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30 U.S.C. § 1727 — Assessments
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Beginning eighteen months after August 13, 1996, to encourage proper royalty payment the Secretary or the delegated State shall impose assessments on a person who chronically submits erroneous reports under this chapter. Assessments under this chapter may only be issued as provided for in this section.
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Beginning eighteen months after August 13, 1996, to encourage proper royalty payment the Secretary or the delegated State shall impose assessments on a person who chronically submits erroneous reports under this chapter. Assessments under this chapter may only be issued as provided for in this section.
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That in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the MMS may under the royalty-in-kind program, or under its authority to transfer oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, use a portion of the revenues from royalty-in-kind sales, without regard to fiscal year limitation, to pay for transportation to wholesale market centers or upstream pooling points, to process or otherwise dispose of royalty production taken in kind, and to recover MMS transportation costs, salaries, and other administrative costs directly related to the royalty-in-kind program.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Federal land** — The term “Federal land” means public lands (as defined in [section 1702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1702&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(2) **Offshore lease sale** — The term “offshore lease sale” means an oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1331&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any tract offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
(3) **Onshore lease sale** — The term “onshore lease sale” means a quarterly oil and gas lease sale—
(A) that is held by the Secretary in accordance with [section 226 of title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section226&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(B) that, if any acceptable bids have been received for any parcel offered in the lease sale, results in the issuance of a lease.
**(b) Limitation on issuance of certain leases or rights-of-way** During the 10-year period beginning on August 16, 2022—
(1) the Secretary may not issue a right-of-way for wind or solar energy development on Federal land unless—
(A) an onshore lease sale has been held during the 120-day period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development; and
(B) the sum total of acres offered for lease in onshore lease sales during the 1-year period ending on the date of the issuance of the right-of-way for wind or solar energy development is not less than the lesser of—
(i) 2,000,000 acres; and
(ii) 50 percen
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1727
jointly determine, on a case by case basis, the
amount of what marginal production from a
lease or leases or well or wells, or parts thereof,
shall be subject to a prepayment under sub-
section (b) or regulatory relief under subsection
(c). If the State concerned does not consent,
such prepayments or regulatory relief shall not
be made available under this section for such
marginal production: Provided, That if royalty
payments from a lease or leases, or well or wells
are not shared with any State, such determina-
tion shall be made solely by the Secretary.
(b) Prepayment of royalty
(1) In general
Notwithstanding the provisions of any lease
to the contrary, for any lease or leases or well
or wells identified by the Secretary and the
State concerned pursuant to subsection (a),
the Secretary is authorized to accept a pre-
payment for royalties in lieu of monthly roy-
alty payments under the lease for the remain-
der of the lease term if the affected lessee so
agrees. Any prepayment agreed to by the Sec-
retary, State concerned and lessee which is
less than an average $500 per month in total
royalties shall be effectuated under this sec-
tion not earlier than two years after August
13, 1996, and, any prepayment which is greater
than an average $500 per month in total royal-
ties shall be effectuated under this section not
earlier than three years after August 13, 1996.
The Secretary and the State concerned may
condition their acceptance of the prepayment
authorized under this section on the lessee’s
agreeing to such terms and conditions as the
Secretary and the State concerned deem ap-
propriate and consistent with the purposes of
this chapter. Such terms may—
(A) provide for prepayment that does
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