There is established in the Department of the Interior, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (hereinafter referred to as the "Office").
The Office shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 1 of title 5, and such other employees as may be required. Pursuant to section 5108 of title 5, and after consultation with the Secretary, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall determine the necessary number of positions in general schedule employees in grade 16, 17, and 18 to perform functions of this subchapter and shall allocate such positions to the Secretary. The Director shall have the responsibilities provided under subsection (c) of this section and those duties and responsibilities relating to the functions of the Office which the Secretary may assign, consistent with this chapter. Employees of the Office shall be recruited on the basis of their professional competence and capacity to administer the provisions of this chapter. The Office may use, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, employees of the Department and other Federal agencies to administer the provisions of this chapter, providing that no legal authority, program, or function in any Federal agency which has as its purpose promoting the development or use of coal or other mineral resources or regulating the health and safety of miners under provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 742) [30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.], shall be transferred to the Office.
The Secretary, acting through the Office, shall-
The Director shall not use either permanently or temporarily any person charged with responsibility of inspecting coal mines under the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 [30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.], unless he finds and publishes such finding in the Federal Register, that such activities would not interfere with such inspections under the 1969 Act.
No employee of the Office or any other Federal employee performing any function or duty under this chapter shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in underground or surface coal mining operations. Whoever knowingly violates the provisions of the above sentence shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The Director shall (1) within sixty days after August 3, 1977, publish regulations, in accordance with section 553 of title 5, to establish the methods by which the provisions of this subsection will be monitored and enforced, including appropriate provisions for the filing by such employees and the review of statements and supplements thereto concerning their financial interests which may be affected by this subsection, and (2) report to the Congress as part of the annual report (section 1296 of this title) on the actions taken and not taken during the preceding calendar year under this subsection.
1 So in original. Probably should be section "5316".
30 U.S.C. § 1211
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (d), is Pub. L. 91-173, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 742, which was redesignated the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 by Pub. L. 95-164, title I, §101, Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1290, and is classified principally to chapter 22 (§801 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS1980-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-511 struck subsec. (e) which provided for consideration of Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement as an independent Federal regulatory agency. See section 3502(10) of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.1978-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-240 substituted "V" for "IV".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 96-511 effective Apr. 1, 1981, see section 5 of Pub. L. 96-511 set out as a note under section 2904 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTSFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (f) of this section relating to requirement to report to Congress on actions taken and not taken under subsec. (f), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66 as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 109 of House Document No. 103-7.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS-16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATESReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509 set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
TRAVEL AND PER DIEM EXPENSESPub. L. 100-446, title I, Sept. 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 1793, provided: "That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may, hereafter, provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending OSMRE sponsored training".Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriations acts: Pub. L. 118-42, 138 Stat. 229. Pub. L. 117-328, 136 Stat. 4770. Pub. L. 117-103, 136 Stat. 359. Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1489. Pub. L. 116-94, 133 Stat. 2697. Pub. L. 116-6, 133 Stat. 216. Pub. L. 115-141, 132 Stat. 645. Pub. L. 115-31, 131 Stat. 446. Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2536. Pub. L. 113-235, 128 Stat. 2406. Pub. L. 113-76, 128 Stat. 298. Pub. L. 112-74, 125 Stat. 995. Pub. L. 111-88, 123 Stat. 2915. Pub. L. 111-8, 123 Stat. 712. Pub. L. 110-161, 121 Stat. 2109. Pub. L. 109-54, 119 Stat. 512. Pub. L. 108-447, 118 Stat. 3054. Pub. L. 108-108, 117 Stat. 1256. Pub. L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 230. Pub. L. 107-63, 115 Stat. 429. Pub. L. 106-291, 114 Stat. 933. Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, §1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-147. Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, §101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-244. Pub. L. 105-83, 111 Stat. 1553. Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, §101(d) [title I], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-181, 3009-191. Pub. L. 104-134, title I, §101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-168; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, §1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. Pub. L. 103-332, 108 Stat. 2510. Pub. L. 103-138, 107 Stat. 1389. Pub. L. 102-381, 106 Stat. 1387. Pub. L. 102-154, 105 Stat. 1002. Pub. L. 101-512, 104 Stat. 1927. Pub. L. 101-121, 103 Stat. 712.
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS"The Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted for "a majority of members of the Civil Service Commission" in subsec. (b) pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, §102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.