30 USC § 554 - Lands subject to chapter

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s554"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 554 - Lands subject to chapter"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "554"
section_name: "Lands subject to chapter"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 4, 68 Stat. 1009.)"
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# § 554. Lands subject to chapter

The acts authorized in section 553 of this title may be performed—

**(a)** on lands owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, with the cooperation of the agency having jurisdiction thereof; and

**(b)** on any other lands, upon obtaining proper consent or the necessary rights or interests in such lands: *Provided, however*, That expenditure of Federal funds for this purpose in any privately owned operating coal mine shall be limited to the acts authorized in section 553(a) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 4, 68 Stat. 1009.)