30 USC § 641 - Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s641"
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title: "30 USC § 641 - Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "641"
section_name: "Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 85–701, § 1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.)"
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# § 641. Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, in order to provide for discovery of additional domestic mineral reserves, to establish and maintain a program for exploration by private industry within the United States, its Territories and possessions for such minerals, excluding organic fuels, as he shall from time to time designate, and to provide Federal financial assistance on a participating basis for that purpose.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–701, § 1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Congressional Declaration of Policy

> “That it is declared to be the policy of the Congress to stimulate exploration for minerals within the United States, its Territories and possessions.”

The recital clause of , , , which preceded section 1, provided: