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§191b Collection of Unpaid and Underpaid Royalties and Late Payment Interest Owed by Lessees

Title 30 › Chapter 3A— LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 191b

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Beginning fiscal year 1996, Secretary must collect royalties and late-payment interest from Federal and Indian payors on settlement or termination payments for mineral sales.

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Title 30, §191b

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Beginning in fiscal year 1996 and thereafter, the Secretary shall take appropriate action to collect unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by Federal and Indian mineral lessees and other royalty payors on amounts received in settlement or other resolution of disputes under, and for partial or complete termination of, sales agreements for minerals from Federal and Indian leases.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar ProvisionsSimilar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 103–332, title I, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2508.

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30 U.S.C. § 191b

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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