§ 1224. Duties of Secretary

Statutory text

Consulting with other agencies; prescribing rules and regulations; furnishing advice and assistance; coordinating research

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Bureau of Mines, shall administer this subchapter and, after full consultation with other interested Federal agencies, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions. The Secretary shall furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of this subchapter, shall participate in coordinating research initiated under this subchapter by the institutes, shall indicate to them such lines of inquiry that seem most important, and shall encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the institutes and between them and other research organizations, the United States Department of the Interior, and other Federal establishments.

Annual ascertainment of compliance

On or before the first day of July in each year beginning after August 29, 1984, the Secretary shall ascertain whether the requirements of section 1223(a) of this title have been met as to each institute and State.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1984
Pub. L. 98–409 § 4 · 98 Stat. 1536
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1224
Pub. L. 98–409, § 4, Aug. 29, 1984, 98 Stat. 1538
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 98–409, § 4, Aug. 29, 1984, 98 Stat. 1538
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. duties of the secretary (a) The Secretary shall administer this Act and, after full consultation with other interested Federal agencies, shall prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions. The Secretary shall furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of this Act, shall participate in coordinating research initiated under this Act by the institutes, shall indicate to them such lines of inquiry that seem most important, and shall encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the institutes and between them and other research organizations, the United States Department of the Interior, and other Federal establishments. (b) On or before the first day of July in each year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall ascertain whether the requirements of section 3(a) have been met as to each institute and State. (c) The Secretary shall make an annual report to the Congress of Report, the receipts, expenditures, and work of the institutes in all States under the provisions of this Act. The Secretary’s report shall indicate whether any portion of an appropriation available for allotment to any State has been withheld and, if so, the reason therefor.
1988
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Amendments of 1988
Pub. L. 100–483 § 6 · 102 Stat. 2339
Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 1224(a)
Pub. L. 100–483 inserted “, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines,” after “The Secretary”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–483 inserted “, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines,” after “The Secretary”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATION. The first sentence of section 4(a) of the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984 (30 U.S.C. 1224(a)) is amended by inserting “, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines,” immediately after “The Secretary”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Subsec. (c) of this section, which required the Secretary to make an annual report to Congress on the receipts, expenditures, and work of the institutes in all States under the provisions of this subchapter, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 109 of House Document No. 103–7.

Section was enacted as part of the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984, and not as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1224, Pub. L. 95–87, title III, § 304, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 454, contained provisions similar to this section covering fiscal years 1978 through 1984.

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–483 inserted “, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines,” after “The Secretary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted for “Bureau of Mines” in subsec. (a) 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.

Credits

1984–1992 · 3 acts

1984Pub. L. 98–409, § 4, Aug. 29, 1984, 98 Stat. 1538
1988Pub. L. 100–483, § 6, Oct. 12, 1988, 102 Stat. 2340
1992Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 98–409, § 4, Aug. 29, 1984, 98 Stat. 1538; Pub. L. 100–483, § 6, Oct. 12, 1988, 102 Stat. 2340; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)