§196 — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

Summary

Since fiscal year 1992, the Secretary of the Interior or a designee may make cooperative agreements with States or Indian tribes to share royalty information and help with compliance work (inspections, audits, investigations, enforcement), but not to collect royalties, civil penalties, or other payments. If a State asks in writing, the Secretary may also delegate leasing audit, inspection, and investigation powers to that State. Agreements or delegations cannot cover Indian lands without the tribe’s permission.

Title 30, §196

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1992 and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior or his designee is authorized to—

(a)enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with any State or Indian tribe to share royalty management information, to carry out inspection, auditing, investigation or enforcement (not including the collection of royalties, civil penalties, or other payments) activities in cooperation with the Secretary, except that the Secretary shall not enter into such cooperative agreement with a State with respect to any such activities on Indian lands except with the permission of the Indian tribe involved; and

(b)upon written request of any State, to delegate to the State all or part of the authorities and responsibilities of the Secretary under the authorizing leasing statutes, leases, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections, except that the Secretary shall not undertake such a delegation with respect to any Indian lands except with permission of the Indian tribe involved,

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

§196 Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority

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Title 30, §196

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