Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§1723 Rewards
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT › § 1723
Summary
The Secretary may pay up to 10 percent of royalties and similar payments from Federal oil and gas leases, including the Outer Continental Shelf, when a person's information leads to recovery. Except for U.S. officers/employees, State or Indian tribe officers/employees under cooperative agreement or delegation, and people under authorized contracts.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §1723
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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 pursuant to any action taken by the Secretary under this chapter 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 chapter, or any person acting pursuant to a contract authorized by this chapter.
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30 U.S.C. § 1723
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73