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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 9 — Rare and Precious Metals Experiment Station

§ 412. Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money

Statutory text

For the purposes of this chapter the Secretary, acting through the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to acquire land and interests therein; to receive and accept money and property, real or personal, or interests therein, and services as a gift, bequest, or contribution; and may conduct activities or projects in cooperation with any person, firm, agency, or organization, Federal, State, or private. Money so received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund or funds for disbursement by the United States Bureau of Mines and shall remain available for the purposes for which received and accepted until expended.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 81–338 § 2 · 64 Stat. 248

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 412

    June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 2, 64 Stat. 248

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 2, 64 Stat. 248

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. F or the purposes of this Act the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Mines, is authorized to acquire land and interests therein; to receive and accept money and property, real or personal, or interests therein, and services as a gift, bequest, or contribution; and may conduct activities or projects in cooperation with any person, firm, agency, or organization, Federal, State, or private. Money so received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in a special fund or funds for disbursement by the Bureau of Mines and shall remain available for the purposes for which received and accepted until expended.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

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.

Credits

1950–1992 · 2 acts
  1. 1950June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 2, 64 Stat. 248
  2. 1992Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.
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(June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 2, 64 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.)

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