Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§1736 Shared civil penalties
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES › § 1736
Summary
Federal Government must pay a State or Indian tribe 50% of any civil penalty it collects that comes from work done under section 1732 (cooperative agreement) or section 1735 (delegation). That payment is reduced by amounts already paid or due to the State or tribe in the same fiscal year, up to that total.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §1736
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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 or a State under a delegation under section 1735 of this title, 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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2014—Pub. L. 113–76 substituted “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.” for “Such amount shall be deducted from any compensation due such State or Indian tribe under section 1732 of this title or such State under section 1735 of this title.”
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30 U.S.C. § 1736
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73