Section was enacted as part of the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984, and not as part of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 which comprises this chapter.

A prior section 1221, Puspan. L. 95–87, title III, § 301, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 451, contained provisions similar to this section covering fiscal years 1978 through 1984.

1988—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 100–483, § 2, substituted “$400,000 for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1990, through September 30, 1994” for “$300,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, and $400,000 to each participating State for each fiscal year thereafter for a total of five years”.

Subsec. (a)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 100–483, § 3, amended subpar. (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows: “Funds appropriated under this section shall be made available for grants to be matched on a basis of no less than one and one-half non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during the fiscal years ending September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, and no less than two non-Federal dollars for each Federal dollar during the fiscal years ending September 30, 1987, September 30, 1988, and September 30, 1989.”

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 100–483, § 4, substituted “production of fuel and nonfuel mineral resources” for “production of mineral resources”.

For short title of Puspan. L. 98–409, which enacted this subchapter, as the Mining and Mineral Resources Institutes Act, see section 11 of Puspan. L. 98–409, as amended, set out as a note under section 1201 of this title.