Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 29 — Oil and Gas Royalty Management
§ 1725. Assessments
Statutory text
Beginning eighteen months after , to encourage proper royalty payment the Secretary or the delegated State shall impose assessments on a person who chronically submits erroneous reports under this chapter. Assessments under this chapter may only be issued as provided for in this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–451 title I § 116 · 96 Stat. 2447
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1725
(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 104–185, § 6(f)(1), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1714.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 104–185, § 6(f)(1), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1714.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 104–185, § 4(a), which directed the addition of this section at the end of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, was executed by adding this section at the end of title I of that Act to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to production of oil and gas after the first day of the month following , see section 11 of Pub. L. 104–185, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note under section 1701 of this title.
Applicability
Section not applicable to any privately owned minerals or with respect to Indian lands, see sections 9 and 10 of Pub. L. 104–185, set out as an Applicability of 1996 Amendment note under section 1701 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 116, as added Pub. L. 104–185, § 6(f)(1), , 110 Stat. 1714.)