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30 U.S.C. § 1296 — Annual report to President and Congress
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The Secretary shall submit annually to the President and the Congress a report concerning activities conducted by him, the Federal Government, and the States pursuant to this chapter. Among other matters, the Secretary shall include in such report recommendations for additional administrative or legislative action as he deems necessary and desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
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The Secretary shall submit annually to the President and the Congress a report concerning activities conducted by him, the Federal Government, and the States pursuant to this chapter. Among other matters, the Secretary shall include in such report recommendations for additional administrative or legislative action as he deems necessary and desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(a) Establishment** There is established in the Department of the Interior, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (hereinafter referred to as the “Office”).
**(b) Appointment, compensation, duties, etc., of Director; employees** The Office shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 11 So in original. Probably should be section “5316”. of title 5, and such other employees as may be required. Pursuant to [section 5108 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5108&num=0&edition=prelim), and after consultation with the Secretary, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall determine the necessary number of positions in general schedule employees in grade 16, 17, and 18 to perform functions of this subchapter and shall allocate such positions to the Secretary. The Director shall have the responsibilities provided under subsection (c) of this section and those duties and responsibilities relating to the functions of the Office which the Secretary may assign, consistent with this chapter. Employees of the Office shall be recruited on the basis of their professional competence and capacity to administer the provisions of this chapter. The Office may use, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, employees of the Department and other Federal agencies to administer the provisions of this chapter, providing that no legal authority, program, or function in any Federal agency which has as its purpose promoting the development or use of coal or other mineral resources or regulating the health and safety of miners under provisions of t
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**(a) Inspections of surface coal mining and reclamation operations** The Secretary shall cause to be made such inspections of any surface coal mining and reclamation operations as are necessary to evaluate the administration of approved State programs, or to develop or enforce any Federal program, and for such purposes authorized representatives of the Secretary shall have a right of entry to, upon, or through any surface coal mining and reclamation operations.
**(b) Records and reports; monitoring systems; evaluation of results** For the purpose of developing or assisting in the development, administration, and enforcement of any approved State or Federal program under this chapter or in the administration and enforcement of any permit under this chapter, or of determining whether any person is in violation of any requirement of any such State or Federal program or any other requirement of this chapter—
(1) the regulatory authority shall require any permittee to (A) establish and maintain appropriate records, (B) make monthly reports to the regulatory authority, (C) install, use, and maintain any necessary monitoring equipment or methods, (D) evaluate results in accordance with such methods, at such locations, intervals, and in such manner as a regulatory authority shall prescribe, and (E) provide such other information relative to surface coal mining and reclamation operations as the regulatory authority deems reasonable and necessary;
(2) for those surface coal mining and reclamation operations which remove or disturb strata that serve as aquifers which significantly insure the hydrologic balance of water use either on or off the mining site, the regulatory authority shall specify those—
(A) monitoring sites to record the quantity and quality of surface draina
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1298
the same manner as orders and decisions of the
Secretary are subject to judicial review under
this chapter.
(c) Costs
Whenever an order is issued under this section
to abate any violation, at the request of the ap-
plicant a sum equal to the aggregate amount of
all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees)
to have been reasonably incurred by the appli-
cant for, or in connection with, the institution
and prosecution of such proceedings, shall be as-
sessed against the persons committing the viola-
tion.
(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 703, Aug. 3, 1977, 91
Stat. 520.)
§ 1294. Penalty
Any person who shall, except as permitted by
law, willfully resist, prevent, impede, or inter-
fere with the Secretary or any of his agents in
the performance of duties pursuant to this chap-
ter shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or both.
(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 704, Aug. 3, 1977, 91
Stat. 520.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section 704 of Pub. L. 95–87 also amended section 1114
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
§ 1295. Grants to States
(a) Assisting any State in development, adminis-
tration, and enforcement of State programs
under this chapter
The Secretary is authorized to make annual
grants to any State for the purpose of assisting
such State in developing, administering, and en-
forcing State programs under this chapter. Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
such grants shall not exceed 80 per centum of
the total costs incurred during the first year, 60
per centum of total costs incurred during the
second year, and 50 per centum of the total costs
incurred during each year thereafter.
(b) Assisting any Stat
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