30 USC § 1296 - Annual report to President and Congress

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title: "30 USC § 1296 - Annual report to President and Congress"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1296"
section_name: "Annual report to President and Congress"
chapter_number: 25
chapter_name: "SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 706, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 521.)"
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# § 1296. Annual report to President and Congress

The Secretary shall submit annually to the President and the Congress a report concerning activities conducted by him, the Federal Government, and the States pursuant to this chapter. Among other matters, the Secretary shall include in such report recommendations for additional administrative or legislative action as he deems necessary and desirable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–87, title VII, § 706, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 521.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in this section relating to requirement to submit a report annually to Congress, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and page 109 of House Document No. 103–7.