Notes on 30 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 30 U.S.C. § 1 : US Code - Notes

(May 16, 1910, ch. 240, Sec. 1, 36 Stat. 369; Feb. 25, 1913, ch.
72, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 681; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord.
No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992,
106 Stat. 172.)
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
below.
Section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285 provided that: "The Bureau of
Mines established by the Act of May 16, 1910 (30 U.S.C. 1), is
designated as and shall hereafter [on and after May 18, 1992] be
known as the United States Bureau of Mines."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For provisions appropriating funds for the closure of the United
States Bureau of Mines and the transfer of its functions, see Pub.
L. 104-99, title I, Sec. 123, Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 32, and Pub.
L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], set out as a note
below.
Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996,
110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-167; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140,
Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part: "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: Provided further, 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: Provided further,
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: Provided
further, That all reductions in personnel complements resulting
from the provisions of this Act [probably means Pub. L. 104-134,
title I, Sec. 101(c), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156; renumbered
title I, Pub. L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327,
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: Provided further, 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 [Apr. 26, 1996]: Provided further, 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."
[Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title II], Sept.
30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-244, provided in part: "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 (Public Law 104-134) [set out above], are hereby
transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United States
Code".]
Functions 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 section 100 of Pub. L. 97-257, 96
Stat. 841, set out as a note under section 7152 of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare.
Functions 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 Pub. L. 95-91, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565.
See section 7152(d) of Title 42.
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, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, 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.