Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1701-1758)

PUBLIC LAW 97-451—JAN. 12,1983

96 STAT. 2447

Public Law 97-451
97th Congress
An Act
To ensure that all oil and gas originated on the public lands and on the Outer
Continental Shelf are properly accounted for under the direction of the Secretary
of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
S E C T I O N 1. This Act may be cited as the “Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Management Act of 1982”.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 101. Duties of the Secretary.
Sec. 102. Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters.
Sec. 103. Required recordkeeping.
Sec. 104. Prompt disbursement of royalties.
Sec. 105. Explanation of payments.
Sec. 106. Liabilities and bonding.
Sec. 107. Hearings and investigations.
Sec. 108. Inspections.
Sec. 109. Civil penalties.
Sec. 110. Criminal penalties
Sec. 111. Royalty interest penalties and payments.
Sec. 112. Injunction and specific enforcement authority.
Sec. 113. Rewards.
Sec. 114. Noncompetitive oil and gas lease royalty rates.
TITLE II—STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES
Sec. 201. Application of title.
Sec. 202. Cooperative agreements.
Sec. 203. Information.
Sec. 204. State suits under Federal law.
Sec. 205. Delegation to States.
Sec. 206. Shared civil penalties.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Secretarial authority.
Sec. 302. Reports.
Sec. 303. Study of other minerals.
Sec. 304. Relation to other laws.
Sec. 305. Effective date.
Sec. 306. Funding.
Sec. 307. Statute of limitations.
Sec. 308. Expanded royalty obligations.
Sec. 309. Severability.
TITLE IV—REINSTATEMENT OF LEASES AND CONVERSION OF
UNPATENTED OIL PLACER CLAIMS
Sec. 401. Amendment of Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920.

11-139

- 83 (507)

Jan. 12, 1983
[H.R. 5121]

Federal Oil and
Gas Royalty
Management
Act of 1982.
30 USC 1701
note.

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FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

30 USC 1701.

S E C. 2. (a) Congress finds that—
(1) the Secretary of the Interior should enforce effectively and
uniformly existing regulations under the mineral leasing laws
providing for the inspection of production activities on lease
sites on Federal and Indian lands;
(2) the system of accounting with respect to royalties and
other payments due and owing on oil and gas produced from
such lease sites is archaic and inadequate;
(3) it is essential that the Secretary initiate procedures to
improve methods of accounting for such royalties and payments
and to provide for routine inspection of activities related to the
production of oil and gas on such lease sites; and
(4) the Secretary should aggressively carry out his trust responsibility in the administration of Indian oil and gas.
(b) It is the purpose of this Act–
(1) to clarify, reaffirm, expand, and define the responsibilities
and obligations of lessees, operators, and other persons involved
in transportation or sale of oil and gas from the Federal and
Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf;
(2) to clarify, reaffirm, expand and define the authorities and
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior to implement
and maintain a royalty management system for oil and gas
leases on Federal lands, Indian lands, and the Outer Continental Shelf;
(3) to require the development of enforcement practices that
ensure the prompt and proper collection and disbursement of oil
and gas revenues owed to the United States and Indian lessors
and those inuring to the benefit of States;
(4) to fulfill the trust responsibility of the United States for
the administration of Indian oil and gas resources; and
(5) to effectively utilize the capabilities of the States and
Indian tribes in developing and maintaining an efficient and
effective Federal royalty management system.
DEFINITIONS

30 USC 1702.

S E C. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the term—
(1) “Federal land” means all land and interests in land owned
by the United States which are subject to the mineral leasing
laws, including mineral resources or mineral estates reserved to
the United States in the conveyance of a surface or nonmineral
estate;
(2) "Indian allottee" means any Indian for whom land or an
interest in land is held in trust by the United States or who
holds title subject to Federal restriction against alienation;
(3) “Indian lands” means any lands or interest in lands of an
Indian tribe or an Indian allottee held in trust by the United
States or which is subject to Federal restriction against alienation, including mineral resources and mineral estates reserved
to an Indian tribe or an Indian allottee in the conveyance of a
surface or nonmineral estate, except that such term does not
include any lands subject to the provisions of section 3 of the
Act of June 28, 1906 (34 Stat. 539);
(4) “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation,
pueblo, community, rancheria, colony, or other group of Indi-

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ans, including the Metlakatla Indian Community of Annette
Island Reserve, for which any land or interest in land is held by
the United States in trust or which is subject to Federal restriction against alienation;
(5) "lease" means any contract, profit-share arrangement,
joint venture, or other agreement issued or approved by the
United States under a mineral leasing law that authorizes
exploration for, extraction of, or removal of oil or gas;
(6) “lease site” means any lands or submerged lands, including the surface of a severed mineral estate, on which exploration for, or extraction or removal of oil or gas is authorized
pursuant to a lease;
(7) “lessee” means any person to whom the United States, an
Indian tribe, or an Indian allottee, issues a lease, or any person
who has been assigned an obligation to make royalty or other
payments required by the lease;
(8) “mineral leasing law” means any Federal law administered by the Secretary authorizing the disposition under lease of
oil or gas;
(9) "oil or gas” means any oil or gas originating from, or
allocated to, the Outer Continental Shelf, Federal, or Indian
lands;
(10) "Outer Continental Shelf" has the same meaning as
provided in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (Public Law
95-372);
(11) “operator” means any person, including a lessee, who has
control of, or who manages operations on, an oil and gas lease
site on Federal or Indian lands or on the Outer Continental
Shelf;
(12) “person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, or joint venture;
(13) “production” means those activities which take place for
the removal of oil or gas, including such removal, field operations, transfer of oil or gas off the lease site, operation monitoring, maintenance, and workover drilling;
(14) “royalty” means any payment based on the value or
volume of production which is due to the United States or an
Indian tribe or an Indian allottee on production of oil or gas
from the Outer Continental Shelf, Federal, or Indian lands, or
any minimum royalty owed to the United States or an Indian
tribe or an Indian allottee under any provision of a lease;
(15) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior or his
designee; and
(16) “State” means the several States of the Union, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the territories and possessions of
the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

43 USC 1801
note.

TITLE I–FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND
ENFORCEMENT
DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
S E C. 101. (a) The Secretary shall establish a comprehensive inspection, collection and fiscal and production accounting and, auditing
system to provide the capability to accurately determine oil and gas
royalties, interest, fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other pay-

Comprehensive
accounting and
auditing.
30 USC 1711.

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Lease accounts,
audits.

Contract
authority.

Availability of
Secretary's
material.

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ments owed and to collect and account for such amounts in a timely
manner.
(b) The Secretary shall–
(1) establish procedures to ensure that authorized and prop
erly identified representatives of the Secretary will inspect at
least once annually each lease site producing or expected to
produce significant quantities of oil or gas in any year or which
has a history of noncompliance with applicable provisions of law
or regulation, and
(2) establish and maintain adequate programs providing for
the training of all such authorized representatives in methods
and techniques of inspection and accounting that will be used in
the implementation of this Act.
(c)(1) The Secretary shall audit and reconcile, to the extent practicable, all current and past lease accounts for leases of oil or gas and
take appropriate actions to make additional collections or refunds as
warranted. The Secretary shall conduct audits and reconciliations of
lease accounts in conformity with the business practices and recordkeeping systems which were required of the lessee by the Secretary
for the period covered by the audit. The Secretary shall give priority
to auditing those lease accounts identified by a State or Indian tribe
as having significant potential for underpayment.
The Secretary
may also audit accounts and records of selected lessees and operators.
(2) The Secretary may enter into contracts or other appropriate
arrangements with independent certified public accountants to undertake audits of accounts and records of any lessee or operator
relating to the lease of oil or gas. Selection of such independent
certified public accountants shall be by competitive bidding in
accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252), except that the Secretary may not enter
into a contract or other arrangement with any independent certified
public accountant to audit any lessee or operator where such lessee
or operator is a primary audit client of such certified public
accountant.
(3) All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and other
papers of the Secretary, or used by the Secretary, which are reasonably necessary to facilitate the audits required under this section
shall be made available to any person or governmental entity
conducting audits under this Act.
DUTIES OF LESSEES, OPERATORS, AND MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTERS

30 USC 1712.

Sec. 102. (a) A lessee—
(1) who is required to make any royalty or other payment
under a lease or under the mineral leasing laws, shall make
such payments in the time and manner as may be specified by
the Secretary; and
(2) shall notify the Secretary, in the time and manner as may
be specified by the Secretary, of any assignment the lessee may
have made of the obligation to make any royalty or other
payment under a lease or under the mineral leasing laws.
(b) An operator shall–
(1) develop and comply with a site security plan designed to
protect the oil or gas produced or stored on an onshore lease site
from theft, which plan shall conform with such minimum stand-

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ards as the Secretary may prescribe by rule, taking into account
the variety of circumstances at lease sites;
(2) develop and comply with such minimum site security
measures as the Secretary deems appropriate to protect oil or
gas produced or stored on a lease site or on the Outer Continental Shelf from theft; and
(3) not later than the 5th business day after any well begins
production anywhere on a lease site or allocated to a lease site,
or resumes production in the case of a well which has been off of
production for more than 90 days, notify the Secretary, in the
manner prescribed by the Secretary, of the date on which such
production has begun or resumed.
(c)(l) Any person engaged in transporting by motor vehicle any oil
from any lease site, or allocated to any such lease site, shall carry,
on his person, in his vehicle, or in his immediate control, documentation showing, at a minimum, the amount, origin, and intended
first destination of the oil.
(2) Any person engaged in transporting any oil or gas by pipeline
from any lease site, or allocated to any lease site, on Federal or
Indian lands shall maintain documentation showing, at a minimum,
amount, origin, and intended first destination of such oil or gas.
REQUIRED RECORDKEEPING
S E C. 103. (a) A lessee, operator, or other person directly involved in
developing, producing, transporting, purchasing, or selling oil or gas
subject to this Act through the point of first sale or the point of
royalty computation, whichever is later, shall establish and maintain any records, make any reports, and provide any information
that the Secretary may, by rule, reasonably require for the purposes
of implementing this Act or determining compliance with rules or
orders under this Act. Upon the request of any officer or employee
duly designated by the Secretary or any State or Indian tribe
conducting an audit or investigation pursuant to this Act, the
appropriate records, reports, or information which may be required
by this section shall be made available for inspection and duplication by such officer or employee, State, or Indian tribe.
(b) Records required by the Secretary with respect to oil and gas
leases from Federal or Indian lands or the Outer Continental Shelf
shall be maintained for 6 years after the records are generated
unless the Secretary notifies the record holder that he has initiated
an audit or investigation involving such records and that such
records must be maintained for a longer period. In an case when an
audit or investigation is underway, records shall be maintained
until the Secretary releases the record holder of the obligation to
maintain such records.
PROMPT DISBURSEMENT OF ROYALTIES
S E C. 104. (a) Section 35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920
(approved February 25, 1920; 41 Stat. 437; 30 U.S.C. 191) is amended
by deleting “as soon as practicable after March 31 and September 30
of each year” and by adding at the end thereof “Payments to States
under this section with respect to any moneys received by the
United States, shall be made not later than the last business day of
the month in which such moneys are warranted by the United
States Treasury to the Secretary as having been received, except for

30 USC 1713.

Record, report or
information
inspection and
duplication.

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Indian land
royalty funds,
deposits.
30 USC 1714.

30 USC 1714
note.

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any portion of such moneys which is under challenge and placed in a
suspense account pending resolution of a dispute. Such warrants
shall be issued by the United States Treasury not later than 10 days
after receipt of such moneys by the Treasury. Moneys placed in a
suspense account which are determined to be payable to a State
shall be made not later than the last business day of the month in
which such dispute is resolved. Any such amount placed in a
suspense account pending resolution shall bear interest until the
dispute is resolved.".
(b) Deposits of any royalty funds derived from the production of oil
or gas from, or allocated to, Indian lands shall be made by the
Secretary to the appropriate Indian account at the earliest practicable date after such funds are received by the Secretary but in no
case later than the last business day of the month in which such
funds are received.
(c) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to
payments received by the Secretary after October 1, 1983, unless the
Secretary, by rule, prescribes an earlier effective date.
EXPLANATION OF PAYMENTS

30 USC 1715.

S E C. 105. (a) When any payment (including amounts due from
receipt of any royalty, bonus, interest charge, fine, or rental) is made
by the United States to a State with respect to any oil or gas lease on
Federal lands or is deposited in the appropriate Indian account on
behalf of an Indian tribe or Indian allottee with respect to any oil
and gas lease on Indian lands, there shall be provided together with
such payment, a description of the type of payment being made, the
period covered by such payment, the source of such payment, production amounts, the royalty rate, unit value and such other information as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the recipient
State, Indian tribe, or Indian allottee.
(b) This section shall take effect with respect to payments made
after October 1, 1983, unless the Secretary, by rule, prescribes an
earlier effective date.
LIABILITIES AND BONDING

30 USC 1716.

S E C. 106. A person (including any agent or employee of the United
States and any independent contractor) authorized to collect, receive, account for, or otherwise handle any moneys payable to, or
received by, the Department of the Interior which are derived from
the sale, lease, or other disposal of any oil or gas shall be—
(1) liable to the United States for any losses caused by any
intentional or reckless action or inaction of such individual with
respect to such moneys; and
(2) in the case of an independent contractor, required as the
Secretary deems necessary to maintain a bond commensurate
with the amount of money for which such individual could be
liable to the United States.
HEARINGS AND INVESTIGATIONS

30 USC 1717.

S E C. 107. (a) In carrying out his duties under this Act the Secretary may conduct any investigation or other inquiry necessary and
appropriate and may conduct, after notice, any hearing or audit,
necessary and appropriate to carrying out his duties under this Act.

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In connection with any such hearings, inquiry, investigation, or
audit, the Secretary is also authorized where reasonably necessary—
(1) to require by special or general order, any person to submit
in writing such affidavits and answers to questions as the
Secretary may reasonably prescribe, which submission shall be
made within such reasonable period and under oath or otherwise, as may be necessary;
(2) to administer oaths;
(3) to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of
witnesses and the production of all books, papers, production
and financial records, documents, matter, and materials, as the
Secretary may request;
(4) to order testimony to be taken by deposition before any
person who is designated by the Secretary and who has the
power to administer oaths, and to compel testimony and the
production of evidence in the same manner as authorized under
paragraph (3) of this subsection; and
(5) to pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as are paid in
like circumstances in the courts of the United States.
(b) In case of refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person
under this section, the district court of the United States for any
district in which such person is found, resides, or transacts business,
upon application by the Attorney General at the request of the
Secretary and after notice to such person, shall have jurisdiction to
issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony
before the Secretary or to appear and produce documents before the
Secretary. Any failure to obey such order of the court may be
punished by such court as contempt thereof and subject to a penalty
of up to $10,000 a day.
INSPECTIONS
S E C. 108. (a)(1) On any lease site on Federal or Indian lands, any
authorized and properly identified representative of the Secretary
may stop and inspect any motor vehicle that he has probable cause
to believe is carrying oil from a lease site on Federal or Indian lands
or allocated to such a lease site, for the purpose of determining
whether the driver of such vehicle has documentation related to
such oil as required by law.
(2) Any authorized and properly identified representative of the
Secretary, accompanied by any appropriate law enforcement officer,
or an appropriate law enforcement officer alone, may stop and
inspect any motor vehicle which is not on a lease site if he has
probable cause to believe the vehicle is carrying oil from a lease site
on Federal or Indian lands or allocated to such a lease site. Such
inspection shall be for the purpose of determining whether the
driver of such vehicle has the documentation required by law.
(b) Authorized and properly identified representatives of the Secretary may without advance notice, enter upon, travel across and
inspect lease sites on Federal or Indian lands and may obtain from
the operator immediate access to secured facilities on such lease
sites, for the purpose of making any inspection or investigation for
determining whether there is compliance with the requirements of
the mineral leasing laws and this Act. The Secretary shall develop
guidelines setting forth the coverage and the frequency of such
inspections.

Affidavits.

Subpena.

Depositions.

Refusal to obey
subpena.

30 USC 1718.

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(c) For the Purpose of making any inspection or investigation
under this Act, the Secretary shall have the same right to enter
upon or travel across any lease site as the lessee or operator has
acquired by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise.
CIVIL PENALTIES

Noncompliance
with
requirements or
inspections.
30 USC 1719.

False
information.
Stolen or
unlawfully
removed oil and
gas.

S E C. 109. (a) Any person who—
(1) after due notice of violation or after such violation has
been reported under subparagraph (A), fails or refuses to
comply with any requirement of this Act or any mineral
leasing law, any rule or regulation thereunder, or the terms of
any lease or permit issued thereunder; or
(2) fails to permit inspection authorized in section 108 or fails
to notify the Secretary of any assignment under section 102(a)(2)
shall be liable for a penalty of up to $500 per violation for each day
such violation continues, dating from the date of such notice or
report. A penalty under this subsection may not be applied to any
person who is otherwise liable for a violation of paragraph (1) if:
(A) the violation was discovered and reported to the Secretary
or his authorized representative by the liable person and corrected within 20 days after such report or such longer time as
the Secretary may agree to; or
(B) after the due notice of violation required in paragraph (1)
has been given to such person by the Secretary or his authorized
representative, such person has corrected the violation within
20 days of such notification or such longer time as the Secretary
may agree to.
(b) If corrective action is not taken within 40 days or a longer
period as the Secretary may agree to, after due notice or the report
referred to in subsection (a)(1), such person shall be liable for a civil
penalty of not more than $5,000 per violation for each day such
violation continues, dating from the date of such notice or report.
(c) Any person who—
(1) knowingly or willfully fails to make any royalty payment
by the date as specified by statute, regulation, order or terms of
the lease;
(2) fails or refuses to permit lawful entry, inspection, or audit;
or
(3) knowingly or willfully fails or refuses to comply with
subsection 102(b)(3),
shall be liable for a penalty of up to $10,000 per violation for each
day such violation continues.
(d) Any person who—
(1) knowingly or willfully prepares, maintains, or submits
false, inaccurate, or misleading reports, notices, affidavits,
records data, or other written reformation;
(2) knowingly or willfully takes or removes, transports, uses
or diverts any oil or gas from any lease site without having valid
legal authority to do so; or
(3) purchases, accepts, sells, transports, or conveys to another,
any oil or gas knowing or having reason to know that such oil or
gas was stolen or unlawfully removed or diverted,
shall be liable for a penalty of up to $25,000 per violation for each
day such violation continues.

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(e) No penalty under this section shall be assessed until the person
charged with a violation has been given the opportunity for a
hearing on the record.
(f) The amount of any penalty under this section, as finally
determined may be deducted from any sums owing by the United
States to the person charged.
(g) On a case-by-case basis the Secretary may compromise or
reduce civil penalties under this section.
(h) Notice under this subsection (a) shall be by personal service by
an authorized representative of the Secretary or by registered mail.
Any person may, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary, designate a representative to recieve any notice under this subsection.
(i) In determining the amount of such penalty, or whether it
should be remitted or reduced, and in what amount, the Secretary
shall state on the record the reasons for his determinations.
(j) Any person who has requested a hearing in accordance with
subsection (e) within the time the Secretary has prescribed for such
a hearing and who is aggrieved by a final order of the Secretary
under this section may seek review of such order in the United
States district court for the judicial district in which the violation
allegedly took place. Review by the district court shall be only on
the administrative record and not de novo. Such an action shall be
barred unless filed within 90 days after the Secretary’s final order.
(k) If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty
under this Act—
(1) after the order making the assessment has become a final
order and if such person does not file a petition for judicial
review of the order in accordance with subsection (j), or
(2) after a court in an action brought under subsection (j) has
entered a final judgment in favor of the Secretary,
the court shall have jurisdiction to award the amount assessed plus
interest from the date of the expiration of the 90-day period referred
to in subsection (j). Judgment by the court shall include an order to
pay.
(1) No person shall be liable for a civil penalty under subsection (a)
or (b) for failure to pay any rental for any lease automatically
terminated pursuant to section 31 of the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920.
CRIMINAL PENALTIES

Hearing.

S E C. 110. Any person who commits an act for which a civil penalty
is provided in section 109(d) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a
fine of not more than $50,000, or by imprisonment for not more than
2 years, or both.

30 USC 1720.

Review of
administrative
record.

Failure to pay
assessments.

30 USC 188.

ROYALTY INTEREST, PENALTIES AND PAYMENTS
S E C. 111. (a) In the case of oil and gas leases where royalty
payments are not received by the Secretary on the date that such
payments are due, or are less than the amount due, the Secretary
shall charge interest on such late payments or underpayments at
the rate applicable under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1954. In the case of an underpayment or partial payment, interest
shall be computed and charged only on the amount of the deficiency
and not on the total amount due.

30 USC 1721.

26 USC 6621.

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26 USC 6621.
Interest deposit
to Indian
account.

Indian royalty
funds, late
deposit.
26 USC 6621.

15 USC 751 note.

30 USC 191.

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(b) Any payment made by the Secretary to a State under section
35 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 191) and any
other payment made by the Secretary to a State from any oil or gas
royalty received by the Secretary which is not paid on the date
required under section 35 shall include an interest charge computed
at the rate applicable under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954.
(c) All interest charges collected under this Act or under other
applicable laws because of nonpayment, late payment or underpayment of royalties due and owing an Indian tribe or an Indian
allottee shall be deposited to the same account as the royalty with
respect to which such interest is paid.
(d) Any deposit of royalty funds made by the Secretary to an
Indian account which is not made by the date required under
subsection 104(b) shall include an interest charge computed at the
rate applicable under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State will be
assessed for an interest or penalties found to be due against the
Secretary for failure to comply with the Emergency Petroleum
Allocation Act of 1973 or regulation of the Secretary of Energy
thereunder concerning crude oil certification or pricing with respect
to crude oil taken by the Secretary in kind as royalty. Any State
share of an overcharge, resulting from such failure to comply, shall
be assessed against moneys found to be due and owing to such State
as a result of audits of royalty accounts for transactions which took
place prior to the date of the enactment of this Act except that if
after the completion of such audits, sufficient moneys have not been
found due and owing to any State, the State shall be assessed the
balance of that State's share of the overcharge.
(f) Interest shall be charged under this section only for the
number of days a payment is late.
(g) The first sentence of section 35 of the Act of February 25, 1920
is amended by inserting “including interest charges collected under
the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982” between
“royalties” and “and”.
INJUNCTION AND SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY

Civil action by
Attorney
General.
30 USC 1722.

S E C. 112. (a) In addition to any other remedy under this Act or any
mineral leasing law, the Attorney General of the United States or
his designee may bring a civil action in a district court of the United
States, which shall have jurisdiction over such actions—
(1) to restrain any violation of this Act; or
(2) to compel the taking of any action required by or under
this Act or any mineral leasing law of the United States.
(b) A civil action described in subsection (a) may be brought only
in the United States district court for the judicial district wherein
the act, omission, or transaction constituting a violation under this
Act or any other mineral leasing law occurred, or wherein the
defendant is found or transacts business.
REWARDS

30 USC 1723.

S E C. 113. Where amounts representing royalty or other payments
owed to the United States with respect to any oil and gas lease on
Federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf are recovered pursu-

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ant to any action taken by the Secretary under this Act as a result
of information provided to the Secretary by any person, the Secretary is authorized to pay to such person an amount equal to not
more than 10 percent of such recovered amounts. The preceding
sentence shall not apply to information provided by an officer or
employee of the United States, an officer or employee of a State or
Indian tribe acting pursuant to a cooperative agreement or delegation under this Act, or any person acting pursuant to a contract
authorized by this Act.
NONCOMPETITIVE OIL AND GAS LEASE ROYALTY RATES
S E C. 114. The Secretary is directed to conduct a thorough study of
the effects of a change in the royalty rate under section 17(c) of the
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 on: (a) the exploration, development, or
production of oil or gas; and (b) the overall revenues generated by
such change. Such study shall be completed and submitted to Congress within six months after the date of enactment of this Act.

Study.
30 USC 226.
Submittal to
Congress.

TITLE II—STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES
APPLICATION OF TITLE
S E C. 201. This title shall apply only with respect to oil and gas
leases on Federal lands or Indian lands. Nothing in this title shall be
construed to apply to any lease on the Outer Continental Shelf.

30 USC 1731.

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
S E C. 202. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with any State or Indian tribe to
share oil or gas royalty management information, to carry out
inspection, auditing, investigation or enforcement (not including the
collection of royalties, civil or criminal penalties or other payments)
activities under this Act in cooperation with the Secretary, and to
carry out any other activity described in section 108 of this Act. The
Secretary shall not enter into any such cooperative agreement with
a State with respect to an such activities on Indian lands, except
with the permission of the Indian tribe involved.
(b) Except as provided in section 203, and pursuant to a cooperative agreement—
(1) each State shall, upon request, have access to all royalty
accounting information in the possession of the Secretary
respecting the production, removal, or sale of oil or gas from
leases on Federal lands within the State; and
(2) each Indian tribe shall, upon request, have access to all
royalty accounting information in the possession of the Secretary respecting the production, removal, or sale of oil or gas
from leases on Indian lands under the jurisdiction of such tribe.
Information shall be made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) as
soon as practicable after it comes into the possession of the Secretary. Effective October 1, 1983, such information shall be made
available under paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than 30 days after
such information comes into the possession of the Secretary.
(c) Any cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Grant
and cooperative Agreement Act of 1977, and shall contain such

30 USC 1732.

Information
availability.
Effective date.

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terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate and consistent with the purposes of this Act, including, but not limited to, a
limitation on the use of Federal assistance to those costs which are
directly required to carry out the agreed upon activities.
INFORMATION
Trade secrets
and proprietary
and confidential
information,
availability.
30 USC 1733.

Liability for
wrongful
disclosure.

S E C. 203. (a) Trade secrets, proprietary and other confidential
information shall be made available by the Secretary, pursuant to a
cooperative agreement, to a State or Indian tribe upon request only
if—
(1) such State or Indian tribe consents in writing to restrict
the dissemination of the information to those who are directly
involved in an audit or investigation under this Act and who
have a need to know;
(2) such State or tribe accepts liability for wrongful disclosure;
(3) in the case of a State, such State demonstrates that such
information is essential to the conduct of an audit or investigation or to litigation under section 204; and
(4) in the case of an Indian tribe, such tribe demonstrates that
such information is essential to the conduct of an audit or
investigation and waives sovereign immunity by express consent for wrongful disclosure by such tribe.
(b) The United States shall not be liable for the wrongful disclosure by any individual, State, or Indian tribe of any information
provided to such individual, State, or Indian tribe pursuant to any
cooperative agreement or a delegation, authorized by this Act.
(c) Whenever any individual, State, or Indian tribe has obtained
possession of information pursuant to a cooperative agreement authorized by this section, or any individual or State has obtained
possession of information pursuant to a delegation under section
205, the individual shall be subject to the same provisions of law
with respect to the disclosure of such information as would apply to
an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or
agency thereof and the State or Indian tribe shall be subject to the
same provisions of law with respect to the disclosure of such information as would apply to the United States or any department or
agency thereof. No State or State officer or employee who receives
trade secrets, proprietary information, or other confidential information under this Act may be required to disclose such information
under State law.
STATE SUITS UNDER FEDERAL LAW

30 USC 1734.

S E C. 204. (a)(1) A State may commence a civil action under this
section against any person to recover any royalty, interest, or civil
penalty which the State believes is due, based upon credible evidence, with respect to any oil and gas lease on Federal lands located
within the State.
(2)(A) No action may be commenced under paragraph (1) prior to
90 days after the State has given notice in writing to the Secretary
of the payment required. Such 90-day limitation may be waived by
the Secretary on a case-by-case basis.
(B) If, within the 90-day period specified in subparagraph (A), the
Secretary issues a demand for the payment concerned, no action
may be commenced under paragraph (1) with respect to such payment during a 45-day period after issuance of such demand. If,

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during such 45-day period, the Secretary receives payment in full,
no action may be commenced under paragraph (1).
(C) If the Secretary refers the case to the Attorney General of the
United States within the 45-day period referred to in subparagraph
(B) or within 10 business days after the expiration of such 45-day
period, no action may be commenced under paragraph (1) if the
Attorney General, within 45 days after the date of such referral,
commences, and thereafter diligently prosecutes, a civil action in a
court of the United States with respect to the payment concerned.
(3) The State shall notify the Secretary and the Attorney General
of the United States of any suit filed by the State under this section.
(4) A court in issuing any final order in any action brought under
paragraph (1) may award costs of litigation including reasonable
attorney and expert witness fees, to any party in such action if the
court determines such an award is appropriate.
(b) An action brought under subsection (a) of this section may be
brought only in a United States district court for the judicial district
in which the lease site or the leasing activity complained of is
located. Such district court shall have jurisdiction, without regard to
the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties, to
require compliance or order payment in any such action.
(c)(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil penalty recovered by a State under subsection (a) shall be retained by
the State and may be expended in such manner and for such
purposes as the State deems appropriate.
(2) Any rent, royalty, or interest recovered by a State under
subsection (a) shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States
in the same manner, and subject to the same requirements, as are
applicable in the case of any rent, royalty, or interest collected by an
officer or employee of the United States, except that such amounts
shall be deposited in the Treasury not later than 10 days after
receipt by the State.
DELEGATION TO STATES
S E C. 205. (a) Upon written request of any State, the Secretary is
authorized to delegate, in accordance with the provisions of this
section, all or part of the authorities and responsibilities of the
Secretary under this Act to conduct inspections, audits, and investigations to any State with respect to all Federal lands or Indian lands
within the State; except that the Secretary may not undertake such
a delegation with respect to any Indian lands, except with the
permission of the Indian tribe allottee involved.
(b) After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary is
authorized to delegate such authorities and responsibilities granted
under this section as the State has requested, if the Secretary finds
that—
(1) it is likely that the State will provide adequate resources to
achieve the purposes of this Act;
(2) the State has demonstrated that it will effectively and
faithfully administer the rules and regulations of the Secretary
under this Act in accordance with the requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of this section; and
(3) such delegation will not create an unreasonable burden on
any lessee,
with respect to the Federal lands and Indian lands within the State.

Notification of
Secretary and
Attorney
General.

30 USC 1735.

Hearing.

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Regulations.

Standards.

Hearing.

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(c) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations which define those
functions, if any, which must be carried out jointly in order to avoid
duplication of effort, and any delegation to any State must be made
in accordance with those requirements.
(d) The Secretary shall by rule promulgate standards and regulations, pertaining to the authorities and responsibilities under subsection (a), including standards and regulations pertaining to:
(1) audits performed;
(2) records and accounts to be maintained; and
(3) reporting procedures to be required by States under this
section.
Such standards and regulations shall be designed to provide reasonable assurance that a uniform and effective royalty management
system will prevail among the States. The records and accounts
under paragraph (2) shall be sufficient to allow the Secretary to
monitor the performance of any State under this section.
(e) If, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary
finds that any State to which any authority or responsibility of the
Secretary has been delegated under this section is in violation of any
requirement of this section or any rule thereunder, or that an
affirmative finding by the Secretary under subsection (b) can no
longer be made, the Secretary may revoke such delegation.
(f) The Secretary shall compensate any State for those costs which
may be necessary to carry out the delegated activities under this
section. Payment shall be made no lees than every quarter during
the fiscal year.
SHARED CIVIL PENALTIES
S E C. 206. An amount equal to 50 per centum of any civil penalty
collected by the Federal Government under this Act resulting from
activities conducted by a State or Indian tribe pursuant to a cooperative agreement under section 202 or a State under a delegation
under section 205, shall be payable to such State or tribe. Such
amount shall be deducted from any compensation due such State or
Indian tribe under section 202 or such State under section 205.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY

Regulations.
30 USC 1751.

Contracts.

S E C. 301. (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) 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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REPORTS
S E C. 302. (a) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual
report on the implementation of this Act. The information to be
included in the report and the format of the report shall be developed by the Secretary after consulting with the Committees on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The Secretary shall
also report on the progress of the Department in reconciling account
balances.
(b) Commencing with fiscal year 1984, the Inspector General of the
Department of the Interior shall conduct a biennial audit of the
Federal royalty management system. The Inspector General shall
submit the results of such audit to the Secretary and to the
Congress.
STUDY OF OTHER MINERALS
S E C. 303. (a) The Secretary shall study the question of the adequacy of royalty management for coal, uranium and other energy
and nonenergy minerals on Federal and Indian lands. The study
shall include proposed legislation if the Secretary determines that
such legislation is necessary to ensure prompt and proper collection
of revenues owed to the United States, the States and Indian tribes
or Indian allottees from the sale, lease or other disposal of such
minerals.
(b) The study required by subsection (a) of this section shall be
submitted to Congress not later than one year from the date of the
enactment of this Act.

Submittal to
Congress.
30 USC 1752.

Biennial audit,
submittal to
Secretary and
Congress.

30 USC 1752
note.

Submittal to
Congress.

RELATION TO OTHER LAWS
S E C. 304. (a) The penalties and authorities provided in this Act are
supplemental to, and not in derogation of, any penalties or authorities contained in any other provision of law.
(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to reduce the responsibilities of the Secretary to ensure prompt and proper collection of
revenues from coal, uranium and other energy and nonenergy
minerals on Federal and Indian lands, or to restrain the Secretary
from entering into cooperative agreements or other appropriate
arrangements with States and Indian tribes to share royalty management responsibilities and activities for such minerals under
existing authorities.
(c) Except as expressly provided in subsection 302(b), nothing in
this Act shall be construed to enlarge, diminish, or otherwise affect
the authority or responsibility of the Inspector General of the
Department of the Interior or of the Comptroller General of the
United States.
(d) No provision of this Act impairs or affects lands and interests
in land entrusted to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

30 USC 1753.

EFFECTIVE DATE
S E C. 305. The provisions of this Act shall apply to oil and gas
leases issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, except that in the case of a lease issued before such date, no

30 USC 1701
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provision of this Act or any rule or regulation prescribed under this
Act shall alter the express and specific provisions of such a lease.
FUNDING
30 USC 1754.

S E C. 306. Effective October 1, 1983, there are hereby authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Act, including such sums as may be necessary for
the cooperative agreements, contracts, and delegations authorized
by this Act: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to
affect or impair any authority to enter into contracts or make
payments under any other provision of law.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

30 USC 1755.

S E C. 307. Except in the case of fraud, any action to recover
penalties under this Act shall be barred unless the action is commenced within 6 years after the date of the act or omission which is
the basis for the action.
EXPANDED ROYALTY OBLIGATIONS

30 USC 1756.

S E C. 308. Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas
lost or wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to
negligence on the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the
failure to comply with any rule or regulation, order or citation
issued under this Act or any mineral leasing law.
SEVERABILITY

30 USC 1757.

S E C. 309. If any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof to
any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this
Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
TITLE IV—REINSTATEMENT OF LEASES AND CONVERSION
OF UNPATENTED OIL PLACER CLAIMS
AMENDMENT OF MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT OF 1920

30 USC 226.

S E C. 401. Section 31 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30
U.S.C. 188) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(j) and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsections:
“(d)(l) Where any oil and gas lease issued pursuant to section 17(b)
or section 17(c) of this Act or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired
Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) has been, or is hereafter, terminated
automatically by operation of law under this section for failure to
pay on or before the anniversary date the full amount of the rental
due, and such rental is not paid or tendered within twenty days
thereafter, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Interior that such failure was justifiable or not due to lack of
reasonable diligence on the part of the lessee, or, no matter when
the rental is paid after termination, it is shown to the satisfaction of
the Secretary that such failure was inadvertent, the Secretary may
reinstate the lease as of the date of termination for the unexpired
portion of the primary term of the original lease or any extension
thereof remaining at the date of termination, and so long thereafter

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as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities. In any case where a
lease is reinstated under this subsection and the Secretary finds that
the reinstatement of such lease (A) occurs after the expiration of
the primary term or any extension thereof, or (B) will not afford the
lessee a reasonable opportunity to continue operations under the
lease, the Secretary may, at his discretion, extend the term of such
lease for such period as he deems reasonable, but in no event for
more than two years from the date the Secretary authorizes the
reinstatement and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in
paying quantities.
"(2) No lease shall be reinstated under paragraph (1) of this
subsection unless—
“(A) with respect to any lease that terminated under subsection (b) of this section prior to enactment of the Federal Oil and
Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982:
"(i) the lessee tendered rental prior to enactment of such
Act and the final determination that the lease terminated
was made by the Secretary or a court less than three years
before enactment of such Act, and
“(ii) a petition for reinstatement together with the
required back rental and royalty accruing from the date of
termination, is filed with the Secretary on or before the one
hundred and twentieth day after enactment of such Act, or
“(B) with respect to any lease that terminated under subsection (b) of this section on or after enactment of the Federal Oil
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, a petition for reinstatement together with the required back rental and royalty
accruing from the date of termination is filed on or before the
earlier of—
“(i) sixty days after the lessee receives from the Secretary
notice of termination, whether by return of check or by any
other form of actual notice, or
“(ii) fifteen months after termination of the lease.
“(e) Any reinstatement under subsection (d) of this section shall be
made only if these conditions are met:
“(1) no valid lease, whether still in existence or not, shall have
been issued affecting any of the lands covered by the terminated
lease prior to the filing of such petition: Provided, however, T h a t
after receipt of a petition for reinstatement, the Secretary shall
not issue any new lease affecting any of the lands covered by
such terminated lease for a reasonable period, as determined in
accordance with regulations issued by him;
"(2) payment of back rentals and either the inclusion in a
reinstated lease issued pursuant to the provisions of section
17(b) of this Act of a requirement for future rentals at a rate of
not less than $10 per acre per year, or the inclusion in a
reinstated lease issued pursuant to the provisions of section
17(c) of this Act of a requirement that future rentals shall be at
a rate not less than $5 per acre per year, all as determined by
the Secretary;
“(3)(A) payment of back royalties and the inclusion in a
reinstated lease issued pursuant to the provisions of section
17(b) of this Act of a requirement for future royalties at a rate of
not less than 16²/ 3 percent computed on a sliding scale based
upon the average production per well per day, at a rate which
shall be not less than 4 percentage points greater than the
competitive royality schedule then in force and used for royalty

Ante, p. 2447.

Reinstatement
conditions.

30 USC 226.

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publication in
Federal

Cost of
publication in
Federal
Register.

30 USC 226.

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determination for competitive leases issued pursuant to such
section as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That royalty
on such reinstated lease shall be paid on all production removed
or sold from such lease subsequent to the termination of the
original lease;
“(B) payment of back royalties and inclusion in a reinstated
lease issued pursuant to the provisions of section 17(c) of this
Act of a requirement for future royalties at a rate not less than
16 2 / 3 percent: Provided, That royalty on such reinstated lease
shall be paid on all production removed or sold from such lease
subsequent to the cancellation or termination of the original
lease; and
“(4) notice of the proposed reinstatement of a terminated
lease, including the terms and conditions of reinstatement, shall
be published in the Federal Register at least thirty days in
advance of the reinstatement.
A copy of said notice, together with information concerning rental,
royalty, volume of production, if any, and any other matter which
the Secretary deemed significant in making this determination to
reinstate, shall be furnished to the Committee on Interior and
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate at least thirty days
in advance of the reinstatement. The lessee of a reinstated lease
shall reimburse the Secretary for the administrative costs of reinstating the lease, but not to exceed $500. In addition the lessee shall
reimburse the Secretary for the cost of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of proposed reinstatement.
“(f) Where an unpatented oil placer mining claim validly located
prior to February 24, 1920, which has been or is currently producing
or is capable of producing oil or gas, has been or is hereafter deemed
conclusively abandoned for failure to file timely the required instruments or copies of instruments required by section 314 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744),
and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such failure
was inadvertent, justifiable, or not due to lack of reasonable diligence on the part of the owner, the Secretary may issue, for the
lands covered by the abandoned unpatented oil placer mining claim,
a noncompetitive oil and gas lease, consistent with the provisions of
section 17(e) of this Act, to be effective from the statutory date the
claim was deemed conclusively abandoned. Issuance of such a lease
shall be conditioned upon:
“(1) a petition for issuance of a noncompetitive oil and gas
lease, together with the required rental and royalty, including
back rental and royalty accruing from the statutory date of
abandonment of the oil placer mining claim, being filed with
the Secretary—
“(A) with respect to any claim deemed conclusively abandoned on or before the date of enactment of the Federal Oil
and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, on or before the
one hundred and twentieth day after such date of enactment, or
“(B) with respect to any claim deemed conclusively abandoned after such date of enactment, on or before the one
hundred and twentieth day after final notification by the
Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction of the deter-

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mination of the abandonment of the oil placer mining
claim;
“(2) a valid lease not having been issued affecting any of the
lands covered by the abandoned oil placer mining claim prior to
the filing of such petition: Provided, however, That after the
filing of a petition for issuance of a lease under this subsection,
the Secretary shall not issue any new lease affecting any of the
lands covered by such abandoned oil placer mining claim for a
reasonable period, as determined in accordance with regulations issued by him;
“(3) a requirement in the lease for payment of rental, including back rentals accruing from the statutory date of abandonment of the oil placer mining claim, of not less than $5 per acre
per year;
“(4) a requirement in the lease for payment of royalty on
production removed or sold from the oil placer mining claim,
including all royalty on production made subsequent to the
statutory date the claim was deemed conclusively abandoned, of
not less than 12½ percent; and
“(5) compliance with the notice and reimbursement of costs
provisions of paragraph (4) of subsection (e) but addressed to the
petition covering the conversion of an abandoned unpatented oil
placer mining claim to a noncompetitive oil and gas lease.
“(g)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a reinstated
lease shall be treated as a competitive or a noncompetitive oil and
gas lease in the same manner as the original lease issued pursuant
to section 17(b) or 17(c) of this Act.
“(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the issuance of a
lease in lieu of an abandoned patented oil placer mining claim shall
be treated as a noncompetitive oil and gas lease issued pursuant to
section 17(c) of this Act.
“(h) The minimum royalty provisions of section 17(j) and the
provisions of section 39 of this Act shall be applicable to leases
issued pursuant to subsections (d) and (f) of this section.
“(i)(1) In acting on a petition to issue a noncompetitive oil and gas
lease, under subsection (f) of this section or in response to a request
filed after issuance of such a lease, or both, the Secretary is authorized to reduce the royalty on such lease if in his judgment it is
equitable to do so or the circumstances warrant such relief due to
uneconomic or other circumstances which could cause undue hardship or premature termination of production.
“(2) In acting on a petition for reinstatement pursuant to subsection (d) of this section or in response to a request filed after
reinstatement, or both, the Secretary is authorized to reduce the
royalty in that reinstated lease on the entire leasehold or any tract
or portion thereof segregated for royalty purposes if, in his judg-

30 USC 226.

30 USC 209.

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ment, there are uneconomic or other circumstances which could
cause undue hardship or premature termination of production; or
because of any written action of the United States, its agents or
employees, which preceded, and was a major consideration in, the
lessee's expenditure of funds to develop the property under the lease
after the rent had become due and had not been paid; or if in the
judgment of the Secretary it is equitable to do so for any reason.”.
Approved January 12, 1983.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5121 (S. 2305):
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-859 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
SENATE REPORT No. 97-512 accompanying S. 2305 (Comm. on Energy and Natural
Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):
Sept. 29, considered and passed House.
Dec. 6, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of H.R. 5121.
Dec. 13, House concurred in Senate amendments with an amendment.
Dec. 16, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment.
Dec. 18, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment.
Dec. 21, Senate disagreed to House amendment; House receded from its
amendment and concurred in Senate amendment.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1983):
Jan. 12, Presidential statement.
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