30 USC § 1736 - Shared civil penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1736"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1736 - Shared civil penalties"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1736"
section_name: "Shared civil penalties"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–451, title II, § 206, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2460; Pub. L. 113–76, div. G, title I, § 121, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 314.)"
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# § 1736. Shared civil penalties

section 1732 of this titlesection 1735 of this title

An amount equal to 50 per centum of any civil penalty collected by the Federal Government under this chapter resulting from activities conducted by a State or Indian tribe pursuant to a cooperative agreement under  or a State under a delegation under , shall be payable to such State or tribe. Any payments under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to any payments provided or due to such State or Indian tribe under the cooperative agreement or delegation, as applicable, during the fiscal year in which the civil penalty is received, up to the total amount provided or due for that fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–451, title II, § 206, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2460; Pub. L. 113–76, div. G, title I, § 121, Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 314.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— substituted “Any payments under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to any payments provided or due to such State or Indian tribe under the cooperative agreement or delegation, as applicable, during the fiscal year in which the civil penalty is received, up to the total amount provided or due for that fiscal year.” for “Such amount shall be deducted from any compensation due such State or Indian tribe under  or such State under .”