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30 U.S.C. § 3

Duties of United States Bureau of Mines

United States · Title 30 — MINERAL LANDS AND MINING · Status: effective

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30 U.S.C. § 3, Duties of United States Bureau of Mines, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/466691
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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.

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  • Amended byPub. L. 102-285(H.R. 2763)1992-05-18
    National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally