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§ 555. Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
(a) Enactment of local laws; agreements
As a condition to the extending of any benefits under section 553(b) of this title to any lands not owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, except where such action is necessary for the protection of lands or other property owned or controlled by the United States or any of its agencies, the Secretary of the Interior may require—
(1) the enactment of State or local laws providing for the control and extinguishment of outcrop and underground fires in coal formations on State or privately owned land and the cooperation of State or local authorities in the work; and
(2) agreements or covenants as to the performance and maintenance of the work required to control or extinguish such fires.
(b) Contributions
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1156, § 5, 68 Stat. 1010.)