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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code 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. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "30 U.S.C. § 553"
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description: "Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 30
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title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
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chapter_number: "13"
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chapter_name: "CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES"
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section: "553"
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citation: "30 U.S.C. § 553"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s553"
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# 30 U.S.C. § 553 - Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
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## Text
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The Secretary of the Interior, in order to effectuate the policy declared in section 551 of this title, is hereby authorized—
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(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.
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(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 3, 68 Stat. 1009.)
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