References
This section includes guidance to help you follow our regulations and governing statutes. Guidance includes reporter letters, handbooks, training, unbundling cost allocations, and other policy statements.
It also includes reference documents to help you complete reports. These include pricing, cross-reference lists, and reporting codes.
Statutes
Legally Binding
Statutes are the laws that are passed by Congress that give ONRR the authority to perform it's to fulfill its mission.
Rules and Regulations
Legally Binding
ONRR writes regulations to implement statutes that ensure that ONRR accurately collects and disburses all revenues from Indian and Federal mineral leases to appropriate recipients on time.
Guidance
Not Legally Binding
ONRR provides guidance to help explain interpretation of the regulations.
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
ONRR must have Office of Management and Budget approval to collect certain types of information, including information collected on many of ONRR's forms.
Federal Register Notices (FRNs)
When new regulations and ICRs are posted, ONRR publishes them to the Federal Register (FR). FRNs associated with regulations and ICRs are located on those pages.
There are also other announcements that are posted to the Federal Register that ONRR lists on a separate page.