Notes on oil and gas royalty management : US Code - Notes

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1701. Congressional statement of findings and purposes.
1702. Definitions.

SUBCHAPTER I - FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
1711. Duties of Secretary.
(a) Establishment of inspection, collection, and
accounting and auditing system.
(b) Annual inspection of lease sites; training.
(c) Audit and reconciliation of lease accounts;
contracts with certified public accountants;
availability of books, accounts, records,
etc., necessary for audit.
1712. Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle
transporters.
(a) Liability for royalty payments.
(b) Development of and compliance with site
security plan and minimum site security
measures by operators; notification to
Secretary of well production.
(c) Possession of documentation by transporters of
oil or gas by motor vehicle or pipeline.
1713. Required recordkeeping.
(a) Maintenance and availability of records,
reports, and information for inspection and
duplication.
(b) Length of time maintenance required.
1714. Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts.
1715. Explanation of payments.
(a) Description, period, source, etc., of payments
to States or Indians.
(b) Effective date.
1716. Liabilities and bonding.
1717. Hearings and investigations.
(a) Authorization; affidavits, oaths, subpenas,
testimony, and payment of witnesses.
(b) Refusal to obey subpena.
1718. Inspections.
(a) Motor vehicles on lease sites; vehicles not on
lease site.
(b) Inspection of lease sites for compliance with
mineral leasing laws and this chapter.
(c) Right of Secretary to enter upon and travel
across lease sites.
1719. Civil penalties.
(a) Failure to comply with applicable law, to
permit inspection, or to notify Secretary of
assignment; exceptions to application of
penalty.
(b) Failure to take corrective action.
(c) Failure to make royalty payment; failure to
permit lawful entry, inspection, or audit;
failure to notify Secretary of well
production.
(d) False information; unauthorized removal, etc.,
of oil or gas; purchase, sale, etc., of stolen
oil or gas.
(e) Hearing.
(f) Deduction of penalty from sums owed by United
States.
(g) Compromise or reduction of penalties.
(h) Notice.
(i) Reasons on record for amount of penalty.
(j) Review.
(k) Failure to pay penalty.
(l) Nonliability for leases automatically
terminated.
1720. Criminal penalties.
1721. Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties.
(a) Charge on late royalty payment or royalty
payment deficiency.
(b) Charge on late payment made by Secretary to
States.
(c) Deposit in royalty accounts of charges on
royalties due and owing Indians.
(d) Charge on late deposit of royalty fund to an
Indian account.
(e) Nonliability of States for Secretary's failure
to comply with the Emergency Petroleum
Allocation Act of 1973 or regulations
thereunder.
(f) Limitation on interest charged.
(g) Omitted.
(h) Lessee or designee interest.
(i) Limitation on interest.
(j) Estimated payment.
(k) Volume allocation of oil and gas production.
(l) Production allocation.
1721a. Adjustments and refunds.
(a) Adjustments to royalties paid to Secretary or
delegated State.
(b) Refunds.
1722. Injunction and specific enforcement authority.
(a) Civil action by Attorney General.
(b) Venue.
1723. Rewards.
1724. Secretarial and delegated States' actions and
limitation periods.
(a) In general.
(b) Limitation period.
(c) Obligation becomes due.
(d) Tolling of limitation period.
(e) Termination of limitations period.
(f) Records required for determining collections.
(g) Timely collections.
(h) Appeals and final agency action.
(i) Collections of disputed amounts due.
(j) Enforcement of claim for judicial review.
(k) Implementation of final decision.
(l) Stay of payment obligation pending review.
1725. Assessments.
1726. Alternatives for marginal properties.
(a) Determination of best interests of State
concerned and United States.
(b) Prepayment of royalty.
(c) Alternative accounting and auditing
requirements.

SUBCHAPTER II - STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES
1731. Application of subchapter.
1731a. Application of subchapter to leases of lands within
three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States.
1732. Cooperative agreements.
(a) Authorization of Secretary; permission of
Indian tribe required for activities on Indian
lands.
(b) Access to royalty accounting information.
(c) Agreements in accordance with chapter 63 of
title 31; terms and conditions.
1733. Information.
(a) Availability of confidential information by
Secretary pursuant to cooperative agreements;
conditions.
(b) Nonliability of United States for wrongful
disclosure.
(c) Law governing disclosure.
1734. State suits under Federal law.
(a) Action for royalty, interest, or civil penalty;
limitations; notice of suit; award of costs
and fees.
(b) Venue; jurisdiction of district court.
(c) Recovery of civil penalty by State; deposit of
rent, royalty, or interest recovery in
Treasury of the United States.
1735. Delegation of royalty collections and related
activities.
(a) Authorization of Secretary.
(b) Prerequisites.
(c) Ruling as to consistency of State's proposal.
(d) Promulgation of standards and regulations with
respect to delegation.
(e) Revocation; issuance of demand or order by
Secretary.
(f) Compensation to State for costs of delegation;
allocation of costs.
(g) Judicial review.
(h) Existing delegation.
1736. Shared civil penalties.

SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL PROVISIONS
1751. Secretarial authority.
(a) Prescription of rules and regulations.
(b) Conformity with rulemaking provisions.
(c) Contracts with non-Federal Government
inspectors, auditors, etc.; coordination of
auditing and enforcement functions.
1752. Reports.
1753. Relation to other laws.
(a) Supplemental nature of chapter.
(b) Responsibilities of Secretary related to
minerals on Federal and Indian lands.
(c) Authority and responsibilities of Inspector
General and Comptroller General unaffected.
(d) Lands and land interests entrusted to Tennessee
Valley Authority unaffected.
1754. Funding.
1755. Statute of limitations.
1756. Expanded royalty obligations.
1757. Severability.
1758. Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management
Service.