Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies
- § 357 — State or local government rights; taxation
- § 358 — Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases
- § 359 — Rules and regulations
- § 360 — Authority to manage certain mineral leases
- § 401 — Establishment of research laboratory; duties
- § 402 — Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies
- § 403 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(12), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969
- § 404 — Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment
- § 411 — Establishment and operation of experimental plant
- § 412 — Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money
- § 451 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–173, title V, § 509, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 803
- § 501 — Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953
- § 502 — Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
- § 503 — Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
- § 504 — Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected
- § 505 — “Mineral leasing laws” defined
- § 521 — Mineral leasing claims
- § 522 — Conflicting periods of location of claims
- § 523 — Uranium leases
- § 524 — Reservation of minerals to United States
- § 525 — Future location of claims on mineral lands
- § 526 — Mining and Leasing Act operations
- § 527 — Determination of unpatented mining claims
- § 528 — Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights
- § 529 — Helium lands subject to entry
- § 530 — Definitions
- § 531 — Approval of United States officials
- § 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
- § 541a — Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location
- § 541b — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
- § 541c — Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States
- § 541d — Location of source materials by holders of coal leases
- § 541e — Definitions
- § 541f — Disbursement of moneys
- § 541g — Rules and regulations
- § 541h — Savings provision
- § 541i — Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims
- § 551 — Declaration of policy
- § 552 — Definitions
- § 553 — Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
- § 554 — Lands subject to chapter
- § 555 — Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
- § 556 — Administration
- § 557 — Rules and regulations
- § 558 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 571 — Declaration of policy
- § 572 — United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
- § 573 — Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary
- § 574 — Hearings; withholding payments
- § 575 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(i)(1), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3290
- § 576 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 601 — Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded
- § 602 — Bidding; advertising and other notice; conditions for negotiation of contract
- § 603 — Disposition of moneys from disposal of materials
- § 604 — Disposal of sand, peat moss, etc., in Alaska; contracts
- § 611 — Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood
- § 612 — Unpatented mining claims
- § 613 — Procedure for determining title uncertainties
- § 614 — Waiver of rights
- § 615 — Limitation of existing rights
- § 621 — Entry to lands reserved for power development
- § 622 — Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim
- § 623 — Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time
- § 624 — Protection of existing valid claims
- § 625 — Prohibition of unspecified use
- § 641 — Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
- § 642 — Exploration contracts
- § 643 — “Exploration” defined
- § 644 — Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds
- § 645 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(13), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969
- § 646 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 661 — Short title; definitions
- § 662 — Powers and duties of Secretary
- § 663, — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934
- § 665 — Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities
- § 666 — Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
- § 667 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934
- § 668 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 681 — Omitted
- § 701 — Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined
- § 702 — “Qualified applicant” defined
- § 703 — Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
- § 704 — Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee
- § 705 — Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments
- § 706 — Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations
- § 707 — Reservation of mineral rights
- § 708 — Assignments; succession
- § 709 — Disposition of payments and fees
- § 721 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 306(a), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1322
- § 801 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 802 — Definitions
- § 803 — Mines subject to coverage
- § 804 — Interim Compliance Panel
- § 811 — Mandatory safety and health standards
- § 812 — Advisory committees
- § 813 — Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping
- § 814 — Citations and orders
- § 815 — Procedure for enforcement
- § 816 — Judicial review of Commission orders
- § 817 — Procedures to counteract dangerous conditions
- § 818 — Injunctions
- § 819 — Posting of orders and decisions
- § 820 — Penalties
- § 821 — Entitlement of miners to full compensation
- § 822 — Representation of Secretary in civil litigation by Solicitor of Labor
- § 823 — Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- § 823a — Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere
- § 824 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 825 — Mandatory health and safety training
- § 826 — Limitation on certain liability for rescue operations
- § 841 — Mandatory health standards for underground mines; enforcement; review; purpose
- § 842 — Dust concentration and respiratory equipment
- § 843 — Medical examinations
- § 844 — Rock dust and gas hazards; controls
- § 845 — Dust standards in presence of quartz
- § 846 — Noise standards; promulgation of new standards; tests; procedures; protective devices
- § 861 — Mandatory safety standards for underground mines
- § 862 — Roof support
- § 863 — Ventilation
- § 864 — Combustible materials and rock dusting
- § 865 — Electrical equipment
- § 866 — Trailing cables
- § 867 — Grounding of equipment
- § 868 — Underground high-voltage distribution
- § 869 — Underground low- and medium-voltage alternating current circuits
- § 870 — Trolley wires and trolley feeder wires
- § 871 — Fire protection
- § 872 — Maps
- § 873 — Blasting and explosives
- § 874 — Hoisting and mantrips
- § 875 — Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans
- § 876 — Communication facilities; locations and emergency response plans
- § 877 — General safety provisions
- § 878 — Definitions
- § 901 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title
- § 902 — Definitions
- § 903 — Field offices
- § 904 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1926
- § 921 — Regulations and presumptions
- § 922 — Payment of benefits
- § 923 — Filing of notice of claim
- § 924 — Time for filing claims
- § 924a — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1926
- § 925 — Procedure for the determination of claims during transition period
- § 931 — Benefits under State workmen’s compensation laws
- § 932 — Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements
- § 932a — Appointment of qualified individuals to hear and determine claims for benefits
- § 933 — Duties of operators in States not qualifying under workmen’s compensation laws
- § 934 — “Fund” defined; liability of operators to United States for repayments to fund; procedures applicable; rate of interest
- § 934a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–119, title I, § 103(b), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1638
- § 935 — Utilization of services of State and local agencies
- § 936 — Regulations and reports
- § 937 — Contracts and grants
- § 938 — Miners suffering from pneumoconiosis; discrimination prohibited
- § 939 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 940 — Applicability of amendments to part B of this subchapter to this part
- § 941 — Penalty for false statements or representations
- § 942 — Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file
- § 943 — Black lung insurance program
- § 944 — Statement of reasons for denial of claim
- § 945 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1926
- § 951 — Studies and research
- § 951a — Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program
- § 952 — Training and education
- § 953 — Assistance to States
- § 954 — Appointment of administrative personnel and inspectors; qualifications; training programs
- § 955 — State laws
- § 956 — Applicability of administrative procedure provisions
- § 957 — Promulgation of regulations
- § 958 — Annual reports to Congress; contents
- § 959 — Study of coordination of Federal and State activities; report
- § 960 — Limitation on issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
- § 961 — Functions transferred under 1977 amendments
- § 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
- § 963 — Technical Study Panel
- § 964 — Scholarships
- § 965 — Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants
- § 966 — Retention of fees
- § 1001 — Definitions
- § 1002 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- § 1002a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–214, § 7(16), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 174
- § 1003 — Leasing procedures
- § 1004 — Rents and royalties
- § 1005 — Lease term and work commitment requirements
- § 1006 — Acreage limitations
- § 1007 — Readjustment of lease terms and conditions
- § 1008 — Byproducts
- § 1009 — Relinquishment of geothermal rights
- § 1010 — Suspension of operations and production
- § 1011 — Termination of leases
- § 1012 — Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
- § 1013 — Surface land use
- § 1014 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- § 1015 — Requirement for lessees
- § 1016 — Administration
- § 1017 — Unit and communitization agreements
- § 1018 — Data from Federal agencies
- § 1019 — Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties
- § 1020 — Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights
- § 1021 — Federal exemption from State water laws
- § 1022 — Prevention of waste; exclusivity
- § 1023 — Rules and regulations
- § 1024 — Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws
- § 1025 — Federal reservation of certain mineral rights
- § 1026 — Significant thermal features
- § 1027 — Land subject to prohibition on leasing
- § 1028 — Hot dry rock geothermal energy
- § 1101 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3002(i)(3), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495
- § 1201 — Congressional findings
- § 1202 — Statement of purpose
- § 1211 — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- § 1221 — Authorization of State allotments to institutes
- § 1222 — Research funds to institutes
- § 1223 — Funding criteria
- § 1224 — Duties of Secretary
- § 1225 — Effect on colleges and universities
- § 1226 — Research
- § 1227 — Center for cataloging
- § 1228 — Interagency cooperation
- § 1229 — Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
- § 1230 — Eligibility criteria
- § 1230a — Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
- § 1231 — Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
- § 1231a — Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
- § 1232 — Reclamation fee
- § 1233 — Objectives of fund
- § 1234 — Eligible lands and water
- § 1235 — State reclamation program
- § 1236 — Reclamation of rural lands
- § 1237 — Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
- § 1238 — Liens
- § 1239 — Filling voids and sealing tunnels
- § 1240 — Emergency powers
- § 1240a — Certification
- § 1241 — Omitted
- § 1242 — Powers of Secretary or State
- § 1243 — Interagency cooperation
- § 1244 — Remining incentives
- § 1245 — Abandoned hardrock mine reclamation
- § 1251 — Environmental protection standards
- § 1251a — Abandoned coal refuse sites
- § 1252 — Initial regulatory procedures
- § 1253 — State programs
- § 1254 — Federal programs
- § 1255 — State laws
- § 1256 — Permits
- § 1257 — Application requirements
- § 1258 — Reclamation plan requirements
- § 1259 — Performance bonds
- § 1260 — Permit approval or denial
- § 1261 — Revision of permits
- § 1262 — Coal exploration permits
- § 1263 — Public notice and public hearings
- § 1264 — Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
- § 1265 — Environmental protection performance standards
- § 1266 — Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
- § 1267 — Inspections and monitoring
- § 1268 — Penalties
- § 1269 — Release of performance bonds or deposits
- § 1270 — Citizens suits
- § 1271 — Enforcement
- § 1272 — Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
- § 1273 — Federal lands
- § 1274 — Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
- § 1275 — Review by Secretary
- § 1276 — Judicial review
- § 1277 — Special bituminous coal mines
- § 1278 — Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
- § 1279 — Anthracite coal mines
- § 1281 — Designation procedures
- § 1291 — Definitions
- § 1292 — Other Federal laws
- § 1293 — Employee protection
- § 1294 — Penalty
- § 1295 — Grants to States
- § 1296 — Annual report to President and Congress
- § 1297 — Separability
- § 1298 — Alaskan surface coal mine study
- § 1299 — Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
- § 1300 — Indian lands
- § 1301 — Experimental practices
- § 1302 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1303 — Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
- § 1304 — Surface owner protection
- § 1305 — Federal lessee protection
- § 1306 — Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
- § 1307 — Water rights and replacement
- § 1308 — Advance appropriations
- § 1308a — Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
- § 1308b — Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
- § 1309 — Certification and training of blasters
- § 1309a — Subsidence
- § 1309b — Research
- § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research laboratories
- § 1312 — Financial assistance
- § 1313 — Limitation on payments
- § 1314 — Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
- § 1315 — Advisory Council on Coal Research
- § 1316 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1321 — Fellowship awards
- § 1322 — Fellowship recipients
- § 1323 — Distribution of fellowships
- § 1324 — Stipends and allowances
- § 1325 — Limitation on fellowships
- § 1326 — Fellowship conditions
- § 1327 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1328 — Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
- § 1401 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 1402 — International objectives
- § 1403 — Definitions
- § 1411 — Prohibited activities by United States citizens
- § 1412 — Licenses for exploration and permits for commercial recovery
- § 1413 — License and permit applications, review, and certification
- § 1414 — License and permit fees
- § 1415 — License and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions; issuance and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1416 — Denial of certification of applications and of issuance, transfer, suspension, and revocation of licenses and permits; suspension and modification of activities
- § 1417 — Duration of licenses and permits
- § 1418 — Diligence requirements
- § 1419 — Protection of the environment
- § 1420 — Conservation of natural resources
- § 1421 — Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas
- § 1422 — Safety of life and property at sea
- § 1423 — Records, audits, and public disclosure
- § 1424 — Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
- § 1425 — Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1426 — Public notice and hearings
- § 1427 — Civil actions
- § 1428 — Reciprocating states
- § 1441 — Declaration of Congressional intent
- § 1442 — Effect of international agreement
- § 1443 — Protection of interim investments
- § 1444 — Disclaimer of obligation to pay compensation
- § 1461 — Prohibited acts
- § 1462 — Civil penalties
- § 1463 — Criminal offenses
- § 1464 — Enforcement
- § 1465 — Liability of vessels
- § 1466 — Civil forfeitures
- § 1467 — Jurisdiction of courts
- § 1468 — Regulations
- § 1469 — Omitted
- § 1470 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1471 — Severability
- § 1472 — Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; establishment
- § 1473 — Revenue and customs or tariff treatment of deep seabed mining unaffected
- § 1501 — Congressional statement of findings
- § 1511 — Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation
- § 1512 — Loan size limitation
- § 1513 — Loan interest rates; repayment periods
- § 1514 — Program termination
- § 1515 — Regulations
- § 1516 — Authorizations
- § 1521 — Reservoir insurance program study
- § 1522 — Establishment of program
- § 1531 — Feasibility study loan program
- § 1541 — Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
- § 1542 — Regulations
- § 1601 — Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined
- § 1602 — Congressional declaration of policies
- § 1603 — Implementation of policies
- § 1604 — Program administration
- § 1605 — Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies
- § 1606 — Mineral security
- § 1607 — Critical minerals supply chains and reliability
- § 1701 — Congressional statement of findings and purposes
- § 1702 — Definitions
- § 1711 — Duties of Secretary
- § 1712 — Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
- § 1713 — Required recordkeeping
- § 1714 — Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
- § 1715 — Explanation of payments
- § 1716 — Liabilities and bonding
- § 1717 — Hearings and investigations
- § 1718 — Inspections
- § 1719 — Civil penalties
- § 1720 — Criminal penalties
- § 1720a — Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
- § 1721 — Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
- § 1721a — Adjustments and refunds
- § 1722 — Injunction and specific enforcement authority
- § 1723 — Rewards
- § 1724 — Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods
- § 1725 — Assessments
- § 1726 — Alternatives for marginal properties
- § 1727 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–21, title V, § 50103, July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 142
- § 1731 — Application of subchapter
- § 1731a — Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States
- § 1732 — Cooperative agreements
- § 1733 — Information
- § 1734 — State suits under Federal law
- § 1735 — Delegation of royalty collections and related activities
- § 1736 — Shared civil penalties
- § 1751 — Secretarial authority
- § 1752 — Reports
- § 1753 — Relation to other laws
- § 1754 — Funding
- § 1755 — Statute of limitations
- § 1756 — Expanded royalty obligations
- § 1757 — Severability
- § 1758 — Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service
- § 1759 — Fees and charges
- § 1801 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title VII, § 7002(n)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2576
- § 1901 — Definitions
- § 1902 — Research program
- § 1903 — Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
- § 1904 — Marine mineral research centers
- § 1905 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 2001 — Findings
- § 2002 — Definitions
- § 2003 — Methane hydrate research and development program
- § 2004 — National Research Council study
- § 2005 — Reports and studies for Congress
- § 2006 — Authorization of appropriations