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Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-110

§1315 Advisory Council on Coal Research

Title 30 › CHAPTER 25 — SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION › SUBCHAPTER VIII — UNIVERSITY COAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES › § 1315

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates an Advisory Council on Coal Research. The council includes six officials: the Secretary of Energy (who is chair), the Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines (Interior), the President of the National Academy of Sciences, the President of the National Academy of Engineering, the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, and six people the Secretary of Energy appoints. The six appointees must know about coal research or mining and should represent colleges, coal users, the coal industry, mine workers, consumer groups, and environmental groups. The council must advise the Secretary of Energy about running this subchapter and give other advice he asks for. It must send a report with findings and recommendations to the President each year by December 31, and the President will send that report to Congress. Non‑government members get pay set by the Secretary up to the GS‑18 daily rate (5 U.S.C. 5332) and travel pay like 5 U.S.C. 5703; government members are reimbursed for travel and other needed expenses. Any of the five officials listed above may name an alternate to attend a meeting if they cannot go.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1315

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(a)Establishment; members
There is established an Advisory Council on Coal Research which shall be composed of— (1)
(2)the Director of the United States Bureau of Mines of the Department of the Interior;
(3)the President of the National Academy of Sciences;
(4)the President of the National Academy of Engineering;
(5)the Director of the United States Geological Survey; and
(6)six members appointed by the Secretary of Energy from among individuals who, by virtue of experience or training, are knowledgeable in the field of coal research and mining, and who are representatives of institutions of higher education, industrial users of coal and coal-derived fuels, the coal industry, mine workers, nonindustrial consumer groups, and institutions concerned with the preservation of the environment.
(b)Furnishing advice to Secretary of Energy
The Advisory Council shall advise the Secretary of Energy with respect to the general administration of this subchapter, and furnish such additional advice as he may request.
(c)Annual report to President; transmittal to Congress
The Advisory Council shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations (including recommendations for changes in the provisions of this subchapter) to the President not later than December 31 of each calendar year. The President shall transmit each such report to the Congress.
(d)Compensation and travel expenses
(1)Members of the Council who are not regular officers or employees of the United States Government shall, while serving on business of the Council, be entitled to receive compensation at rates fixed by the Secretary of Energy but not exceeding the daily rate prescribed for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
(2)Members of the Council who are officers or employees of the Government shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in carrying out their duties on the Council.
(e)Alternate members
Whenever a member of the Council appointed under clauses (1) through (5) is unable to attend a meeting, that member shall appoint an appropriate alternate to represent him for that meeting.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–617 substituted “Secretary of Energy” for “Administrator” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted for “Bureau of Mines” in subsec. (a)(2) pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and

Transfer of Functions

of the United States Bureau of Mines, see

Transfer of Functions

note set out under section 1 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (c) of this section relating to requirement that the President transmit each annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 153 of House Document No. 103–7. Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay RatesReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1315

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110