Front Matter

*Title 1—General Provisions

Title 2—The Congress

*Title 3—The President

*Title 4—Flag And Seal, Seat Of Government, And The States

*Title 5—Government Organization And Employees; and Appendix

Title 6—Domestic Security

Title 7—Agriculture

Title 8—Aliens And Nationality

*Title 9—Arbitration

*Title 10—Armed Forces

*Title 11—Bankruptcy; and Appendix

Title 12—Banks And Banking

*Title 13—Census

*Title 14—Coast Guard

Title 15—Commerce And Trade

Title 16—Conservation

*Title 17—Copyrights

*Title 18—Crimes And Criminal Procedure; and Appendix

Title 19—Customs Duties

Title 20—Education

Title 21—Food And Drugs

Title 22—Foreign Relations And Intercourse

*Title 23—Highways

Title 24—Hospitals And Asylums

Title 25—Indians

Title 26—Internal Revenue Code

Title 27—Intoxicating Liquors

*Title 28—Judiciary And Judicial Procedure; and Appendix

Title 29—Labor

CHAPTER 1—UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES (sections 1 to 16)

CHAPTER 2—MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL (sections 21 to 54)

CHAPTER 3—LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE (sections 71 to 172)

CHAPTER 3A—LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS (sections 181 to 287)

CHAPTER 4—LEASE OF GOLD, SILVER, OR QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS WHEN TITLE CONFIRMED BY COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS (sections 291 to 293)

CHAPTER 5—LEASE OF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS IN OR UNDER RAILROADS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY (sections 301 to 306)

CHAPTER 6—SYNTHETIC LIQUID FUEL DEMONSTRATION PLANTS (sections 321 to 325)

CHAPTER 7—LEASE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS WITHIN ACQUIRED LANDS (sections 351 to 360)

CHAPTER 8—DEVELOPMENT OF LIGNITE COAL RESOURCES (sections 401 to 404)

CHAPTER 9—RARE AND PRECIOUS METALS EXPERIMENT STATION (sections 411 to 412)

CHAPTER 10—COAL MINE SAFETY (sections 451 to 483)

CHAPTER 11—MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS (sections 501 to 505)

CHAPTER 12—MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS (sections 521 to 531)

CHAPTER 12A—ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE MATERIAL (sections 541 to 541i)

CHAPTER 13—CONTROL OF COAL-MINE FIRES (sections 551 to 558)

CHAPTER 14—ANTHRACITE MINE DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL (sections 571 to 576)

CHAPTER 15—SURFACE RESOURCES (sections 601 to 615)

CHAPTER 16—MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT (sections 621 to 625)

CHAPTER 17—EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS (sections 641 to 646)

CHAPTER 18—COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 661 to 668)

CHAPTER 19—LEAD AND ZINC STABILIZATION PROGRAM (sections 681 to 689)

CHAPTER 20—CONVEYANCES TO OCCUPANTS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS (sections 701 to 709)

CHAPTER 21—METAL AND NONMETALLIC MINE SAFETY (sections 721 to 740)

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL (sections 811 to 826)

SUBCHAPTER II—INTERIM MANDATORY HEALTH STANDARDS (sections 841 to 846)

SUBCHAPTER III—INTERIM MANDATORY SAFETY STANDARDS FOR UNDERGROUND COAL MINES (sections 861 to 878)

Part B—Claims for Benefits Filed on or Before December 31, 1973 (sections 921 to 925)

Part C—Claims for Benefits After December 31, 1973 (sections 931 to 945)

SUBCHAPTER V—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (sections 951 to 966)

CHAPTER 23—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES (sections 1001 to 1028)

CHAPTER 24—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION (sections 1101 to 1164)

CHAPTER 25—SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION (sections 1201 to 1328)

CHAPTER 26—DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES (sections 1401 to 1473)

CHAPTER 27—GEOTHERMAL ENERGY (sections 1501 to 1542)

CHAPTER 28—MATERIALS AND MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 1601 to 1607)

CHAPTER 29—OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT (sections 1701 to 1759)

CHAPTER 30—NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL (sections 1801 to 1811)

CHAPTER 31—MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH (sections 1901 to 1905)

CHAPTER 32—METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (sections 2001 to 2006)

*Title 31—Money And Finance

*Title 32—National Guard

Title 33—Navigation And Navigable Waters

Title 34—Crime Control And Law Enforcement

*Title 35—Patents

*Title 36—Patriotic And National Observances, Ceremonies, And Organizations

*Title 37—Pay And Allowances Of The Uniformed Services

*Title 38—Veterans' Benefits

*Title 39—Postal Service

*Title 40—Public Buildings, Property, And Works

*Title 41—Public Contracts

Title 42—The Public Health And Welfare

Title 43—Public Lands

*Title 44—Public Printing And Documents

Title 45—Railroads

*Title 46—Shipping

Title 47—Telecommunications

Title 48—Territories And Insular Possessions

*Title 49—Transportation

Title 50—War And National Defense; and Appendix

*Title 51—National And Commercial Space Programs

Title 52—Voting And Elections

Title 53—[Reserved]

*Title 54—National Park Service And Related Programs

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