---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 803"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "803"
heading: "Mines subject to coverage"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/803"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Mine Safety and Health"
---

# §803. Mines subject to coverage


Each [coal or other mine](/usc/30/802.md?p=h-1), the products of which enter [commerce](/usc/30/802.md?p=b), or the operations or products of which affect [commerce](/usc/30/802.md?p=b), and each [operator](/usc/30/802.md?p=d) of such mine, and every [miner](/usc/30/802.md?p=g) in such mine shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–173, § 4, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 744; Pub. L. 95–164, title I, § 102(c), Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1291.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–173, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 742, known as the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 801 of this title and Tables.

### Amendments

1977—Pub. L. 95–164 inserted “or other” after “coal”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–164 effective 120 days after Nov. 9, 1977, except as otherwise provided, see section 307 of Pub. L. 95–164, set out as a note under section 801 of this title.