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‘‘(j) FAILURE TO PAY.—If any person fails to pay 
an assessment of a civil penalty under this Act— 
‘‘(1) after the order making the assessment has 
become a final order and if such person does not file 
a petition for judicial review of the order in accord-
ance with subsection (j), or 
‘‘(2) after a court in an action brought under 
subsection (j) has entered a final judgment in favor 
of the Secretary, 
the court shall have jurisdiction to award the amount as-
sessed plus interest from the date of the expiration of the 
90-day period referred to in subsection (j). Judgment by 
the court shall include an order to pay. 
‘‘(k) RELATIONSHIP TO MINERAL LEASING ACT.— 
No person shall be liable for a civil penalty under sub-
section (a) or (b) for failure to pay any rental for any 
lease automatically terminated pursuant to section 31 of 
the Mineral Leasing Act. 
‘‘(l) TOLLING OF STATUTES OF LIMITATION.—(1) 
Any determination by the Secretary or a designee of the 
Secretary that a person has violated subsection (a), (b)(2), 
or (b)(4) shall toll any applicable statute of limitations for 
all oil and gas leases held or operated by such person, until 
the later of— 
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‘‘(A) the date on which the person corrects the 
violation and certifies that all violations of a like na-
ture have been corrected for all of the oil and gas 
leases held or operated by such person; or 
‘‘(B) the date a final, nonappealable order has 
been issued by the Secretary or a court of competent 
jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) A person determined by the Secretary or a des-
ignee of the Secretary to have violated subsection (a), 
(b)(2), or (b)(4) shall maintain all records with respect 
to the person’s oil and gas leases until the later of— 
‘‘(A) the date the Secretary releases the person 
from the obligation to maintain such records; and 
‘‘(B) the expiration of the period during which 
the records must be maintained under section 
103(b). 
‘‘(m) STATE SHARING OF PENALTIES.—Amounts re-
ceived by the United States in an action brought under 
section 3730 of title 31, United States Code, that arises 
from any underpayment of royalties owed to the United 
States under any lease shall be treated as royalties paid 
to the United States under that lease for purposes of the 
mineral leasing laws and the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.).’’. 
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(b) SHARED CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 206 of the 
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 
(30 U.S.C. 1736) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘trebled royalties or’’ after ‘‘50 
per centum of any’’; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence. 
CHAPTER 2—AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL 
OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT 
ACT OF 1982 
SEC. 7211. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Man-
agement Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1702) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (20)(A), by striking ‘‘: Pro-
vided, That’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subject of 
the judicial proceeding’’; 
(2) in paragraph (20)(B), by striking ‘‘(with 
written notice to the lessee who designated the des-
ignee)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (23)(A), by striking ‘‘(with 
written notice to the lessee who designated the des-
ignee)’’ ; 
(4) by amending paragraph (24) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(24) ‘designee’ means any person who pays, 
offsets, or credits monies, makes adjustments, re-
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