30 U.S.C. § 191a : US Code - Section 191A: Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases

Search 30 U.S.C. § 191a : US Code - Section 191A: 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) of this section shall apply with respect to any
interest, or other charge referred to in subsection (a) of this
section, 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) of
this section, 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.