30 U.S.C. § 1 | United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees

There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated the United States Bureau of Mines, and there shall be a director of said bureau, who shall be thoroughly equipped for the duties of said office by technical education and experience and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and there shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be required to carry out the purposes of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title in accordance with the appropriations made from time to time by Congress for such purposes.

May 16, 1910, ch. 240, § 1 36 Stat. 369 Feb. 25, 1913, ch. 72, § 1 37 Stat. 681 June 4, 1925Feb. 22, 1934Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b)May 18, 1992106 Stat. 172 (, ; , ; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, ; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, ; , , .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” pursuant to , set out below.

Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b)May 18, 1992106 Stat. 172

May 16, 191030 U.S.C. 1May 18, 1992“The Bureau of Mines established by the Act of (), is designated as and shall hereafter [on and after ] be known as the United States Bureau of Mines.”

, , , provided that:

Transfer of Functions

Pub. L. 104–99, title I, § 123Jan. 26, 1996110 Stat. 32 Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title I]For provisions appropriating funds for the closure of the United States Bureau of Mines and the transfer of its functions, see , , , and , set out as a note below.

Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title I]Apr. 26, 1996110 Stat. 1321–156 Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a)May 2, 1996110 Stat. 1327

Provided furtherProvided furtherProvided furtherPub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c)Apr. 26, 1996110 Stat. 1321–156 Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a)May 2, 1996110 Stat. 1327 Provided furtherApr. 26, 1996Provided further“That there hereby are transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Energy: (1) the functions pertaining to the promotion of health and safety in mines and the mineral industry through research vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Spokane Research Center in Washington; (2) the functions pertaining to the conduct of inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the extraction, processing, use and disposal of mineral substances vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines under the minerals and materials science programs at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania, and at its Albany Research Center in Oregon; and (3) the functions pertaining to mineral reclamation industries and the development of methods for the disposal, control, prevention, and reclamation of mineral waste products vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior or the United States Bureau of Mines and performed in fiscal year 1995 by the United States Bureau of Mines at its Pittsburgh Research Center in Pennsylvania: , That, if any of the same functions were performed in fiscal year 1995 at locations other than those listed above, such functions shall not be transferred to the Secretary of Energy from those other locations: , That the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to make such determinations as may be necessary with regard to the transfer of functions which relate to or are used by the Department of the Interior, or component thereof affected by this transfer of functions, and to make such dispositions of personnel, facilities, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, available to or to be made available in connection with, the functions transferred herein as are deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this transfer: , That all reductions in personnel complements resulting from the provisions of this Act [probably means , , ; renumbered title I, , , , known as the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, see Tables for classification] shall, as to the functions transferred to the Secretary of Energy, be done by the Secretary of the Interior as though these transfers had not taken place but had been required of the Department of the Interior by all other provisions of this Act before the transfers of function became effective: , That the transfers of function to the Secretary of Energy shall become effective on the date specified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, but in no event later than 90 days after enactment into law of this Act []: , That the reference to ‘function’ includes, but is not limited to, any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, and activity, or the plural thereof, as the case may be.”

, , , 1321–167; renumbered title I, , , , provided in part:

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title II]Sept. 30, 1996110 Stat. 3009–233

Public Law 104–134 section 1531 of title 31“That the functions described in clause (1) of the first proviso under the subheading ‘mines and minerals’ under the heading ‘Bureau of Mines’ in the text of title I of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, as enacted by section 101(c) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 () [set out above], are hereby transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, subject to , United States Code”

[, , , 3009–244, provided in part: .]

section 100 of Pub. L. 97–25796 Stat. 841 section 7152 of Title 42Functions vested in, or delegated to, Secretary of Energy and Department of Energy under or with respect to sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title and other authorities relating to certain fossil energy research and development transferred to, and vested in, Secretary of the Interior, by , , set out as a note under , The Public Health and Welfare.

Pub. L. 95–91Aug. 4, 197791 Stat. 565 section 7152(d) of Title 42Functions of Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior, and officers and components of Department of the Interior under sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title and other authorities exercised by Bureau of Mines relating to fuel supply and demand analysis and data gathering, research and development relating to increased efficiency of production technology of solid fuel minerals other than research relating to mine health and safety and research relating to the environmental and leasing consequences of solid fuel mining, and coal preparation and analysis transferred to, and vested in, Secretary of Energy as part of the creation of Department of Energy by , , . See .

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

May 24, 195064 Stat. 1262 For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Bureau of Mines originally created in Department of the Interior. Bureau transferred to Department of Commerce by Ex. Ord. No. 4239, but transferred back to Department of the Interior by Ex. Ord. No. 6611.