Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 29 — Oil and Gas Royalty Management
§ 1751. Secretarial authority
Statutory text
Prescription of rules and regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.
Conformity with rulemaking provisions
Rules and regulations issued to implement this chapter shall be issued in conformity with section 553 of title 5, notwithstanding section 553(a)(2) of that title.
Contracts with non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, etc.; coordination of auditing and enforcement functions
In addition to entering into cooperative agreements or delegation of authority authorized under this chapter, the Secretary may contract with such non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, and other persons as he deems necessary to aid in carrying out his functions under this chapter and its implementation. With respect to his auditing and enforcement functions under this chapter, the Secretary shall coordinate such functions so as to avoid to the maximum extent practicable, subjecting lessees, operators, or other persons to audits or investigations of the same subject matter by more than one auditing or investigating entity at the same time.
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 III § 301 · 96 Stat. 2447
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1751
(Pub. L. 97–451, title III, § 301, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2460.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–451, title III, § 301, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2460.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 301. secretarial authority (a) The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems reasonably necessary to carry out this Act. (b) Rules and regulations issued to implement this Act shall be issued in conformity with section 553 of title 5 of the United States Code, notwithstanding section 553(a)(2) of that title. (c) Contracts. In addition to entering into cooperative agreements or delegation of authority authorized under this Act, the Secretary may contract with such non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, and other persons as he deems necessary to aid in carrying out his functions under this Act and its implementation. With respect to his auditing and enforcement functions under this Act, the Secretary shall coordinate such functions so as to avoid to the maximum extent practicable, subjecting lessees, operators, or other persons to audits or investigations of the same subject matter by more than one auditing or investigating entity at the same time.
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