§ 1732. — Cooperative agreements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1732]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 29--OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER II--STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES
Sec. 1732. Cooperative agreements
(a) Authorization of Secretary; permission of Indian tribe required for
activities on Indian lands
The Secretary is authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement or
agreements with any State or Indian tribe to share oil or gas royalty
management information, to carry out inspection, auditing, investigation
or enforcement (not including the collection of royalties, civil or
criminal penalties or other payments) activities under this chapter in
cooperation with the Secretary, and to carry out any other activity
described in section 1718 of this title. The Secretary shall not enter
into any such cooperative agreement with a State with respect to any
such activities on Indian lands, except with the permission of the
Indian tribe involved.
(b) Access to royalty accounting information
Except as provided in section 1733 of this title, and pursuant to a
cooperative agreement--
(1) each State shall, upon request, have access to all royalty
accounting information in the possession of the Secretary respecting
the production, removal, or sale of oil or gas from leases on
Federal lands within the State; and
(2) each Indian tribe shall, upon request, have access to all
royalty accounting information in the possession of the Secretary
respecting the production, removal, or sale of oil or gas from
leases on Indian lands under the jurisdiction of such tribe.
Information shall be made available under paragraphs (1) and (2) as soon
as practicable after it comes into the possession of the Secretary.
Effective October 1, 1983, such information shall be made available
under paragraphs (1) and (2) not later than 30 days after such
information comes into the possession of the Secretary.
(c) Agreements in accordance with chapter 63 of title 31; terms and
conditions
Any cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section
shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 63 of title 31,
and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems
appropriate and consistent with the purposes of this chapter, including,
but not limited to, a limitation on the use of Federal assistance to
those costs which are directly required to carry out the agreed upon
activities.
(Pub. L. 97-451, title II, Sec. 202, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2457.)
Codification
In subsec. (c), ``chapter 63 of title 31'' substituted for ``the
Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 [41 U.S.C. 501 et
seq.]'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
Finance.
Applicability
Pub. L. 104-185, Sec. 8(a), Aug. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 1717, provided
that: ``With respect to Federal lands, sections 202 and 307 of the
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1732 and
1755), are no longer applicable. The applicability of those sections to
Indian leases is not affected.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 196, 1731a, 1736 of this
title.
