Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-110

§1751 Secretarial Authority

Title 30 › CHAPTER 29 — OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1751

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make the rules and regulations needed to carry out this chapter. Those rules must follow section 553 of title 5, even if section 553(a)(2) might say something different. Besides using cooperative agreements or delegations allowed here, the Secretary may hire non‑Federal inspectors, auditors, and others to help. The Secretary must coordinate audits and enforcement so that, as much as possible, lessees, operators, or other persons are not investigated or audited by more than one entity about the same subject at the same time.

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Title 30, §1751

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(a)Prescription of rules and regulations

The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b)Conformity with rulemaking provisions

Rules and regulations issued to implement this chapter shall be issued in conformity with section 553 of title 5, notwithstanding section 553(a)(2) of that title.

(c)Contracts with non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, etc.; coordination of auditing and enforcement functions

In addition to entering into cooperative agreements or delegation of authority authorized under this chapter, the Secretary may contract with such non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, and other persons as he deems necessary to aid in carrying out his functions under this chapter and its implementation. With respect to his auditing and enforcement functions under this chapter, the Secretary shall coordinate such functions so as to avoid to the maximum extent practicable, subjecting lessees, operators, or other persons to audits or investigations of the same subject matter by more than one auditing or investigating entity at the same time.

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30 U.S.C. § 1751

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110