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[CITE: 30USC641]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
        CHAPTER 17--EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS
 
Sec. 641. Establishment and maintenance of program for 
        exploration; financial assistance
        
    The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, in 
order to provide for discovery of additional domestic mineral reserves, 
to establish and maintain a program for exploration by private industry 
within the United States, its Territories and possessions for such 
minerals, excluding organic fuels, as he shall from time to time 
designate, and to provide Federal financial assistance on a 
participating basis for that purpose.

(Pub. L. 85-701, Sec. 1, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 700.)


                   Congressional Declaration of Policy

    The recital clause of Pub. L. 85-701, which preceded section 1, 
provided: ``That it is declared to be the policy of the Congress to 
stimulate exploration for minerals within the United States, its 
Territories and possessions.''
