Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Part A · Chapter 22 — Mine Safety and Health
§ 903. Field offices
Statutory text
The Secretary of Labor shall establish and operate such field offices as may be necessary to assist miners and survivors of miners in the filing and processing of claims under this subchapter. Such field offices shall, to the extent feasible, be reasonably accessible to such miners and survivors. The Secretary, in connection with the establishment and operation of field offices, may enter into arrangements with other Federal departments and agencies, and with State agencies, for the use of existing facilities operated by such departments and agencies. Where the establishment of separate facilities is not feasible the Secretary may enter into such arrangements as he deems necessary with the heads of Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities and with State agencies for the use of existing facilities and personnel under their control.
There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary.
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. 95–239 § 18 · 92 Stat. 95
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 903
(Pub. L. 95–239, § 18, Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 105.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–239, § 18, Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 105.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 18. field offices (a) The Secretary of Labor shall establish and operate such Establishment. 30 USC 903. 30 USC 901. field offices as may be necessary to assist miners and survivors of miners in the filing and processing of claims under title IV of the Act. Such field offices shall, to the extent feasible, be reasonably accessible to such miners and survivors. The Secretary, in connection with the Arrangements with Federal and State agencies. establishment and operation of field offices, may enter into arrangements with other Federal departments and agencies, and with State agencies, for the use of existing facilities operated by such departments and agencies. Where the establishment of separate facilities is not feasible the Secretary may enter into such arrangements as he deems necessary with the heads of Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities and with State agencies for the use of existing facilities and personnel under their control. (b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of Appropriation authorization. subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 1977, and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter or the Black Lung Benefits Act which comprises this subchapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 95–239, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 901 of this title.