Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 9 — Rare and Precious Metals Experiment Station
§ 411. Establishment and operation of experimental plant
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized and directed to establish, equip, and maintain a research laboratory at Reno, Nevada, for research, investigation, and as a center for information and assistance in matters pertaining to the mining, preparation, metallurgy, use, and conservation of the rare and precious metals of the Sierra Nevada mining region, and pertaining to other problems affecting the mining industry of that region.
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.
Pub. L. 81–338 § 1 · 64 Stat. 248
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 411
June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 1, 64 Stat. 248
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 1, 64 Stat. 248
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” 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.
Appropriations
Act June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 3, 64 Stat. 248, provided that: “In order to carry out the purposes of this Act [enacting this chapter] there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of (a) $750,000 for the erection and equipment of a building or buildings, including plumbing, lighting, heating, ventilation, general service, experimental equipment and apparatus, the necessary roads, walks, and ground improvements; and (b) $250,000 annually for the maintenance and operation of the experiment station, including personal services, supplies, equipment, and expenses of travel and subsistence.”
Credits
1950–1992 · 2 acts
- 1950June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 1, 64 Stat. 248
- 1992Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.
Show as published
(June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 1, 64 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.)