The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, in order to provide for discovery of additional domestic mineral reserves, to establish and maintain a program for exploration by private industry within the United States, its Territories and possessions for such minerals, excluding organic fuels, as he shall from time to time designate, and to provide Federal financial assistance on a participating basis for that purpose.
Pub. L. 85–701, § 172 Stat. 700 (, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Congressional Declaration of Policy
Pub. L. 85–70172 Stat. 700
“That it is declared to be the policy of the Congress to stimulate exploration for minerals within the United States, its Territories and possessions.”
The recital clause of , , , which preceded section 1, provided: