Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102

§1723 Rewards

Title 30 › CHAPTER 29 — OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT › § 1723

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can pay up to 10 percent of money recovered when someone’s tip leads to getting back oil and gas royalties owed to the United States from federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf. The payment applies only when the recovery happens because a person provided information. No reward is paid for information from a U.S. employee, a State or Indian tribe employee acting under a cooperative agreement or delegation, or someone working under a contract allowed by this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1723

Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1723

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102