---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 965"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "965"
heading: "Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/965"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Mine Safety and Health"
  - "Subchapter V — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §965. Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) of Labor shall establish a program to award competitive grants for education and training, to be known as Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants, to carry out the purposes of this section.
- (b) **Purposes—** It is the purpose of this section,[^1] to provide for the funding of education and training programs to better identify, avoid, and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around mines.
- (c) **Eligibility—** To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall—
  - (1) be a public or private nonprofit entity; and
  - (2) submit to the [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) of Labor an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) may require.
- (d) **Use of funds—** Amounts received under a grant under this section shall be used to establish and implement education and training programs, or to develop training materials for employers and [miners](/usc/30/802.md?p=g), concerning safety and health topics in mines, as determined appropriate by the Mine Safety and Health [Administration](/usc/30/802.md?p=n).
- (e) **Awarding of grants—**
  - (1) **Annual basis—** Grants under this section shall be awarded on an annual basis.
  - (2) **Special emphasis—** In awarding grants under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) of Labor shall give special emphasis to programs and materials that target workers in smaller mines, including training [miners](/usc/30/802.md?p=g) and employers about new Mine Safety and Health [Administration](/usc/30/802.md?p=n) standards, high risk activities, or hazards identified by such [Administration](/usc/30/802.md?p=n).
  - (3) **Priority—** In awarding grants under this section, the [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) of Labor shall give priority to the funding of pilot and demonstration projects that the [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) determines will provide opportunities for broad applicability for mine safety.
- (f) **Evaluation—** The [Secretary](/usc/30/802.md?p=a) of Labor shall use not less than 1 percent of the [funds](/usc/30/934.md?p=a) made available to carry out this section in a fiscal year to conduct evaluations of the projects funded under grants under this section.
- (g) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–236, § 14, June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 504.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, also known as the MINER Act, and not as part of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.