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[CITE: 43USC1336]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                       CHAPTER 29--SUBMERGED LANDS
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS
 
Sec. 1336. Controversies over jurisdiction; agreements; 
        payments; final settlement or adjudication; approval of notice 
        concerning oil and gas operations in Gulf of Mexico
        
    In the event of a controversy between the United States and a State 
as to whether or not lands are subject to the provisions of this 
subchapter, the Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 1335(a) and (b) of this title and with the concurrence of the 
Attorney General of the United States, to negotiate and enter into 
agreements with the State, its political subdivision or grantee or a 
lessee thereof, respecting operations under existing mineral leases and 
payment and impounding of rents, royalties, and other sums payable 
thereunder, or with the State, its political subdivision or grantee, 
respecting the issuance or nonissuance of new mineral leases pending the 
settlement or adjudication of the controversy. The authorization 
contained in the preceding sentence of this section shall not be 
construed to be a limitation upon the authority conferred on the 
Secretary in other sections of this subchapter. Payments made pursuant 
to such agreement, or pursuant to any stipulation between the United 
States and a State, shall be considered as compliance with section 
1335(a)(4) of this title. Upon the termination of such agreement or 
stipulation by reason of the final settlement or adjudication of such 
controversy, if the lands subject to any mineral lease are determined to 
be in whole or in part lands subject to the provisions of this 
subchapter, the lessee, if he has not already done so, shall comply with 
the requirements of section 1335(a) of this title, and thereupon the 
provisions of section 1335(b) of this title shall govern such lease. The 
notice concerning ``Oil and Gas Operations in the Submerged Coastal 
Lands of the Gulf of Mexico'' issued by the Secretary on December 11, 
1950 (15 F.R. 8835), as amended by the notice dated January 26, 1951 (16 
F.R. 953), and as supplemented by the notices dated February 2, 1951 (16 
F.R. 1203), March 5, 1951 (16 F.R. 2195), April 23, 1951 (16 F.R. 3623), 
June 25, 1951 (16 F.R. 6404), August 22, 1951 (16 F.R. 8720), October 
24, 1951 (16 F.R. 10998), December 21, 1951 (17 F.R. 43), March 25, 1952 
(17 F.R. 2821), June 26, 1952 (17 F.R. 5833), and December 24, 1952 (18 
F.R. 48), respectively, is approved and confirmed.

(Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, Sec. 7, 67 Stat. 467.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations 
under this subchapter which relate to fostering of competition for 
Federal leases, implementation of alternative bidding systems authorized 
for award of Federal leases, establishment of diligence requirements for 
operations conducted on Federal leases, setting of rates for production 
of Federal leases, and specifying of procedures, terms, and conditions 
for acquisition and disposition of Federal royalty interests taken in 
kind, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(b) of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare. Section 7152(b) of Title 42 was repealed 
by Pub. L. 97-100, title II, Sec. 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407, and 
functions of Secretary of Energy returned to Secretary of the Interior. 
See House Report No. 97-315, pp. 25, 26, Nov. 5, 1981.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1335, 1337, 1353 of this 
title.
