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30 U.S.C. § 1735 — Information
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**(a) Availability of confidential information by Secretary pursuant to cooperative agreements; conditions** 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 chapter 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 1734 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1734&num=0&edition=prelim); 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) Nonliability of United States for wrongful disclosure** 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 chapter.
**(c) Law governing disclosure** 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 1735 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-tit
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**(a) Availability of confidential information by Secretary pursuant to cooperative agreements; conditions** 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 chapter 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 1734 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1734&num=0&edition=prelim); 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) Nonliability of United States for wrongful disclosure** 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 chapter.
**(c) Law governing disclosure** 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 1735 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1735&num=0&edition=prelim), 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 chapter may be required to disclose such information under State law.
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**(a) Authorization of Secretary; permission of Indian tribe required for activities on Indian lands** 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 chapter in cooperation with the Secretary, and to carry out any other activity described in [section 1718 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1718&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary shall not enter into any such cooperative agreement with a State with respect to any such activities on Indian lands, except with the permission of the Indian tribe involved.
**(b) Access to royalty accounting information** Except as provided in [section 1733 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1733&num=0&edition=prelim), 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 unde
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For the purposes of this chapter, 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 or which is administered by the United States pursuant to [section 1613(g) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1613/g&num=0&edition=prelim), 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 Indians, 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 or which is administered by the United States pursuant to [section 1613(g) of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1613/g&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) “lease” means any contract, profit-share arrangement, joint venture, or other agreement issued or approved b
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**(a) In general** The respective duties, responsibilities, and activities with respect to a lease shall be performed by the Secretary, delegated States, and lessees or their designees in a timely manner.
**(b) Limitation period**
(1) **In general** — A judicial proceeding or demand which arises from, or relates to an obligation, shall be commenced within seven years from the date on which the obligation becomes due and if not so commenced shall be barred. If commencement of a judicial proceeding or demand for an obligation is barred by this section, the Secretary, a delegated State, or a lessee or its designee (A) shall not take any other or further action regarding that obligation, including (but not limited to) the issuance of any order, request, demand or other communication seeking any document, accounting, determination, calculation, recalculation, payment, principal, interest, assessment, or penalty or the initiation, pursuit or completion of an audit with respect to that obligation; and (B) shall not pursue any other equitable or legal remedy, whether under statute or common law, with respect to an action on or an enforcement of said obligation.
(2) **Rule of construction** — A judicial proceeding or demand that is timely commenced under paragraph (1) against a designee shall be considered timely commenced as to any lessee who is liable pursuant to [section 1712(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1712/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for the obligation that is the subject of the judicial proceeding or demand.
(3) **Application of certain limitations** — The limitations set forth in sections 2401, 2415, 2416, and 2462 of title 28 and [section 226–2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granule
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An amount equal to 50 per centum of any civil penalty collected by the Federal Government under this chapter resulting from activities conducted by a State or Indian tribe pursuant to a cooperative agreement under [section 1732 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1732&num=0&edition=prelim) or a State under a delegation under [section 1735 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1735&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be payable to such State or tribe. Any payments under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to any payments provided or due to such State or Indian tribe under the cooperative agreement or delegation, as applicable, during the fiscal year in which the civil penalty is received, up to the total amount provided or due for that fiscal year.
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1734
(4) in the case of an Indian tribe, such tribe
demonstrates that such information is essen-
tial to the conduct of an audit or investigation
and waives sovereign immunity by express
consent for wrongful disclosure by such tribe.
(b) Nonliability of United States for wrongful dis-
closure
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, au-
thorized by this chapter.
(c) Law governing disclosure
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 1735 of this title, the
individual shall be subject to the same provi-
sions 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 depart-
ment 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 infor-
mation as would apply to the United States or
any department or agency thereof. No State or
State officer or employee who receives trade se-
crets, proprietary information, or other con-
fidential information under this chapter may be
required to disclose such information under
State law.
(Pub. L. 97–451, title II, § 203, Jan. 12, 1983, 96
Stat. 2458.)
§ 1734. State suits under Federal law
(a) Action for royalty, interest, or civil penalty;
limitations; notice of suit; award of costs and
fees
(1) A State may comme
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