Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-30/chapter-13/section-553.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "30 U.S.C. § 553"
+description: "Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; proj­ects"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 30
+title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
+chapter_number: "13"
+chapter_name: "CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES"
+section: "553"
+citation: "30 U.S.C. § 553"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s553"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 30 U.S.C. § 553 - Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; proj­ects
+
+## Text
+
+The Secretary of the Interior, in order to effectuate the policy declared in section 551 of this title, is hereby authorized—
+
+(a) to conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the causes and extent of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations and the methods for control or extinguishment of such fires; to publish the results of any such surveys, investigations, and researches; and to disseminate information concerning such method; and
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+(b) to plan and execute projects for control or extinguishment of fires in coal formations.
+
+(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)