Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/1100

 96 STAT. 2462

PUBLIC LAW 97-451—JAN. 12, 1983

provision of this Act or any rule or regulation prescribed under this Act shall alter the express and specific provisions of such a lease. FUNDING

30 USC 1754.

J

SEC. 306. Effective October 1, 1983, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including such sums as may be necessary for the cooperative agreements, contracts, and delegations authorized by this Act: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect or impair any authority to enter into contracts or make payments under any other provision of law. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

30 USC 1755.

SEC. 307. Except in the case of fraud, any action to recover penalties under this Act shall be barred unless the action is commenced within 6 years after the date of the act or omission which is the basis for the action. EXPANDED ROYALTY OBLIGATIONS

30 USC 1756.

SEC. 308. Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas lost or wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to negligence on the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the failure to comply with any rule or regulation, order or citation issued under this Act or any mineral leasing law. SEVERABILITY

30 USC 1757.

SEC. 309. If any provision of this Act or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be Eiffected thereby. TITLE IV—REINSTATEMENT OF LEASES AND CONVERSION OF UNPATENTED OIL PLACER CLAIMS AMENDMENT OF MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT OF 1920

30 USC 226.

'M'

SEC. 401. Section 31 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188) is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsections: "(d)(1) Where any oil and gas lease issued pursuant to section 17(b) or section 17(c) of this Act or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), has been, or is hereafter, terminated automatically by operation of law under this section for failure to pay on or before the anniversary date the full amount of the rental due, and such rental is not paid or tendered within twenty days thereafter, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that such failure was justifiable or not due to lack of reasonable diligence on the part of the lessee, or, no matter when the rental is paid after termination, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such failure was inadvertent, the Secretary may reinstate the lease as of the date of termination for the unexpired portion of the primary term of the original lease or any extension thereof remaining at the date of termination, and so long thereafter

�