Federal Mines Safety Act of 1910 was a United States statute passed for the purposes of establishing the United States Bureau of Mines as a federal agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The Act of Congress authorized investigations of mining methods with an emphasis regarding the safety of miners while recovering combustible fossil fuels and confronting occupational dust exposure. The H.R. 13915 bill was passed by the 61st United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 27th president of the United States William Taft on May 16, 1910.