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Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102

§1736 Shared Civil Penalties

Title 30 › CHAPTER 29 — OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES › § 1736

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If the federal government collects a civil penalty under this chapter that comes from work a State or Indian tribe did under a cooperative agreement (section 1732) or a State did under a delegation (section 1735), the government must pay 50% of that penalty to the State or tribe. That payment is cut by any money the State or tribe already received or was owed under the same agreement or delegation during the fiscal year when the penalty was collected, up to the full amount they were paid or due that year.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1736

Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Legislative History

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Amendments

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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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1736

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102