---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1605"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1605"
heading: "Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1605"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development"
---

# §1605. Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies


Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as changing in any manner or degree the provisions of and requirements of [section 21a of this title](/usc/30/21a.md). For the purposes of achieving the objectives set forth in [section 1602 of this title](/usc/30/1602.md), the Congress declares that the President shall direct (1) the [Secretary](/usc/30/661.md?p=b-2) of the Interior to act immediately within the Department’s statutory authority to attain the goals contained in [section 21a of this title](/usc/30/21a.md) and (2) the Executive Office of the President to act immediately to promote the goals contained in [section 21a of this title](/usc/30/21a.md) among the various departments and agencies.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–479, § 6, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2309.)