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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 1 — United States Bureau of Mines

§ 7. Fees for tests or investigations

Statutory text

For tests or investigations authorized by the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title, except those performed for the Government of the United States or State governments within the United States, a fee sufficient in each case to compensate the United States Bureau of Mines for the entire cost of the services rendered shall be charged, according to a schedule prepared by the Director of the United States Bureau of Mines and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall prescribe rules and regulations under which such tests and investigations may be made. All moneys received from such sources shall be paid into the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts.

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. 61–240 § 5 · 36 Stat. 369

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 7

    May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 5, 36 Stat. 370

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 5, 36 Stat. 370

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. That nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any way granting to any officer or employee of the Bureau of Mines any right or authority in connection with the inspection or supervision of mines or metallurgical plants in any State.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1932—Act , substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary of the Interior” and changed a reasonable fee to be charged to a fee sufficient to compensate for entire cost of services rendered.

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.

Effective Date of 1932 Amendment

Amendment by act , effective , see act June 30, 1932, ch. 314, pt. II, title III, § 314, 47 Stat. 411.

Credits

1910–1992 · 6 acts
  1. 1910May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 5, 36 Stat. 370
  2. 1913Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, § 5, 37 Stat. 682
  3. 1932June 30, 1932, ch. 314, pt. II, title III, § 311, 47 Stat. 410
  4. 1935Ex. Ord. No. 4239,
  5. 1934Ex. Ord. No. 6611,
  6. 1992Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.
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(May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 5, 36 Stat. 370; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, § 5, 37 Stat. 682; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, pt. II, title III, § 311, 47 Stat. 410; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, ; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.)

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