Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 22 — Mine Safety and Health
§ 823a. Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere
Statutory text
The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that convenience of the public or the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
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.
Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977
Pub. L. 95–164 title III § 302(d) · 91 Stat. 1290
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 823a
(Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 302(d), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1320.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 302(d), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1320.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that convenience of the public or the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of Pub. L. 95–164, known as the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977, and not as part of Pub. L. 91–173, , 83 Stat. 742, known as the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 120 days after , see section 307 of Pub. L. 95–164, set out as an Effective Date of 1977 Amendment note under section 801 of this title.