Chapter 29. Oil and Gas Royalty Management

• 1701Congressional statement of findings and purposes
• 1702Definitions

Subchapter I — Federal Royalty Management and Enforcement

• 1711Duties of Secretary
• 1712Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
• 1713Required recordkeeping
• 1714Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
• 1715Explanation of payments
• 1716Liabilities and bonding
• 1717Hearings and investigations
• 1718Inspections
• 1719Civil penalties
• 1720Criminal penalties
• 1720aApplicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
• 1721Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
• 1721aAdjustments and refunds
• 1722Injunction and specific enforcement authority
• 1723Rewards
• 1724Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods
• 1725Assessments
• 1726Alternatives for marginal properties
• 1727Repealed. Pub. L. 119–21, title V, § 50103

Subchapter II — States and Indian Tribes

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

Subchapter III — General Provisions

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