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Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-110

§1753 Relation to Other Laws

Title 30 › CHAPTER 29 — OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1753

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The penalties and powers in this chapter are extra. They do not replace or weaken any other law. The Secretary must still collect royalties and other payments from coal, uranium, and other minerals on Federal and Indian lands quickly and properly. The Secretary may also make agreements with States and Indian tribes to share royalty-management work under existing authority. The chapter does not change the powers or duties of the Interior Department’s Inspector General or the U.S. Comptroller General. It also does not affect lands or land interests given to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §1753

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(a)Supplemental nature of chapter
The penalties and authorities provided in this chapter are supplemental to, and not in derogation of, any penalties or authorities contained in any other provision of law.
(b)Responsibilities of Secretary related to minerals on Federal and Indian lands
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to reduce the responsibilities of the Secretary to ensure prompt and proper collection of revenues from coal, uranium and other energy and nonenergy minerals on Federal and Indian lands, or to restrain the Secretary from entering into cooperative agreements or other appropriate arrangements with States and Indian tribes to share royalty management responsibilities and activities for such minerals under existing authorities.
(c)Authority and responsibilities of Inspector General and Comptroller General unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to enlarge, diminish, or otherwise affect the authority or responsibility of the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior or of the Comptroller General of the United States.
(d)Lands and land interests entrusted to Tennessee Valley Authority unaffected
No provision of this chapter impairs or affects lands and interests in land entrusted to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–362 substituted “Nothing” for “Except as expressly provided in section 1752(b) of this title, nothing”.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 1753

Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110