Title 30Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§1223 Funding criteria

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 25— - SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES › § 1223

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must pay institutes money during each fiscal year in amounts and at times he decides, after approving vouchers. Each institute must have a written plan to train mineral engineers and scientists, rules that make sure federal money adds to and does not replace other funding, and an officer appointed by its governing authority to handle the funds, keep records, and file a report by September 1 showing work done, project status, amounts received, and spending. Institutes are encouraged to work together and with other agencies and people on mining and mineral problems, and the funds may pay the necessary costs of planning, coordinating, and carrying out that joint research.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1223

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(a)Funds available to institutes under section 1221 and 1222 of this title shall be paid at such times and in such amounts during each fiscal year as determined by the Secretary, and upon vouchers approved by him. Each institute shall—
(1)set forth its plan to provide for the training of individuals as mineral engineers and scientists under a curriculum appropriate to the field of mineral resources and mineral engineering and related fields;
(2)set forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this subchapter for any fiscal year will supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for purposes of this subchapter, and in no case supplant such funds; and
(3)have an officer appointed by its governing authority who shall receive and account for all funds paid under the provisions of this subchapter and shall make an annual report to the Secretary on or before the first day of September of each year, on work accomplished and the status of projects underway, together with a detailed statement of the amounts received under any provisions of this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year, and of its disbursements on schedules prescribed by the Secretary.
(b)The institutes are authorized and encouraged to plan and conduct programs under this subchapter in cooperation with each other and with such other agencies and individuals as may contribute to the solution of the mining and mineral resources problems involved. Moneys appropriated pursuant to this subchapter shall be available for paying the necessary expenses of planning, coordinating, and conducting such cooperative research.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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 1223, Pub. L. 95–87, title III, § 303, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 453, contained provisions similar to this section covering fiscal years 1978 through 1984.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1223

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73