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[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.)
