PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Starting August 8, 1946, leases that used to pay more than 12½ percent royalty to the United States must pay 12½ percent instead, except for leases given by competitive bidding. The lower rate only applies in three cases: when the land or deposits are not inside any productive oil or gas boundary as the Secretary finds on August 8, 1946; when production is from a new deposit found after May 27, 1941 by wells drilled inside the lease and declared new by the Secretary; or when production comes from a new deposit found after May 27, 1941 on land in an approved unit or cooperative agreement, and the lease was part of the agreement or part of a filed application for it at the time of discovery.

Title 30, §226c

Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

From and after August 8, 1946, the royalty obligation to the United States under all leases requiring payment of royalty in excess of 12½ per centum, except leases issued or to be issued upon competitive bidding, is reduced to 12½ per centum in amount or value of production removed or sold from said leases as to (1) such leases, or such part of the lands subject thereto, and the deposits underlying the same, as are not believed to be within the productive limits of any oil or gas deposit, as such productive limits are found by the Secretary to exist on August 8, 1946, and (2) any production on a lease from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, by a well or wells drilled within the boundaries of the lease, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit; and (3) any production on or allocated to a lease pursuant to an approved unit or cooperative agreement from an oil or gas deposit which was discovered after May 27, 1941, on land committed to such agreement, and which is determined by the Secretary to be a new deposit, where such lease was included in such agreement at the time of discovery, or was included in a duly executed and filed application for the approval of such agreement at the time of discovery.

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

Savings Provision

See note set out under section 181 of this title. Outer Continental Shelf; Refunds on Mineral-Lease PaymentsRefunds of excess payments with respect to oil, gas, and other leases on submerged lands of outer Continental Shelf, see section 1339 of Title 43, Public Lands.

§226c Reduction of Royalties Under Existing Leases