30 U.S.C. § 1723

§1723. Rewards

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U.S.C. Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
30 U.S.C.

United States Code, 2024 Edition

Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING

CHAPTER 29 - OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT

SUBCHAPTER I - FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 1723 - Rewards

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§1723. Rewards

Where amounts representing royalty or other payments owed to the United States with respect to any oil and gas lease on Federal lands or the Outer Continental Shelf are recovered pursuant to any action taken by the Secretary under this chapter as a result of information provided to the Secretary by any person, the Secretary is authorized to pay to such person an amount equal to not more than 10 percent of such recovered amounts. The preceding sentence shall not apply to information provided by an officer or employee of the United States, an officer or employee of a State or Indian tribe acting pursuant to a cooperative agreement or delegation under this chapter, or any person acting pursuant to a contract authorized by this chapter.

(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, §113, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.)

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