Title 30
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Title 30
Title 30
OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
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Congressional statement of findings and purposes
Definitions
Duties of Secretary
Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
Required recordkeeping
Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
Explanation of payments
Liabilities and bonding
Hearings and investigations
Inspections
Civil penalties
Criminal penalties
Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
Adjustments and refunds
Injunction and specific enforcement authority
Rewards
Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods
Assessments
Alternatives for marginal properties
Application of subchapter
Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States
Cooperative agreements
Information
State suits under Federal law
Delegation of royalty collections and related activities
Shared civil penalties
Secretarial authority
Reports
Relation to other laws
Funding
Statute of limitations
Expanded royalty obligations
Severability
Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service
Fees and charges