2013 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 26 - DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 1401 - 1473)
Subchapter I - REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS (§§ 1411 - 1428)
Section 1423 - Records, audits, and public disclosure
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 26 - DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES SUBCHAPTER I - REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS Sec. 1423 - Records, audits, and public disclosure |
Contains | section 1423 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-283, title I, §113, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 571. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 94 Stat. 571 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 96-283 |
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(1) Each licensee and permittee shall keep such records, consistent with standard accounting principles, as the Administrator shall by regulation prescribe. Such records shall include information which will fully disclose expenditures for exploration and commercial recovery, including processing, of hard mineral resources, and such other information as will facilitate an effective audit of such expenditures.
(2) The Administrator and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for purposes of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of licensees and permittees which are necessary and directly pertinent to verify the expenditures referred to in paragraph (1).
(b) Submission of data and informationEach licensee and permittee shall be required to submit to the Administrator such data or other information as the Administrator may reasonably need for purposes of making determinations with respect to the issuance, revocation, modification, or suspension of any license or permit; compliance with the reporting requirement contained in section 1469 1 of this title; and evaluation of the exploration or commercial recovery activities conducted by the licensee or permittee.
(c) Public disclosureCopies of any document, report, communication, or other record maintained or received by the Administrator containing data or information required under this subchapter shall be made available to any person upon any request which (1) reasonably describes such record and (2) is made in accordance with rules adopted by the Administrator stating the time, place, fees (if any, not to exceed the direct cost of the services rendered), and procedures to be followed, except that neither the Administrator nor any other officer or employee of the United States may disclose any data or information knowingly and willingly required under this subchapter the disclosure of which is prohibited by section 1905 of title 18. Any officer or employee of the United States who discloses data or information in violation of this subsection shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1463(b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 96–283, title I, §113, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 571.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 1469 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was omitted from the Code.
1 See References in Text note below.
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