§ 1228. — Interagency cooperation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1228]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 25--SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION
SUBCHAPTER III--STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Sec. 1228. Interagency cooperation
The President shall, by such means as he deems appropriate, clarify
agency responsibility for Federal mining and mineral resources research
and provide for interagency coordination of such research, including the
research authorized by this subchapter. Such coordination shall
include--
(1) continuing review of the adequacy of the Government-wide
program in mining and mineral resources research;
(2) identification and elimination of duplication and overlap
between agency programs;
(3) identification of technical needs in various mining and
mineral resources research categories;
(4) recommendations with respect to allocation of technical
effort among Federal agencies;
(5) review of technical manpower needs, and findings concerning
management policies to improve the quality of the Government-wide
research effort; and
(6) actions to facilitate interagency communication at
management levels.
(Pub. L. 98-409, Sec. 8, Aug. 29, 1984, 98 Stat. 1540.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Mining and Mineral Resources
Research Institute Act of 1984, and not as part of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1228, Pub. L. 95-87, title III, Sec. 308, Aug. 3,
1977, 91 Stat. 455, contained provisions similar to this section
covering fiscal years 1978 through 1984.
