30 USC § 4d - Plants, machinery, and equipment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s4d"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 4d - Plants, machinery, and equipment"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "4d"
section_name: "Plants, machinery, and equipment"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 15, 1936, ch. 397, § 2, 49 Stat. 1275; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)"
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# § 4d. Plants, machinery, and equipment

section 4c of this title

The United States Bureau of Mines is further authorized, under the general direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to erect such plants, construct and purchase such machinery and equipment, and to take such other steps as it may deem necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of .

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**Source Credit**: (May 15, 1936, ch. 397, § 2, 49 Stat. 1275; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” pursuant to , set out as a note under . For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under .