§ 571. Declaration of policy

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. 1955

   Pub. L. 84–369 § 1 · 69 Stat. 692

   Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 571

   July 15, 1955, ch. 369, § 1, 69 Stat. 352

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 15, 1955, ch. 369, § 1, 69 Stat. 352

2. 1962

   Pub. L. 87–818 § 1(1) · 76 Stat. 934

   Changed · 30 U.S.C. § 571

   Pub. L. 87–818 declared it to be the policy of the Congress “to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines, in those instances where such work is in the interest of the public health or safety”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 87–818 declared it to be the policy of the Congress “to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines, in those instances where such work is in the interest of the public health or safety”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) The second sentence of section 1 is amended to read as follows: “It is therefore declared to be the policy of the Congress to provide for the control and drainage of water in the anthracite coal formations and thereby conserve natural resources, promote national security, prevent injuries and loss of life, and preserve, public and private property, and to seal abandoned coal mines and to fill voids in abandoned coal mines, in those instances where such work is in the interest of the public health or safety.”;

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