§ 1723. — Rewards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC1723]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 29--OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 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, Sec. 113, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2456.)
