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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. short title and table of contents

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## Section 1 short title and table of contents This Act may be cited as the “Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982”.1 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 terms and conditions, interest, and penalties. Sec. 111A. Adjustments and refunds. Sec. 112. Injunction and specific enforcement authority. Sec. 113. Rewards. Sec. 114. Noncompetitive oil and gas lease royalty rates. Sec. 115. Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods.
Sec. 116. Assessments. Sec. 117. Alternatives for marginal properties. 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 of royalty collections and related activities. 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. 1The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2447) consists of the Act of January 12, 1983 (Public Law 97–451; 30 U.S.C. 1701 and following). The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 (P.L. 104–185; 110 Stat. 1700; enacted on August 13, 1996) made amendments to this Act.
Section 9 of such Act provides as follows: SEC. 9. INDIAN LANDS. The amendments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to Indian lands, and the provisions of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act shall continue to apply after such date with respect to Indian lands. **[**[30 U.S.C. 1701 note](/us/usc/t30/s1701)**]**
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