30 USC § 191b - Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s191b"
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title: "30 USC § 191b - Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "191b"
section_name: "Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–167; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)"
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# § 191b. Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–167; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of , , known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

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