30 USC 1601 National Mining and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development

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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

retary deems appropriate, but not in excess of
ten years for loans under subsection (b) of this
section or thirty years for loans under subsection (c) of this section.
(e) Funding; deposit of amount repaid
Loans pursuant to this section shall be made
from funds appropriated (pursuant to this subchapter) to the Geothermal Resources Development Fund established under section 1144 of this
title; and amounts repaid on such loans shall be
deposited in the Geothermal Resources Development Fund for purposes of this subchapter.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
For loans under clause (A) of subsection (b)(1)
of this section for fiscal year 1981, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Geothermal
Resources Development Fund not to exceed
$5,000,000, which shall remain available until expended. For loans under such clause (A) for subsequent fiscal years, and for loans under clause
(B) of subsection (b)(1) of this section or under
subsection (c) of this section (for any such subsequent fiscal year), there may be appropriated
to such Fund only such sums as are authorized
by legislation hereafter enacted.
(g) ‘‘Person’’ defined
As used in this section, the term ‘‘person’’ includes municipalities, cooperatives, industrial
development agencies, nonprofit organizations,
and Indian tribes, as well as the districts referred to in subsection (a) of this section and the
other entities included within such term under
section 1 of title 1.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 631, June 30, 1980, 94
Stat. 767.)
SUBCHAPTER IV—FEDERAL FACILITIES
§ 1541. Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
The option of using geothermal energy or geothermal energy resources shall be considered
fully in any new Federal building, facility, or installation which is located in a geothermal resource area as designated by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 642, June 30, 1980, 94
Stat. 769.)
§ 1542. Regulations
All regulations made with respect to this subchapter shall be promulgated no later than six
months after June 30, 1980.
(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 644, June 30, 1980, 94
Stat. 770.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this subtitle’’, meaning subtitle D of title VI of
Pub. L. 96–294, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 768, which enacted
this subchapter and sections 1146 and 1147 of this title
and amended sections 1141 and 1143 of this title and sections 796, 824a–3, 824i, and 824j of Title 16, Conservation.

CHAPTER 28—MATERIALS AND MINERALS
POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
Sec.

1601.

Congressional statement of findings; ‘‘materials’’ defined.

§ 1602

Sec.

1602.
1603.
1604.
1605.

Congressional declaration of policies.
Implementation of policies.
Program administration.
Applicability to other statutory national
mining and minerals policies.

§ 1601. Congressional statement of findings; ‘‘materials’’ defined
(a) The Congress finds that—
(1) the availability of materials is essential
for national security, economic well-being,
and industrial production;
(2) the availability of materials is affected
by the stability of foreign sources of essential
industrial materials, instability of materials
markets, international competition and demand for materials, the need for energy and
materials conservation, and the enhancement
of environmental quality;
(3) extraction, production, processing, use,
recycling, and disposal of materials are closely
linked with national concerns for energy and
the environment;
(4) the United States is strongly interdependent with other nations through international trade in materials and other products;
(5) technological innovation and research
and development are important factors which
contribute to the availability and use of materials;
(6) the United States lacks a coherent national materials policy and a coordinated program to assure the availability of materials
critical for national economic well-being, national defense, and industrial production, including interstate commerce and foreign
trade; and
(7) notwithstanding the enactment of section 21a of this title, the United States does
not have a coherent national materials and
minerals policy.
(b) As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘materials’’ means substances, including minerals, of
current or potential use that will be needed to
supply the industrial, military, and essential civilian needs of the United States in the production of goods or services, including those which
are primarily imported or for which there is a
prospect of shortages or uncertain supply, or
which present opportunities in terms of new
physical properties, use, recycling, disposal or
substitution, with the exclusion of food and of
energy fuels used as such.
(Pub. L. 96–479, § 2, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2305.)
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 96–479 provided: ‘‘That this Act
[enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘National
Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980’.’’

§ 1602. Congressional declaration of policies
The Congress declares that it is the continuing
policy of the United States to promote an adequate and stable supply of materials necessary
to maintain national security, economic wellbeing and industrial production with appropriate attention to a long-term balance between
resource production, energy use, a healthy envi-