---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 665"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "665"
heading: "Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/665"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Coal Research and Development"
---

# §665. Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities


[Research](/usc/30/661.md?p=b-1) authorized by this chapter may be conducted wherever suitable personnel and facilities are available.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 86–599, § 3, formerly § 5, July 7, 1960, 74 Stat. 337; renumbered § 3, Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(D), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 934.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3 of Pub. L. 86–599 was classified to section 663 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–58, § 1009(a)(1)(C).