30 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2023 Edition
Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 29 - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
Table Of Contents
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Sec.
1701.
Congressional statement of findings and purposes.
1702.
Definitions.

        

SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT

1711.
Duties of Secretary.
1712.
Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters.
1713.
Required recordkeeping.
1714.
Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts.
1715.
Explanation of payments.
1716.
Liabilities and bonding.
1717.
Hearings and investigations.
1718.
Inspections.
1719.
Civil penalties.
1720.
Criminal penalties.
1720a.
Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf.
1721.
Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties.
1721a.
Adjustments and refunds.
1722.
Injunction and specific enforcement authority.
1723.
Rewards.
1724.
Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods.
1725.
Assessments.
1726.
Alternatives for marginal properties.
1727.
Royalties on all extracted methane.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES

1731.
Application of subchapter.
1731a.
Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States.
1732.
Cooperative agreements.
1733.
Information.
1734.
State suits under Federal law.
1735.
Delegation of royalty collections and related activities.
1736.
Shared civil penalties.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

1751.
Secretarial authority.
1752.
Reports.
1753.
Relation to other laws.
1754.
Funding.
1755.
Statute of limitations.
1756.
Expanded royalty obligations.
1757.
Severability.
1758.
Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service.
1759.
Fees and charges.