§ 1. — United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 1--UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES
Sec. 1. United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director;
experts and other employees
There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a
bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated
the United States Bureau of Mines, and there shall be a director of said
bureau, who shall be thoroughly equipped for the duties of said office
by technical education and experience and who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and there
shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees, to be
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be required to carry
out the purposes of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title in
accordance with the appropriations made from time to time by Congress
for such purposes.
(May 16, 1910, ch. 240, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 369; Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72,
Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No.
6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106
Stat. 172.)
Change of Name
``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out below.
Section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285 provided that: ``The Bureau of
Mines established by the Act of May 16, 1910 (30 U.S.C. 1), is
designated as and shall hereafter [on and after May 18, 1992] be known
as the United States Bureau of Mines.''
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110
Stat. 1321-156, 1321-167; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part: ``That there
hereby are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Energy: (1)
the functions pertaining to the promotion of health and safety in mines
and the mineral industry through research vested by law in the Secretary
of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in
fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh
Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Spokane Research Center in
Washington; (2) the functions pertaining to the conduct of inquiries,
technological investigations and research concerning the extraction,
processing, use and disposal of mineral substances vested by law in the
Secretary of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and
performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines under
the minerals and materials science programs at its Pittsburgh Research
Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Albany Research Center in Oregon; and
(3) the functions pertaining to mineral reclamation industries and the
development of methods for the disposal, control, prevention, and
reclamation of mineral waste products vested by law in the Secretary of
the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in
fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh
Research Center in Pennsylvania: Provided further, That, if any of the
same functions were performed in fiscal year 1995 at locations other
than those listed above, such functions shall not be transferred to the
Secretary of Energy from those other locations: Provided further, That
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation
with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior, is
authorized to make such determinations as may be necessary with regard
to the transfer of functions which relate to or are used by the
Department of the Interior, or component thereof affected by this
transfer of functions, and to make such dispositions of personnel,
facilities, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and
unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and
other funds held, used, arising from, available to or to be made
available in connection with, the functions transferred herein as are
deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this transfer: Provided
further, That all reductions in personnel complements resulting from the
provisions of this Act [probably means Pub. L. 104-134, title I,
Sec. 101(c), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156; renumbered title I, Pub.
L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, known as the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996, see Tables for classification] shall, as to the functions
transferred to the Secretary of Energy, be done by the Secretary of the
Interior as though these transfers had not taken place but had been
required of the Department of the Interior by all other provisions of
this Act before the transfers of function became effective: Provided
further, That the transfers of function to the Secretary of Energy shall
become effective on the date specified by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, but in no event later than 90 days after
enactment into law of this Act [Apr. 26, 1996]: Provided further, That
the reference to `function' includes, but is not limited to, any duty,
obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, and
activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be.''
[Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II], Sept. 30,
1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-244, provided in part: ``That the
functions described in clause (1) of the first proviso under the
subheading `mines and minerals' under the heading `Bureau of Mines' in
the text of title I of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, as enacted by section 101(c) of the
Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-134) [set out above], are hereby transferred to, and vested in,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to section 1531 of
title 31, United States Code''.]
Functions vested in, or delegated to, Secretary of Energy and
Department of Energy under or with respect to sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7
of this title and other authorities relating to certain fossil energy
research and development transferred to, and vested in, Secretary of the
Interior, by section 100 of Pub. L. 97-257, 96 Stat. 841, set out as a
note under section 7152 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Functions of Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior,
and officers and components of Department of the Interior under sections
1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title and other authorities exercised by Bureau
of Mines relating to fuel supply and demand analysis and data gathering,
research and development relating to increased efficiency of production
technology of solid fuel minerals other than research relating to mine
health and safety and research relating to the environmental and leasing
consequences of solid fuel mining, and coal preparation and analysis
transferred to, and vested in, Secretary of Energy as part of the
creation of Department of Energy by Pub. L. 95-91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91
Stat. 565. See section 7152(d) of Title 42.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Bureau of Mines originally created in Department of the Interior.
Bureau transferred to Department of Commerce by Ex. Ord. No. 4239, but
transferred back to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6611.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 of this title;
title 42 sections 5821, 7152.
