---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch29/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Federal Royalty Management and Enforcement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch29-schI"
sections_count: 19
---

# Subchapter I — Federal Royalty Management and Enforcement

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 29 — Oil and Gas Royalty Management

## Sections

- [§1711. Duties of Secretary](/usc/30/1711.md)
- [§1712. Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters](/usc/30/1712.md)
- [§1713. Required recordkeeping](/usc/30/1713.md)
- [§1714. Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts](/usc/30/1714.md)
- [§1715. Explanation of payments](/usc/30/1715.md)
- [§1716. Liabilities and bonding](/usc/30/1716.md)
- [§1717. Hearings and investigations](/usc/30/1717.md)
- [§1718. Inspections](/usc/30/1718.md)
- [§1719. Civil penalties](/usc/30/1719.md)
- [§1720. Criminal penalties](/usc/30/1720.md)
- [§1720a. Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf](/usc/30/1720a.md)
- [§1721. Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties](/usc/30/1721.md)
- [§1721a. Adjustments and refunds](/usc/30/1721a.md)
- [§1722. Injunction and specific enforcement authority](/usc/30/1722.md)
- [§1723. Rewards](/usc/30/1723.md)
- [§1724. Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods](/usc/30/1724.md)
- [§1725. Assessments](/usc/30/1725.md)
- [§1726. Alternatives for marginal properties](/usc/30/1726.md)
- [§1727. Repealed.](/usc/30/1727.md)