§ 556. — Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC556]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 13--CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES
Sec. 556. Administration
In carrying out the provisions of section 553 of this title the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized--
(a) Employment of personnel
to secure, by contract or otherwise, and without regard to the
civil service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of title 5, for work of a temporary, intermittent, or emergency
character, such personal services as may be deemed necessary for the
efficient and economical performance of the work;
(b) Employment of equipment
to hire, with or without personal services, work animals and
animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment, at rates to
be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and without regard to
the provisions of section 5 of title 41;
(c) Contractual authority
to procure all or any part of the surveys, investigations, and
control or extinguishment work by contracts with engineers,
contractors, or firms or corporations thereof;
(d) Acquisition of lands, etc.
to acquire lands or rights and interests therein, including
improvements, by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, condemnation, or
otherwise, whenever necessary for the purposes of this chapter;
(e) Property restoration
to repair, restore, or replace private property damaged or
destroyed as a result of, or incident to, operations under this
chapter; and
(f) Contributions; cooperation with other agencies;
disposition of moneys
to receive and accept money and property, real or personal, or
interests therein, as a gift, bequest, or contribution, for use in
any of the activities authorized under this chapter; and to conduct
any of the activities authorized under this chapter in cooperation
with any person or agency, Federal, State, or private. Any money so
received shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in
an available trust fund to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Treasury upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior in
accordance with the terms of the grant, and shall remain available
until expended for the purposes for which received and accepted.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, Sec. 6, 68 Stat. 1010.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
In subsec. (a), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5'' substituted for ``the Classification Act of 1949, as amended''
on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631,
the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
