---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 15923"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "15923"
heading: "Methodology"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/15923"
units:
  - "Chapter 149 — National Energy Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter III — Oil and Gas"
  - "Part B — Access to Federal Lands"
---

# §15923. Methodology


The [Secretary](/usc/42/15801.md?p=4) of the Interior shall use the same assessment methodology across all geological provinces, areas, and regions in preparing and issuing national geological assessments to ensure accurate comparisons of geological resources.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 364(b), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 723.)