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Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Chapter 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits

§ 191a. Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases

Statutory text

(a)

Distribution of late payment charges

Any interest or other charges paid to the United States by reason of the late payment of any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount due to the United States under any lease issued by the United States for the extraction of oil, gas, coal, or any other mineral, or for geothermal steam, shall be deposited in the same account and distributed to the same recipients, in the same manner, as such royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount.

(b)

Effective date

Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a), which is paid to the United States on or after .

(c)

Prohibition against recoupment

Any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a), which was paid to the United States before , and distributed to any State or other recipient is hereby deemed to be authorized and approved as of the date of payment or distribution, and no part of any such payment or distribution shall be recouped from the State or other recipient. This subsection shall not apply to interest or other charges paid in connection with any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount determined not to be owing to the United States.

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.

  1. Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act

    Pub. L. 100–524 § 7 · 102 Stat. 2606

    Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 191a

    (Pub. L. 100–524, § 7, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2607.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–524, § 7, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2607.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 7. LATE PAYMENT CHARGES UNDER FEDERAL MINERAL LEASES. (a) Distribution of Late Payment Charges.— Any interest or other charges paid to the United States by reason of the late payment of any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount due to the United States under any lease issued by the United States for the extraction of oil, gas, coal, or any other mineral, or for geothermal steam, shall be deposited in the same account and distributed to the same recipients, in the same manner, as such royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount. (b) Effective Date.— Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a), which is paid to the United States on or after July 1, 1988. (c) Prohibition Against Recoupment.— Any interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a), which was paid to the United States before July 1, 1988, and distributed to any State or other recipient is hereby deemed to be authorized and approved as of the date of payment or distribution, and no part of any such payment or distribution shall be recouped from the State or other recipient. This subsection shall not apply to interest or other charges paid in connection with any royalty, rent, bonus, or other amount determined not to be owing to the United States.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Congaree Swamp National Monument Expansion and Wilderness Act, and not as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which com­prises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–524, § 7, , 102 Stat. 2607.)

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