Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§1227 Center for Cataloging
Title 30 › CHAPTER 25 — SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › SUBCHAPTER III — STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTES › § 1227
Summary
The Secretary must create a center to list current and planned scientific research on mining and mineral resources. Federal agencies must give the center project information, and the center will keep a public, organized catalog of federal and other groups’ research that is shared.
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Title 30, §1227
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The Secretary shall establish a center for cataloging current and projected scientific research in all fields of mining and mineral resources. Each Federal agency doing mining and mineral resources research shall cooperate by providing the cataloging center with information on work underway or scheduled by it. The cataloging center shall classify and maintain for public use a catalog of mining and mineral resources research and investigation projects in progress or scheduled by all Federal agencies and by such non-Federal agencies of government, colleges, universities, private institutions, firms, and individuals as may make such information available.
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 1227, Pub. L. 95–87, title III, § 307, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 455, contained provisions similar to this section covering fiscal years 1978 through 1984.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 1227
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102