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Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
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Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contains | Sections 1 to 2006 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
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- Chapter 1 - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES (§§ 1 - 16)
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- Section 1 - United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees
- Section 1a - Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines
- Section 2 - Performance of duties in absence of director
- Section 3 - Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
- Section 4 - Investigation of lignite coal and peat
- Section 4a - Omitted
- Section 4b - Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices
- Section 4c - Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal
- Section 4d - Plants, machinery, and equipment
- Section 4e - Omitted
- Section 4f to 4o - Transferred
- Section 5 - Reports of investigations
- Section 6 - Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines
- Section 7 - Fees for tests or investigations
- Section 8 - Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized
- Section 9 - Acceptance of lands from States
- Section 10 - Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations
- Section 11 - Omitted
- Section 12 - Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, §1(16), 65 Stat. 638
- Section 13 - Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
- Section 14 - Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies
- Section 15 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86-533, §1(17), June 29, 1960, 74 Stat. 248
- Section 16 - Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment
- Chapter 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL (§§ 21 - 54)
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- Section 21 - Mineral lands reserved
- Section 21a - National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
- Section 22 - Lands open to purchase by citizens
- Section 23 - Length of claims on veins or lodes
- Section 24 - Proof of citizenship
- Section 25 - Affidavit of citizenship
- Section 26 - Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment
- Section 27 - Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
- Section 28 - Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner's succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure
- Section 28-1 - Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions
- Section 28-2 - Definitions
- Section 28a - Omitted
- Section 28b - Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
- Section 28c - Length and termination of deferment
- Section 28d - Performance of deferred work
- Section 28e - Recordation of deferment
- Section 28f - Fee
- Section 28g - Location fee
- Section 28h - Co-ownership
- Section 28i - Failure to pay
- Section 28j - Other requirements
- Section 28k - Regulations
- Section 28l - Collection of mining law administration fees
- Section 29 - Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objections; nonresident claimant's agent for execution of application and affidavits
- Section 30 - Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office, and acreage and fee payments; issuance of patents for entire or partial claims upon certification of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation of patent title
- Section 31 - Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
- Section 32 - Findings by jury; costs
- Section 33 - Existing rights
- Section 34 - Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
- Section 35 - Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land
- Section 36 - Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
- Section 37 - Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent
- Section 38 - Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
- Section 39 - Surveyors of mining claims
- Section 40 - Verification of affidavits
- Section 41 - Intersecting or crossing veins
- Section 42 - Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
- Section 43 - Conditions of sale by local legislature
- Section 44, 45 - Omitted
- Section 46 - Additional land districts and officers
- Section 47 - Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
- Section 48 - Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
- Section 49 - Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
- Section 49a - Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State
- Section 49b - Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
- Section 49c - Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
- Section 49d - Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
- Section 49e - Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
- Section 49f - Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
- Section 50 - Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
- Section 51 - Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession
- Section 52 - Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
- Section 53 - Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
- Section 54 - Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
- Chapter 3 - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE (§§ 71 - 172)
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- Subchapter I - COAL LAND ENTRIES IN GENERAL (§§ 71 - 77)
- Subchapter II - COAL LAND ENTRIES UNDER NONMINERAL LAND LAWS WITH RESERVATION OF COAL TO UNITED STATES (§§ 81 - 90)
- Subchapter III - PETROLEUM, OTHER MINERAL OIL, OR GAS LAND ENTRIES UNDER MINING LAWS (§§ 101 - 104)
- Subchapter IV - HOMESTEAD ENTRY OF LANDS IN UTAH, WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS OIL LANDS (§§ 111 - 113)
- Subchapter V - AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL... (§§ 121 - 125)
- Subchapter VI - LOCATION OF PHOSPHATE ROCK LANDS UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS (§§ 131)
- Subchapter VII - PERMITS TO PROSPECT FOR CHLORIDES, SULPHATES, CARBONATES, BORATES, SILICATES, OR NITRATES OF... (§§ 141 - 152)
- Subchapter VIII - BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS (§§ 161 - 162)
- Subchapter IX - DISPOSAL OF ALABAMA LANDS AS AGRICULTURAL LANDS (§§ 171 - 172)
- Chapter 3A - LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS (§§ 181 - 287)
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- Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 181 - 196)
- Subchapter II - COAL (§§ 201 - 209)
- Subchapter III - PHOSPHATES (§§ 211 - 214)
- Subchapter IV - OIL AND GAS (§§ 221 - 237)
- Subchapter V - OIL SHALE (§§ 241 - 242)
- Subchapter VI - ALASKA OIL PROVISO (§§ 251)
- Subchapter VII - SODIUM (§§ 261 - 263)
- Subchapter VIII - SULPHUR (§§ 271 - 276)
- Subchapter IX - POTASH (§§ 281 - 287)
- Chapter 4 - LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS (§§ 291 - 293)
- Chapter 5 - LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY (§§ 301 - 306)
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- Section 301 - Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased
- Section 302 - Assignment of lease; subletting
- Section 303 - Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding
- Section 304 - Provisions authorized in lease
- Section 305 - Royalties under lease
- Section 306 - Rules and regulations
- Chapter 6 - SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUEL DEMONSTRATION PLANTS (§§ 321 - 325)
- Chapter 7 - LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS (§§ 351 - 360)
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- Section 351 - Definitions
- Section 352 - Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded
- Section 353 - Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected
- Section 354 - Lease of partial or future interests in deposits
- Section 355 - Disposition of receipts
- Section 356 - Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies
- Section 357 - State or local government rights; taxation
- Section 358 - Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases
- Section 359 - Rules and regulations
- Section 360 - Authority to manage certain mineral leases
- Chapter 8 - DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES (§§ 401 - 404)
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- Section 401 - Establishment of research laboratory; duties
- Section 402 - Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies
- Section 403 - Repealed. Pub. L. 93-608, §1(12), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969
- Section 404 - Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment
- Chapter 9 - RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION (§§ 411 - 412)
- Chapter 10 - COAL MINE SAFETY (§§ 451 - 483)
- Chapter 11 - MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS (§§ 501 - 505)
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- Section 501 - Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953
- Section 502 - Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
- Section 503 - Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
- Section 504 - Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected
- Section 505 - “Mineral leasing laws” defined
- Chapter 12 - MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS (§§ 521 - 531)
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- Section 521 - Mineral leasing claims
- Section 522 - Conflicting periods of location of claims
- Section 523 - Uranium leases
- Section 524 - Reservation of minerals to United States
- Section 525 - Future location of claims on mineral lands
- Section 526 - Mining and Leasing Act operations
- Section 527 - Determination of unpatented mining claims
- Section 528 - Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights
- Section 529 - Helium lands subject to entry
- Section 530 - Definitions
- Section 531 - Approval of United States officials
- Chapter 12A - ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE MATERIAL (§§ 541 - 541i)
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- Section 541 - Entry and location; filing of copy of notice of mining location; report and payment for lignite mined; mineral patents; reservation of minerals to United States
- Section 541a - Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location
- Section 541b - Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
- Section 541c - Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States
- Section 541d - Location of source materials by holders of coal leases
- Section 541e - Definitions
- Section 541f - Disbursement of moneys
- Section 541g - Rules and regulations
- Section 541h - Savings provision
- Section 541i - Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims
- Chapter 13 - CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES (§§ 551 - 558)
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- Section 551 - Declaration of policy
- Section 552 - Definitions
- Section 553 - Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
- Section 554 - Lands subject to chapter
- Section 555 - Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
- Section 556 - Administration
- Section 557 - Rules and regulations
- Section 558 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 14 - ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL (§§ 571 - 576)
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- Section 571 - Declaration of policy
- Section 572 - United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
- Section 573 - Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary
- Section 574 - Hearings; withholding payments
- Section 575 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105-362, title IX, §901(i)(1), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3290
- Section 576 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 15 - SURFACE RESOURCES (§§ 601 - 615)
- Chapter 16 - MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT (§§ 621 - 625)
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- Section 621 - Entry to lands reserved for power development
- Section 622 - Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim
- Section 623 - Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time
- Section 624 - Protection of existing valid claims
- Section 625 - Prohibition of unspecified use
- Chapter 17 - EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS (§§ 641 - 646)
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- Section 641 - Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
- Section 642 - Exploration contracts
- Section 643 - “Exploration” defined
- Section 644 - Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds
- Section 645 - Repealed. Pub. L. 93-608, §1(13), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1969
- Section 646 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 18 - COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 661 - 668)
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- Section 661 - Short title; definitions
- Section 662 - Powers and duties of Secretary
- Section 663, 664 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109-58, title X, §1009(a)(1)(C), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934
- Section 665 - Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities
- Section 666 - Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
- Section 667 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109-58, title X, §1009(a)(1)(C), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934
- Section 668 - Authorization of appropriations
- Chapter 19 - LEAD AND ZINC STABILIZATION PROGRAM (§§ 681 - 689)
- Chapter 20 - CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS (§§ 701 - 709)
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- Section 701 - Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined
- Section 702 - “Qualified applicant” defined
- Section 703 - Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
- Section 704 - Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee
- Section 705 - Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments
- Section 706 - Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations
- Section 707 - Reservation of mineral rights
- Section 708 - Assignments; succession
- Section 709 - Disposition of payments and fees
- Chapter 21 - METAL AND NONMETALLIC MINE SAFETY (§§ 721 - 740)
- Chapter 22 - MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH (§§ 801 - 965)
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- Front Matter
- Section 801 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Section 802 - Definitions
- Section 803 - Mines subject to coverage
- Section 804 - Interim Compliance Panel
- Subchapter I - GENERAL (§§ 811 - 826)
- Subchapter II - INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS (§§ 841 - 846)
- Subchapter III - INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES (§§ 861 - 878)
- Subchapter IV - BLACK LUNG BENEFITS (§§ 901 - 945)
- Subchapter V - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (§§ 951 - 965)
- Chapter 23 - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES (§§ 1001 - 1028)
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- Section 1001 - Definitions
- Section 1002 - Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- Section 1002a - Repealed. Pub. L. 97-214, §7(16), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 174
- Section 1003 - Leasing procedures
- Section 1004 - Rents and royalties
- Section 1005 - Lease term and work commitment requirements
- Section 1006 - Acreage limitations
- Section 1007 - Readjustment of lease terms and conditions
- Section 1008 - Byproducts
- Section 1009 - Relinquishment of geothermal rights
- Section 1010 - Suspension of operations and production
- Section 1011 - Termination of leases
- Section 1012 - Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
- Section 1013 - Surface land use
- Section 1014 - Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- Section 1015 - Requirement for lessees
- Section 1016 - Administration
- Section 1017 - Unit and communitization agreements
- Section 1018 - Data from Federal agencies
- Section 1019 - Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties
- Section 1020 - Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights
- Section 1021 - Federal exemption from State water laws
- Section 1022 - Prevention of waste; exclusivity
- Section 1023 - Rules and regulations
- Section 1024 - Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws
- Section 1025 - Federal reservation of certain mineral rights
- Section 1026 - Significant thermal features
- Section 1027 - Land subject to prohibition on leasing
- Section 1028 - Hot dry rock geothermal energy
- Chapter 24 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (§§ 1101 - 1164)
- Chapter 25 - SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION (§§ 1201 - 1328)
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- Subchapter I - STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY (§§ 1201 - 1202)
- Subchapter II - OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT (§§ 1211)
- Subchapter III - STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES (§§ 1221 - 1230a)
- Subchapter IV - ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATIONS (§§ 1231 - 1244)
- Subchapter V - CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SURFACE COAL MINING (§§ 1251 - 1279)
- Subchapter VI - DESIGNATION OF LANDS UNSUITABLE FOR NONCOAL MINING (§§ 1281)
- Subchapter VII - ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1291 - 1309b)
- Subchapter VIII - UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (§§ 1311 - 1316)
- Subchapter IX - ENERGY RESOURCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS (§§ 1321 - 1328)
- Chapter 26 - DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 1401 - 1473)
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- Section 1401 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- Section 1402 - International objectives
- Section 1403 - Definitions
- Subchapter I - REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS (§§ 1411 - 1428)
- Subchapter II - TRANSITION TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT (§§ 1441 - 1444)
- Subchapter III - ENFORCEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 1461 - 1473)
- Chapter 27 - GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (§§ 1501 - 1542)
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- Section 1501 - Congressional statement of findings
- Subchapter I - PROJECT LOANS (§§ 1511 - 1516)
- Subchapter II - STUDY, ESTABLISHMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INSURANCE PROGRAM (§§ 1521 - 1522)
- Subchapter III - ESTABLISHMENT OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (§§ 1531)
- Subchapter IV - FEDERAL FACILITIES (§§ 1541 - 1542)
- Chapter 28 - MATERIALS AND MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 1601 - 1605)
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- Section 1601 - Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined
- Section 1602 - Congressional declaration of policies
- Section 1603 - Implementation of policies
- Section 1604 - Program administration
- Section 1605 - Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies
- Chapter 29 - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT (§§ 1701 - 1759)
- Chapter 30 - NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL (§§ 1801 - 1811)
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- Section 1801 - Congressional findings and declaration of purposes
- Section 1802 - Establishment of National Critical Materials Council
- Section 1803 - Responsibilities and authorities of Council
- Section 1804 - Program and policy for advanced materials research and technology
- Section 1805 - Innovation in basic and advanced materials industries
- Section 1806 - Compensation of members and reimbursement
- Section 1807 - Executive Director
- Section 1808 - Responsibilities and duties of Director
- Section 1809 - General authority of Council
- Section 1810 - Authorization of appropriations
- Section 1811 - “Materials” defined
- Chapter 31 - MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH (§§ 1901 - 1905)
- Chapter 32 - METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (§§ 2001 - 2006)
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