Title 30 — MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

• § 1— United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees
• § 1a— Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines
• § 2— Performance of duties in absence of director
• § 3— Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
• § 4— Investigation of lignite coal and peat
• § 4b— Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices
• § 4c— Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal
• § 4d— Plants, machinery, and equipment
• § 5— Reports of investigations
• § 6— Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines
• § 7— Fees for tests or investigations
• § 8— Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized
• § 9— Acceptance of lands from States
• § 10— Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations
• § 13— Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
• § 14— Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies
• § 16— Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment
• § 21— Mineral lands reserved
• § 21a— National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
• § 22— Lands open to purchase by citizens
• § 23— Length of claims on veins or lodes
• § 24— Proof of citizenship
• § 25— Affidavit of citizenship
• § 26— Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment
• § 27— Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
• § 28— Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner’s succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure
• § 28–1— Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions
• § 28–2— Definitions
• § 28b— Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
• § 28c— Length and termination of deferment
• § 28d— Performance of deferred work
• § 28e— Recordation of deferment
• § 28f— Fee
• § 28g— Location fee
• § 28h— Co-ownership
• § 28i— Failure to pay
• § 28j— Other requirements
• § 28k— Regulations
• § 28l— Collection of mining law administration fees
• § 29— Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objections; nonresident claimant’s agent for execution of application and affidavits
• § 30— Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office, and acreage and fee payments; issuance of patents for entire or partial claims upon certification of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation of patent title
• § 31— Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
• § 32— Findings by jury; costs
• § 33— Existing rights
• § 34— Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
• § 35— Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land
• § 36— Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
• § 37— Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent
• § 38— Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
• § 39— Surveyors of mining claims
• § 40— Verification of affidavits
• § 41— Intersecting or crossing veins
• § 42— Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
• § 43— Conditions of sale by local legislature
• § 46— Additional land districts and officers
• § 47— Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
• § 48— Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
• § 49— Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
• § 49a— Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State
• § 49b— Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
• § 49c— Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
• § 49d— Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
• § 49e— Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
• § 49f— Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
• § 50— Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
• § 51— Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession
• § 52— Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
• § 53— Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
• § 54— Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
• § 71— Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre
• § 72— Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation
• § 73— Presentation of claims
• § 74— Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions
• § 75— Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
• § 76— Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
• § 77— Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry
• § 81— Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits
• § 82— New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal
• § 83— Homestead or desert-land and other entries
• § 84— Applications for entry
• § 85— Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits
• § 86— Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands
• § 87— Statements in application; patents
• § 88— Disposition of coal by United States
• § 89— Disposition of proceeds
• § 90— Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts
• § 102— Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner
• § 103— Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands
• § 104— Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund
• § 121— Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application
• § 122— Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification
• § 123— Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to
• § 124— Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur
• § 125— Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation
• § 161— Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
• § 162— Entry of saline lands; limitation
• § 171— Disposal as agricultural lands
• § 172— Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry
• § 181— Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved
• § 182— Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.
• § 183— Cancellation of prospecting permits
• § 184— Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations
• § 184a— Authorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States
• § 185— Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands
• § 186— Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods
• § 187— Assignment or subletting of leases; relinquishment of rights under leases; conditions in leases for protection of diverse interests in operation of mines, wells, etc.; State laws not impaired
• § 187a— Oil or gas leases; partial assignments
• § 187b— Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
• § 188— Failure to comply with provisions of lease
• § 188a— Surrender of leases
• § 189— Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation
• § 190— Oath; requirement; form; blanks
• § 191— Disposition of moneys received
• § 191a— Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases
• § 191b— Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees
• § 192— Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas
• § 192a— Cancellation or modification of contracts
• § 192b— Application to contracts
• § 192c— Rules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
• § 193— Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth
• § 193a— Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction
• § 195— Enforcement
• § 196— Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority
• § 201— Leases and exploration
• § 202— Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit
• § 202a— Consolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit
• § 203— Additional lands or deposits
• § 205— Consolidation of leases
• § 206— Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease
• § 207— Conditions of lease
• § 208— Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit
• § 208–1— Exploratory program for evaluation of known recoverable coal resources
• § 209— Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production
• § 211— Phosphate deposits
• § 212— Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation
• § 213— Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease
• § 214— Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception
• § 223— Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
• § 224— Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
• § 225— Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
• § 226— Leasing of oil and gas parcels
• § 226–1— Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
• § 226–2— Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
• § 226–3— Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
• § 226c— Reduction of royalties under existing leases
• § 228— Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
• § 229— Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
• § 229a— Water struck while drilling for oil and gas
• § 233a— Permits or leases of certain lands in Okla­homa; retention of royalties
• § 236a— Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
• § 236b— Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
• § 241— Leases of lands
• § 242— Oil shale claims
• § 251— Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants
• § 261— Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
• § 262— Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals
• § 263— Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage
• § 271— Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
• § 272— Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees
• § 273— Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental
• § 274— Lands containing coal or other minerals
• § 275— Laws applicable
• § 276— Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only
• § 281— Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
• § 282— Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
• § 283— Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions from rentals and royalties; suspension of operations
• § 284— Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases
• § 285— Laws applicable
• § 286— Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases
• § 287— Extension of prospecting permits
• § 291— Lease of gold, silver, or quicksilver deposits on lands title to which confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims
• § 292— Royalties and rentals; disposition
• § 293— Duties of Secretary of the Interior
• § 301— Authorization for lease of oil and gas deposits; by and to whom leased
• § 302— Assignment of lease; subletting
• § 303— Conditions precedent to award of lease; preferred class; bidding
• § 304— Provisions authorized in lease
• § 305— Royalties under lease
• § 306— Rules and regulations
• § 351— Definitions
• § 352— Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded
• § 353— Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected
• § 354— Lease of partial or future interests in deposits
• § 355— Disposition of receipts
• § 356— Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies
• § 357— State or local government rights; taxation
• § 358— Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases
• § 359— Rules and regulations
• § 360— Authority to manage certain mineral leases
• § 401— Establishment of research laboratory; duties
• § 402— Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies
• § 404— Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment
• § 411— Establishment and operation of experimental plant
• § 412— Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money
• § 501— Mining claims located between July 31, 1939, and January 1, 1953
• § 502— Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
• § 503— Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
• § 504— Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected
• § 505— “Mineral leasing laws” defined
• § 521— Mineral leasing claims
• § 522— Conflicting periods of location of claims
• § 523— Uranium leases
• § 524— Reservation of minerals to United States
• § 525— Future location of claims on mineral lands
• § 526— Mining and Leasing Act operations
• § 527— Determination of unpatented mining claims
• § 528— Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights
• § 529— Helium lands subject to entry
• § 530— Definitions
• § 531— Approval of United States officials
• § 541— Entry and location; filing of copy of notice of mining location; report and payment for lignite mined; mineral patents; reservation of minerals to United States
• § 541a— Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extra­lateral rights; amended notice of mining location
• § 541b— Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
• § 541c— Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States
• § 541d— Location of source materials by holders of coal leases
• § 541e— Definitions
• § 541f— Disbursement of moneys
• § 541g— Rules and regulations
• § 541h— Savings provision
• § 541i— Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims
• § 551— Declaration of policy
• § 552— Definitions
• § 553— Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; proj­ects
• § 554— Lands subject to chapter
• § 555— Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
• § 556— Administration
• § 557— Rules and regulations
• § 558— Authorization of appropriations
• § 571— Declaration of policy
• § 572— United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
• § 573— Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary
• § 574— Hearings; withholding payments
• § 576— Authorization of appropriations
• § 601— Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded
• § 602— Bidding; advertising and other notice; conditions for negotiation of contract
• § 603— Disposition of moneys from disposal of materials
• § 604— Disposal of sand, peat moss, etc., in Alaska; contracts
• § 611— Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood
• § 612— Unpatented mining claims
• § 613— Procedure for determining title uncertainties
• § 614— Waiver of rights
• § 615— Limitation of existing rights
• § 621— Entry to lands reserved for power development
• § 622— Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim
• § 623— Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time
• § 624— Protection of existing valid claims
• § 625— Prohibition of unspecified use
• § 641— Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
• § 642— Exploration contracts
• § 643— “Exploration” defined
• § 644— Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds
• § 646— Authorization of appropriations
• § 661— Short title; definitions
• § 662— Powers and duties of Secretary
• § 665— Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities
• § 666— Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
• § 668— Authorization of appropriations
• § 701— Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined
• § 702— “Qualified applicant” defined
• § 703— Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
• § 704— Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee
• § 705— Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments
• § 706— Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations
• § 707— Reservation of mineral rights
• § 708— Assignments; succession
• § 709— Disposition of payments and fees
• § 801— Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 802— Definitions
• § 803— Mines subject to coverage
• § 804— Interim Compliance Panel
• § 811— Mandatory safety and health standards
• § 812— Advisory committees
• § 813— Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping
• § 814— Citations and orders
• § 815— Procedure for enforcement
• § 816— Judicial review of Commission orders
• § 817— Procedures to counteract dangerous conditions
• § 818— Injunctions
• § 819— Posting of orders and decisions
• § 820— Penalties
• § 821— Entitlement of miners to full compensation
• § 822— Representation of Secretary in civil litigation by Solicitor of Labor
• § 823— Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
• § 823a— Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere
• § 824— Authorization of appropriations
• § 825— Mandatory health and safety training
• § 826— Limitation on certain liability for rescue operations
• § 841— Mandatory health standards for underground mines; enforcement; review; purpose
• § 842— Dust concentration and respiratory equipment
• § 843— Medical examinations
• § 844— Rock dust and gas hazards; controls
• § 845— Dust standards in presence of quartz
• § 846— Noise standards; promulgation of new standards; tests; procedures; protective devices
• § 861— Mandatory safety standards for underground mines
• § 862— Roof support
• § 863— Ventilation
• § 864— Combustible materials and rock dusting
• § 865— Electrical equipment
• § 866— Trailing cables
• § 867— Grounding of equipment
• § 868— Underground high-voltage distribution
• § 869— Underground low- and medium-voltage alternating current circuits
• § 870— Trolley wires and trolley feeder wires
• § 871— Fire protection
• § 872— Maps
• § 873— Blasting and explosives
• § 874— Hoisting and mantrips
• § 875— Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans
• § 876— Communication facilities; locations and emergency response plans
• § 877— General safety provisions
• § 878— Definitions
• § 901— Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title
• § 902— Definitions
• § 903— Field offices
• § 921— Regulations and presumptions
• § 922— Payment of benefits
• § 923— Filing of notice of claim
• § 924— Time for filing claims
• § 925— Procedure for the determination of claims during transition period
• § 931— Benefits under State workmen’s compensation laws
• § 932— Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements
• § 932a— Appointment of qualified individuals to hear and determine claims for benefits
• § 933— Duties of operators in States not qualifying under workmen’s compensation laws
• § 934— “Fund” defined; liability of operators to United States for repayments to fund; procedures applicable; rate of interest
• § 935— Utilization of services of State and local agencies
• § 936— Regulations and reports
• § 937— Contracts and grants
• § 938— Miners suffering from pneumoconiosis; discrimination prohibited
• § 939— Authorization of appropriations
• § 940— Applicability of amendments to part B of this subchapter to this part
• § 941— Penalty for false statements or representations
• § 942— Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file
• § 943— Black lung insurance program
• § 944— Statement of reasons for denial of claim
• § 951— Studies and research
• § 951a— Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program
• § 952— Training and education
• § 953— Assistance to States
• § 954— Appointment of administrative personnel and inspectors; qualifications; training programs
• § 955— State laws
• § 956— Applicability of administrative procedure provisions
• § 957— Promulgation of regulations
• § 958— Annual reports to Congress; contents
• § 959— Study of coordination of Federal and State activities; report
• § 960— Limitation on issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
• § 961— Functions transferred under 1977 amendments
• § 962— Acceptance of contributions and prosecution of projects; cooperative programs to promote health and safety education and training; recognition and funding of Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association; use of funds for costs of mine rescue and survival operations
• § 963— Technical Study Panel
• § 964— Scholarships
• § 965— Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants
• § 966— Retention of fees
• § 1001— Definitions
• § 1002— Lands subject to geothermal leasing
• § 1003— Leasing procedures
• § 1004— Rents and royalties
• § 1005— Lease term and work commitment requirements
• § 1006— Acreage limitations
• § 1007— Readjustment of lease terms and conditions
• § 1008— Byproducts
• § 1009— Relinquishment of geothermal rights
• § 1010— Suspension of operations and production
• § 1011— Termination of leases
• § 1012— Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
• § 1013— Surface land use
• § 1014— Lands subject to geothermal leasing
• § 1015— Requirement for lessees
• § 1016— Administration
• § 1017— Unit and communitization agreements
• § 1018— Data from Federal agencies
• § 1019— Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties
• § 1020— Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights
• § 1021— Federal exemption from State water laws
• § 1022— Prevention of waste; exclusivity
• § 1023— Rules and regulations
• § 1024— Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws
• § 1025— Federal reservation of certain mineral rights
• § 1026— Significant thermal features
• § 1027— Land subject to prohibition on leasing
• § 1028— Hot dry rock geothermal energy
• § 1201— Congressional findings
• § 1202— Statement of purpose
• § 1211— Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
• § 1221— Authorization of State allotments to institutes
• § 1222— Research funds to institutes
• § 1223— Funding criteria
• § 1224— Duties of Secretary
• § 1225— Effect on colleges and universities
• § 1226— Research
• § 1227— Center for cataloging
• § 1228— Interagency cooperation
• § 1229— Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
• § 1230— Eligibility criteria
• § 1230a— Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
• § 1231— Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
• § 1231a— Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
• § 1232— Reclamation fee
• § 1233— Objectives of fund
• § 1234— Eligible lands and water
• § 1235— State reclamation program
• § 1236— Reclamation of rural lands
• § 1237— Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
• § 1238— Liens
• § 1239— Filling voids and sealing tunnels
• § 1240— Emergency powers
• § 1240a— Certification
• § 1242— Powers of Secretary or State
• § 1243— Interagency cooperation
• § 1244— Remining incentives
• § 1245— Abandoned hardrock mine reclamation
• § 1251— Environmental protection standards
• § 1251a— Abandoned coal refuse sites
• § 1252— Initial regulatory procedures
• § 1253— State programs
• § 1254— Federal programs
• § 1255— State laws
• § 1256— Permits
• § 1257— Application requirements
• § 1258— Reclamation plan requirements
• § 1259— Performance bonds
• § 1260— Permit approval or denial
• § 1261— Revision of permits
• § 1262— Coal exploration permits
• § 1263— Public notice and public hearings
• § 1264— Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
• § 1265— Environmental protection performance standards
• § 1266— Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
• § 1267— Inspections and monitoring
• § 1268— Penalties
• § 1269— Release of performance bonds or deposits
• § 1270— Citizens suits
• § 1271— Enforcement
• § 1272— Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
• § 1273— Federal lands
• § 1274— Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
• § 1275— Review by Secretary
• § 1276— Judicial review
• § 1277— Special bituminous coal mines
• § 1278— Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
• § 1279— Anthracite coal mines
• § 1281— Designation procedures
• § 1291— Definitions
• § 1292— Other Federal laws
• § 1293— Employee protection
• § 1294— Penalty
• § 1295— Grants to States
• § 1296— Annual report to President and Congress
• § 1297— Separability
• § 1298— Alaskan surface coal mine study
• § 1299— Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
• § 1300— Indian lands
• § 1301— Experimental practices
• § 1302— Authorization of appropriations
• § 1303— Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
• § 1304— Surface owner protection
• § 1305— Federal lessee protection
• § 1306— Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
• § 1307— Water rights and replacement
• § 1308— Advance appropriations
• § 1308a— Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
• § 1308b— Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
• § 1309— Certification and training of blasters
• § 1309a— Subsidence
• § 1309b— Research
• § 1311— Establishment of university coal research laboratories
• § 1312— Financial assistance
• § 1313— Limitation on payments
• § 1314— Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
• § 1315— Advisory Council on Coal Research
• § 1316— Authorization of appropriations
• § 1321— Fellowship awards
• § 1322— Fellowship recipients
• § 1323— Distribution of fellowships
• § 1324— Stipends and allowances
• § 1325— Limitation on fellowships
• § 1326— Fellowship conditions
• § 1327— Authorization of appropriations
• § 1328— Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
• § 1401— Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• § 1402— International objectives
• § 1403— Definitions
• § 1411— Prohibited activities by United States citizens
• § 1412— Licenses for exploration and permits for commercial recovery
• § 1413— License and permit applications, review, and certification
• § 1414— License and permit fees
• § 1415— License and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions; issuance and transfer of licenses and permits
• § 1416— Denial of certification of applications and of issuance, transfer, suspension, and revocation of licenses and permits; suspension and modification of activities
• § 1417— Duration of licenses and permits
• § 1418— Diligence requirements
• § 1419— Protection of the environment
• § 1420— Conservation of natural resources
• § 1421— Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas
• § 1422— Safety of life and property at sea
• § 1423— Records, audits, and public disclosure
• § 1424— Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
• § 1425— Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
• § 1426— Public notice and hearings
• § 1427— Civil actions
• § 1428— Reciprocating states
• § 1441— Declaration of Congressional intent
• § 1442— Effect of international agreement
• § 1443— Protection of interim investments
• § 1444— Disclaimer of obligation to pay compensation
• § 1461— Prohibited acts
• § 1462— Civil penalties
• § 1463— Criminal offenses
• § 1464— Enforcement
• § 1465— Liability of vessels
• § 1466— Civil forfeitures
• § 1467— Jurisdiction of courts
• § 1468— Regulations
• § 1470— Authorization of appropriations
• § 1471— Severability
• § 1472— Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; establishment
• § 1473— Revenue and customs or tariff treatment of deep seabed mining unaffected
• § 1501— Congressional statement of findings
• § 1511— Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation
• § 1512— Loan size limitation
• § 1513— Loan interest rates; repayment periods
• § 1514— Program termination
• § 1515— Regulations
• § 1516— Authorizations
• § 1521— Reservoir insurance program study
• § 1522— Establishment of program
• § 1531— Feasibility study loan program
• § 1541— Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
• § 1542— Regulations
• § 1601— Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined
• § 1602— Congressional declaration of policies
• § 1603— Implementation of policies
• § 1604— Program administration
• § 1605— Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies
• § 1606— Mineral security
• § 1607— Critical minerals supply chains and reliability
• § 1701— Congressional statement of findings and purposes
• § 1702— Definitions
• § 1711— Duties of Secretary
• § 1712— Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
• § 1713— Required recordkeeping
• § 1714— Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
• § 1715— Explanation of payments
• § 1716— Liabilities and bonding
• § 1717— Hearings and investigations
• § 1718— Inspections
• § 1719— Civil penalties
• § 1720— Criminal penalties
• § 1720a— Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
• § 1721— Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
• § 1721a— Adjustments and refunds
• § 1722— Injunction and specific enforcement authority
• § 1723— Rewards
• § 1724— Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods
• § 1725— Assessments
• § 1726— Alternatives for marginal properties
• § 1731— Application of subchapter
• § 1731a— Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States
• § 1732— Cooperative agreements
• § 1733— Information
• § 1734— State suits under Federal law
• § 1735— Delegation of royalty collections and related activities
• § 1736— Shared civil penalties
• § 1751— Secretarial authority
• § 1752— Reports
• § 1753— Relation to other laws
• § 1754— Funding
• § 1755— Statute of limitations
• § 1756— Expanded royalty obligations
• § 1757— Severability
• § 1758— Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service
• § 1759— Fees and charges
• § 1901— Definitions
• § 1902— Research program
• § 1903— Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
• § 1904— Marine mineral research centers
• § 1905— Authorization of appropriations
• § 2001— Findings
• § 2002— Definitions
• § 2003— Methane hydrate research and development program
• § 2004— National Research Council study
• § 2005— Reports and studies for Congress
• § 2006— Authorization of appropriations