30 U.S.C. § 1720a — Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-88 to r/title-30-MINERAL-LANDS-AND-MINING · 138 words · no verdicts yet
For fiscal year 2010 and later years, sections 1719 and 1720 apply to leases and other agreements for coal, other solid minerals, geothermal resources, and Outer Continental Shelf resources as they apply to oil and gas leases. “Royalty payment” also includes payments required by those agreements or regulations.
Despite any other law, for fiscal year 2010 and every later fiscal year, sections 1719 and 1720 of this title apply to leases for exploring for or developing coal, another solid mineral, or a geothermal resource on Federal or Indian land. They also apply to any lease, easement, right-of-way, or other agreement, in any form, for using the Outer Continental Shelf or its resources under section 1337(k) or (p) of title 43. They apply to the same extent as if each were an oil-and-gas lease. In these cases, “royalty payment” includes every payment required by the lease, easement, right-of-way, or other agreement, regardless of its form, or by an applicable regulation. This section does not define “royalty payment.”
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Sections 1 1719 and 1720 2 of this title shall, for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter, apply to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or any geothermal resource on any Federal or Indian lands and any lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, for use of the Outer Continental Shelf or any of its resources under sections 1337(k) and 1337(p) of title 43 to the same extent as if such lease, easement, right of way, or other agreement, regardless of form, were an oil and gas lease, except that in such cases the term “royalty payment” shall include any payment required by such lease, easement, right of way or other agreement, regardless of form, or by applicable regulation.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title I, § 114, Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2928.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-88 · 123 Stat. 2928
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