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legal/us/code/title-30/chapter-32/section-2004.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "30 U.S.C. § 2004"
+description: "National Research Council study"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 30
+title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
+chapter_number: "32"
+chapter_name: "METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
+section: "2004"
+citation: "30 U.S.C. § 2004"
+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/s2004"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 30 U.S.C. § 2004 - National Research Council study
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Agreement for Study The Secretary shall offer to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council under which the National Research Council shall—
+
+(1) conduct a study of the progress made under the methane hydrate research and development program implemented under this chapter; and
+
+(2) make recommendations for future methane hydrate research and development needs.
+
+(b) Report Not later than September 30, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the findings and recommendations of the National Research Council under this section.
+
+(Pub. L. 106–193, § 5, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title IX, § 968(a), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 898.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Prior ProvisionsA prior section 5 of Pub. L. 106–193 was set out in a note under section 1902 of this title prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 106–193 by Pub. L. 109–58.