2014 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining (Sections 1 - 2006)
Chapter 22 - Mine Safety and Health (Sections 801 - 966)
Subchapter V - Administrative Provisions (Sections 951 - 966)
Sec. 951a - Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 22 - MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH SUBCHAPTER V - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Sec. 951a - Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program |
| Contains | section 951a |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 102-486, title XXV, §2512, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3111. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 3111 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 102-285, Public Law 102-486 |
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(1) Every 5 years, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Director"), shall develop a Plan for Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the "Plan").
(2) The Plan shall identify the goals and objectives of the Health, Safety, and Mining Technology program of the Bureau of Mines, and shall guide research and technology development under such program, over each 5-year period.
(3) In preparing the proposed Plan referred to in paragraph (1), the Director shall solicit suggestions, comments and proposals for research and technology development projects from the mining industry, labor, academia and other concerned groups and individuals.
(b) Technical amendmentFor the purposes of section 951(b) of this title, as amended, activities in the field of coal or other mine health under such section shall also be carried out by the Secretary of the Interior acting through the Director of the Bureau of Mines. Nothing in this subsection is intended to preclude or duplicate the ongoing research activities of the Bureau of Mines on health hazards safety technology or research conducted by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health on coal mine safety and health effects.
(Pub. L. 102–486, title XXV, §2512, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3111.)
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.
CHANGE OF NAMEBureau of Mines redesignated United States Bureau of Mines by 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.
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