---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1736"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
number: "1736"
heading: "Shared civil penalties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/1736"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — Oil and Gas Royalty Management"
  - "Subchapter II — States and Indian Tribes"
---

# §1736. Shared civil penalties


An amount equal to 50 per centum of any civil [penalty](/usc/30/1702.md?p=29) collected by the Federal Government under this chapter resulting from activities conducted by a [State](/usc/30/1702.md?p=16) or [Indian tribe](/usc/30/1702.md?p=4) pursuant to a cooperative agreement under [section 1732 of this title](/usc/30/1732.md) or a [State](/usc/30/1702.md?p=16) under a delegation under [section 1735 of this title](/usc/30/1735.md), shall be payable to such [State](/usc/30/1702.md?p=16) or tribe. Any [payments](/usc/30/1702.md?p=28) under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to any [payments](/usc/30/1702.md?p=28) provided or due to such [State](/usc/30/1702.md?p=16) or [Indian tribe](/usc/30/1702.md?p=4) under the cooperative agreement or delegation, as applicable, during the fiscal year in which the civil [penalty](/usc/30/1702.md?p=29) is received, up to the total amount provided or due for that fiscal year.


## 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–76 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 section 1732 of this title or such State under section 1735 of this title.”