Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§5 Reports of Investigations
Title 30 › CHAPTER 1 — UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES › § 5
Summary
The Director of the United States Bureau of Mines must, under the Secretary of the Interior and using funds from Congress, publish reports with recommendations about accidents; equipment and work methods; health, safety, and waste prevention; explosives and electricity; rescue and first aid; mine fires; and other topics in sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §5
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The Director of the United States Bureau of Mines shall prepare and publish, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, under the appropriations made from time to time by Congress, reports of inquiries and investigations, with appropriate recommendations of the bureau, concerning the nature, causes, and prevention of accidents, and the improvement of conditions, methods, and equipment, with special reference to health, safety, and prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries; the use of explosives and electricity, safety methods and appliances, and rescue and first-aid work in said industries; the causes and prevention of mine fires; and other subjects included under the provisions of section 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” 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.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
30 U.S.C. § 5
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102