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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG., 1ST SESS.--C. 87-MAY 7, 1941 179 (f) To make available for public inspection, either in summary or iPublicinspection of detailed form, the information obtained under this Act, as soon as practicable after the acquisition of such information. SEC. 7. The execution of the provisions of this Act shall devolve er O °a r ind a lt of Fed- upon the United States Bureau of Mines and the Secretary of the ities. Interior may designate other bureaus or offices in the Department of the Interior to cooperate with the United States Bureau of Mines for such purpose. In order to promote sound and effective coordination of Federal and local activities within the field covered by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, and the several bureaus and offices under his jurisdiction, shall cooperate with the official mine inspection or safety agencies of the several States and Territories, and, with the consent of the proper authorities thereof, may utilize the services of such agencies in connection with the administration of this Act. Copies of all findings, recommendations, reports, studies, statistics and information made public under the authority of clauses (b), (c), and (f) of section 6 of this Act shall, whenever practicable, be fur- nished any cooperating State or Territorial agency which may request the same. SEC. 8. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United teedisory ommit- States Bureau of Mines, may, in his discretion, create and establish an advisory committee composed of not more than six members to exercise consultative functions, when required by the Secretary, in connection with the administration of this Act. The said committee shall be composed of representatives of coal-mine owners and of representatives of coal-mine workers in equal number. The members of said committee shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior without regard to the civil-service laws. SEC. 9. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United ,Adinistrative per- States Bureau of Mines, shall have authority to appoint, subject to the civil-service laws, such officers and employees as he may deem requisite for the administration of this Act; to fix, subject to the 2uSt..C .§§ 661-74. Classification Act of 1923, as amended, the compensation of officers and Post, p. 613. employees so appointed; and to prescribe the powers, duties, and responsibilities of all officers and employees engaged in the adminis- tration of this Act: Provided, however, That in the selection of persons ta'ifcations of in- for appointment as coal-mine inspectors no person shall be so selected spcctors. unless he has the basic qualification of at least five years' practical experience in the mining of coal, and is recognized by the United States Bureau of Mines as having the training or experience of a practical mining engineer in those essentials necessary for competent coal-mine inspection; and in detailing coal-mine inspectors to the inspection and investigation of individual mines, due consideration shall be given to their previous practical experience in the work of mining coal in the State, district, or region where such inspections are to be made. SEC. 10. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any thoApopriation au- moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may Pot, p.553. be necessary for the due execution of this Act. SEC. 11. For the purposes of this Act, the term "commerce" means fiComnedce" d. trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communications between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia and any other State, Territory, or possession, of the United States or between any State, Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia and any foreign country, or wholly within any Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia, or between points in the same State if passing through any other State or through any Territory, possession, or the District of Columbia or through any foreign country.

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