Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§13 Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES › § 13
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior must use the U.S. Bureau of Mines to set up, supply, and run a research lab in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal region. The lab will study mining, processing, and uses of anthracite coal, find new scientific and technical uses and markets, and serve as a center for information and help on conserving resources for national defense, better mining methods, and mine safety, health, and sanitation.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §13
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The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized and directed to establish, equip, and maintain a research laboratory in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania to conduct researches and investigations on the mining, preparation, and utilization of anthracite coal and to develop new scientific, chemical, and technical uses and new and extended markets and outlets for anthracite coal and its products. Such laboratory shall be planned as a center for information and assistance in matters pertaining to conserving resources for national defense; to the more efficient mining, preparation, and utilization of anthracite coal; and pertaining to safety, health, and sanitation in mining operations and other matters relating to problems of the anthracite industry.
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Transfer of Functions
For provisions relating to closure and
Transfer of Functions
of the United States Bureau of Mines, see note set out under section 1 of this title. Authorization of AppropriationsAct Dec. 18, 1942, ch. 764, § 5, 56 Stat. 1057, provided that: “In order to carry out the purposes of this Act [sections 13 to 16 of this title] there is authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of (a) $450,000 for the erection and equipment of a building or buildings, including plumbing, lighting, heating, general service, and experimental equipment and apparatus, the necessary roads, walks, and ground improvement, and land for the site of the building if no land is donated; and (b) $175,000 annually for the maintenance and operation of the experimental station, including personal services, supplies, equipment, and expenses of travel and subsistence.”
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30 U.S.C. § 13
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73