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[CITE: 30USC903]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
                   CHAPTER 22--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
 
                   SUBCHAPTER IV--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 903. Field offices

    (a) The Secretary of Labor shall establish and operate such field 
offices as may be necessary to assist miners and survivors of miners in 
the filing and processing of claims under this subchapter. Such field 
offices shall, to the extent feasible, be reasonably accessible to such 
miners and survivors. The Secretary, in connection with the 
establishment and operation of field offices, may enter into 
arrangements with other Federal departments and agencies, and with State 
agencies, for the use of existing facilities operated by such 
departments and agencies. Where the establishment of separate facilities 
is not feasible the Secretary may enter into such arrangements as he 
deems necessary with the heads of Federal departments, agencies, and 
instrumentalities and with State agencies for the use of existing 
facilities and personnel under their control.
    (b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of 
subsection (a) of this section such sums as may be necessary.

(Pub. L. 95-239, Sec. 18, Mar. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 105.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act of 
1977, and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 
which comprises this chapter or the Black Lung Benefits Act which 
comprises this subchapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 1, 1978, see section 20(a) of Pub. L. 95-239, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under section 901 of 
this title.
