Editorial Notes
References in Text

MMS, referred to in text, means the Minerals Management Service.

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, and not as part of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar Provisions

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 108–447, div. E, title I, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3053.

Puspan. L. 108–108, title I, Nov. 10, 2003, 117 Stat. 1255.

Puspan. L. 108–7, div. F, title I, Fespan. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 229.

Puspan. L. 107–63, title I, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 428.

Puspan. L. 106–291, title I, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 932.

Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions

The Minerals Management Service was abolished and functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299 of May 19, 2010, and No. 3302 of June 18, 2010, and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.