---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1521"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1521"
heading: "Reservoir insurance program study"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1521"
units:
  - "Chapter 27 — Geothermal Energy"
  - "Subchapter II — Study, Establishment, and Implementation of Insurance Program"
---

# §1521. Reservoir insurance program study


The [Secretary](/usc/30/661.md?p=b-2) shall conduct a detailed study of the need for and feasibility of establishing a reservoir insurance and reinsurance program incorporating the terms, conditions, and provisions set forth in [section 1522 of this title](/usc/30/1522.md), and shall submit to the Congress within one year after June 30, 1980, a report on the results of such study including his findings and recommendations with respect thereto.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–294, title VI, § 621, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 765.)