§ 641. — Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC641]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 17--EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS
Sec. 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, Sec. 1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.)
Congressional Declaration of Policy
The recital clause of Pub. L. 85-701, 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.''
