---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 9"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "9"
heading: "Acceptance of lands from States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/9"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — United States Bureau of Mines"
---

# §9. Acceptance of lands from States


The [Secretary](/usc/30/661.md?p=b-2) of the Interior is authorized to accept lands, buildings, or other contributions from the several States offering to cooperate in carrying out the purposes of [section 8 of this title](/usc/30/8.md).


## Source credit

(Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 95, § 2, 38 Stat. 959; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

See note set out under section 1 of this title.