Repealed. Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment. CROSS REFERENCES Alaska Communications system, mineral rights exception from transfer of government-owned long-lines communication facilities, see section 781 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, mining area restoration and prevention of water pollution by drainage from mines, see sections 205 and 206, set out in Appendix to Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954 Generally, see section 2011 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Production of special nuclear material, see section 2061 et seq. of Title 42. Source material, see section 2091 et seq. of Title 42. Special nuclear material, see section 2071 et seq. of Title 42. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Collection, collation, report, and publication of employment statistics in mining, quarrying, and crude petroleum production industries, see section 2 of Title 29, Labor. Studies of productivity and labor costs in mining industry, see section 2b of Title 29. Bureau of Land Management specifications for descriptions of tracts of land for use in executive orders and proclamations, see Ex. Ord. No. 11030, set out as a note under section 1505 of Title 44, Public Printing and Mining. Censuses of mineral industries; collection and publication, five-year periods, see section 131 of Title 13, Census. Coal cars, distribution by railroad carriers; penalties for failure to prorate, see section 1(12) of Title 49, Transportation. College-aid land grants, mineral lands exclusion, see section 301 of Title 7, Agriculture. Connally Hot Oil Act, see section 715 et seq. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. FEDERAL EXPLOSIVES ACT Investigations of explosions and fires in mines and quarries, see section 136 of Title 50, War and National Defense. Licenses, rejection of applications: appeals to Bureau of Mines officials stationed in the field, see section 129 of Title 50. Platinum, iridium, and palladium as subject to, see section 144 of Title 50. Sale or issuance by authorized and licensed employees of explosives or ingredients required by employees in performance of duties at mines or quarries and return of unused material, see section 124 of Title 50. Geological Survey, printing of mineral resources' reports, see section 1318 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Helium gas, see section 167 et seq. of Title 50, War and National Defense. INDIAN LANDS Conveyance of school properties to local school districts or public agencies, reservation of mineral deposits, see section 293a of Title 25. Subsurface storage of oil or gas, see section 396g of Title 25. Indian lands, leases INDIAN LANDS, LEASES Allotted lands for mining purposes, see section 396 of Title 25, Indians. Excepted lands, see section 396f of Title 25. Mining leases of lands reserved for agency or school, see section 400a of Title 25. Officials authorized to approve leases, see section 396e of Title 25. Oil and gas leases, public auction: requirements, see section 396b of Title 25. Restricted lands, lessees of: performance bond required, see section 396c of Title 25. Rules and regulations governing operations; limitations on oil or gas leases, see section 396d of Title 25. Unallotted lands for mining purposes, see section 396a of Title 25. Unallotted lands for oil and gas mining purposes, see section 398 of Title 25. Unallotted lands for oil and gas mining purposes within Executive order Indian reservations, see section 398a et seq. of Title 25. Unallotted mineral lands withdrawn from entry under mining laws, see section 399 of Title 25. Low-rent housing projects, disposal: reservation of minerals, see section 1412 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Military service, utilization of mines, see section 468 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense. National forests, monuments, and parks: mineral lands, deposits, and mining, see generally Title 16, Conservation. National Museum collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and other objects of natural history, archaeology, and ethnology, see section 59 of Title 20, Education. Natural Gas Act, see section 717 et seq. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, see section 1671 et seq. of Title 49, Transportation. OFFENSES Clearing public lands to work mining claim, see section 1852 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Coal depredations, public lands, see section 1851 of Title 18. Espionage, see section 793 of Title 18. Sabotage, see section 2151 et seq. of Title 18. PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS Adjustment of imports into the United States, see Proc. No. 3279, set out as a note under section 1862 of Title 19, Customs Duties. Interstate transportation, see section 715 et seq. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Naval petroleum reserves, see section 7421 et seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces. Public utility holding companies, see section 79 et seq. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Small Tract Act, see sections 682a to 682e of Title 43, Public Lands. Soil area surveys by Secretary of Agriculture, printing of reports, see section 1342 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 Mineral permits and leases, suspension of operations and term of permits and leases, see section 566 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense. Mining claims, requirements suspended, see section 565 of Appendix to Title 50. Nonforfeiture of rights to public lands under mining and mineral leasing laws, see section 561 of Appendix to Title 50. Public land rights of persons under 21 under mining and mineral leasing laws, see section 571 of Appendix to Title 50. Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, see section 98 et seq. of Title 50, War and National Defense. Submerged lands mineral rights generally, see section 1301 et seq. of Title 43, Public Lands. TAXATION, NATURAL RESOURCES Deductions, gross income, see section 611 et seq. of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. Exclusions, gross income, see section 621 of Title 26. Sales and exchanges, see sections 631 and 632 of Title 26. Helium gas, production of, see chapter 10 of Title 50, War and National Defense. § 1. Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees. There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated the 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. (May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 1, 36 Stat. 369; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, § 1, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Bureau of Mines was originally created in the Department of the Interior. The Bureau was transferred to Department of Commerce by Ex. Ord. No. 4239, but was transferred back to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6611. of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 2. Same; performance of duties in absence of direc tor. In the absence of the Director of the Bureau of Mines the assistant director of said bureau shall perform the duties of the director during the latter's absence, and in the absence of the Director and of the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Mines the Secretary of the Interior may designate some officer of said bureau to perform the duties of the director during his absence. (July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 303; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, note under section 1 of this title. § 3. Same; duties of Bureau of Mines. It shall be the province and duty of the 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, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, note under section 1 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 of this title. § 4. Investigation of lignite coal and peat. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make experiments and investigations, through the Bureau of Mines, of lignite coals and peat, to determine the commercial and economic practicability of their utilization in producing fuel oil, gasoline substitutes, ammonia, tar, solid fuels, gas for power, and other purposes. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed subject to applicable regulations under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to sell or otherwise dispose of any property, plant, or machinery purchased or acquired under the provisions of this section, as soon as the experiments and investigations authorized have been concluded, and report the results of such experiments and investigations to Congress. (Feb. 25, 1919, ch. 23, §§ 1, 2, 40 Stat. 1154; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2 (18), 65 Stat. 707.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377. Titles I-IV and VI-VIII thereof are classified to chapters 10 and 16 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Title V thereof was classified to former chapter 11 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, but was repealed in the revision of Title 44 by Pub. L. 90-620, § 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1309. The subject matter of such former Title V is now covered by chapters 21, 25, 27, 29, and 31 of Title 44. CODIFICATION First sentence of this section is from first clause of section 1 of act Feb. 25, 1919. Second sentence is from section 2 of said act. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, inserted the reference to applicable regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, note under section 1 of this title. § 4a. Investigation of potash deposits; appropriations. CODIFICATION Section, act June 25, 1926, ch. 674, § 1, 44 Stat. 768, authorized appropriation of $100,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, and the four succeeding fiscal years for investigation of potash deposits. § 4b. Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc., contracts with owners; agreements as to prices. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly are hereby authorized, within their discretion, to cooperate under formal agreement with individuals, associations, corporations, States, and municipalities, educational institutions, or other bodies, for the purposes of this section: Provided, That before undertaking drilling operations upon any tract or tracts of land, the mineral deposits of which are not the property of the United States, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly shall enter into a contract or contracts with the owners or lessees, or both, of the mineral rights therein, and the aforesaid contract or contracts shall provide, among other things, that, if deposits of potash minerals or oil shall be discovered in pursuance of operations under said contract or contracts and if and when said mineral deposits shall be mined and sold, the owners or lessees, or both, of said mineral rights shall pay to the Government and its cooperators a royalty of not less than 22 per centum of the sale value of any potash minerals and oil therefrom, said payments to continue until such time as the total amount derived from said royalty is equal to not more than the cost of the exploration, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly: Provided further, That all Federal claims for reimbursement under this section shall automatically expire twenty years from the date of approval of the contracts entered into, in accordance with the provisions thereof, unless sooner terminated by agreement between the owners or lessees of the potash mineral rights and oil and the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly: Provided further, That said contract or contracts shall not restrict the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce jointly in the choice of drilling locations within the property or in the conduct of the exploratory operations, so long as such selection or conduct do not interfere unreasonably with the surface of the land or with the improvements thereof, and said contract or contracts shall provide that the United States shall not be liable for damages on account of such reasonable use of the surface as may be necessary in the proper conduct of the work. (June 25, 1926, ch. 674, § 2, 44 Stat. 768; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 356, 44 Stat. 1388.) § 4c. Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal. The Bureau of Mines, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to conduct investigations, studies, and experiments on its own initiative and in cooperation with individuals, State institutions, laboratories, and other organizations, with a view to (1) the development of a commercially practicable carbonization method of processing sub-bituminous and lignite coal so as to convert such coal into an all-purpose fuel, to provide fertilizers, and obtain such other byproducts thereof as may be commercially valuable; (2) the development of efficient methods, equipment, and devices for burning lignite or char therefrom; and (3) determining and developing methods for more efficient utilization of such sub-bituminous and lignite coal for purposes of generating electric power. (May 15, 1936, ch. 397, § 1, 49 Stat. 1275.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § § 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 4d. Same; plants, machinery, and equipment. The Bureau of Mines is further authorized, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to erect such plants, construct and purchase such machinery and equipment, and to take such other steps as it may deem necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of section 4c of this title. (May 15, 1936, ch. 397, § 2, 49 Stat. 1275.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of the Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of the officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 4e. Appropriations. CODIFICATION Section, act May 15, 1936, ch. 397, § 3, 49 Stat. 1275, appropriated $100,000 for carrying out provisions of sections 4c and 4d of this title to be expended during certain fiscal years, the last ending June 30, 1939. SS 4f to 4o. Transferred. CODIFICATION Sections 4f to 40 transferred to sections 451 to 460, respectively, of this title which have been repealed. § 5. Reports of investigations. The Director of the Bureau of Mines shall prepare and publish, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the appropriations made from time to time by Congress, reports of inquiries and investigations, with appropriate recommendations of the bureau, concerning the nature, causes, and prevention of accidents, and the improvement of conditions, methods, and equipment, with special reference to health, safety, and prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; the use of explosives and electricity, safety methods and appliances, and rescue and firstaid work in said industries; the causes and prevention of mine fires; and other subjects included under the provisions of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title. (May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 3, 36 Stat. 370; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 1 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 of this title. § 6. Personal interest of director and members of bureau in mines. In conducting inquiries and investigations authorized under sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title neither the director nor any member of the Bureau of Mines shall have any personal or private interest in any mine or the products of any mine under investigation, or shall accept employment from any private party for services in the examination of any mine or private mineral property, or issue any report as to the valuation or the management of any mine or other private mineral property. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the temporary employment by the Bureau of Mines, at a compensation not to exceed $10 per day, in a consulting capacity or in the investigation of special subjects, of any engineer |