30 USC § 803 - Mines subject to coverage

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s803"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 803 - Mines subject to coverage"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "803"
section_name: "Mines subject to coverage"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–173, § 4, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 744; Pub. L. 95–164, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1291.)"
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# § 803. Mines subject to coverage

Each coal or other mine, the products of which enter commerce, or the operations or products of which affect commerce, and each operator of such mine, and every miner in such mine shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–173, § 4, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 744; Pub. L. 95–164, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1291.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1977— inserted “or other” after “coal”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 120 days after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .