2015 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining (Sections 1 - 2006)
Chapter 17 - Exploration Program for Discovery of Minerals (Sections 641 - 646)
Sec. 641 - Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 17 - EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS
Sec. 641 - Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
Containssection 641
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 85-701, §1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.
Statutes at Large References72 Stat. 700
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 85-701

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30 U.S.C. § 641 (2015)
§641. Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, in order to provide for discovery of additional domestic mineral reserves, to establish and maintain a program for exploration by private industry within the United States, its Territories and possessions for such minerals, excluding organic fuels, as he shall from time to time designate, and to provide Federal financial assistance on a participating basis for that purpose.

(Pub. L. 85–701, §1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.)

CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF POLICY

The recital clause of Pub. L. 85–701, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700, which preceded section 1, provided: "That it is declared to be the policy of the Congress to stimulate exploration for minerals within the United States, its Territories and possessions."

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