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30 U.S.C. § 1711 — Congressional statement of findings and purposes
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**(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 chapter—
(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 e
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**(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 chapter—
(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.
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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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This subchapter shall apply only with respect to oil and gas leases on Federal lands or Indian lands. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to apply to any lease on the Outer Continental Shelf.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, § 10, 67 Stat. 469, related to requirements for refund of excess payments.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 104–185, § 8(b), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1717, provided in part that the repeal of this section is effective Aug. 13, 1996.
#### Applicability of Repeal
Repeal of section not applicable to any privately owned minerals or with respect to Indian lands, see sections 9 and 10 of Pub. L. 104–185, set out as an Applicability of 1996 Amendment note under [section 1701 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim), Mineral Lands and Mining.
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Any person who commits an act for which a civil penalty is provided in [section 1719(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1719/d&num=0&edition=prelim) 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.
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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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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1711
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;’’.
Pars. (17) to (25). Pub. L. 104–185, § 2(2), added pars. (17)
to (25).
Par. (25)(B). Pub. L. 104–200, substituted ‘‘provisions
of section 1712(a)’’ for ‘‘provision of section 1712(a)’’ in
introductory provisions.
Pars. (26) to (33). Pub. L. 104–185, § 2(2), added pars. (26)
to (33).
1988—Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 92–203 inserted ‘‘or which
is administered by the United States pursuant to sec-
tion 1613(g) of title 43’’ after ‘‘alienation’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–185 applicable with re-
spect to production of oil and gas after the first day of
the month following Aug. 13, 1996, see section 11 of Pub.
L. 104–185, set out as a note under section 1701 of this
title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 92–203, § 29(f)(2), as added by Pub. L. 100–241,
§ 15, Feb. 3, 1988, 101 Stat. 1813, provided that: ‘‘The
amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this sec-
tion] shall be effective as if originally included in sec-
tion 3 of Public Law 97–451 [this section].’’
APPLICABILITY OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–185 not applicable to any
privately owned minerals or with respect to Indian
lands, see sections 9 and 10 of Pub. L. 104–185, set out
as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Executive Documents
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC
ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
SUBCHAPTER I—FEDERAL ROYALTY
MANAGEMENT AND
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