Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-30/chapter-29/section-1716.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "30 U.S.C. § 1716"
+description: "Liabilities and bonding"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 30
+title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
+chapter_number: "29"
+chapter_name: "OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT"
+section: "1716"
+citation: "30 U.S.C. § 1716"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1716"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 30 U.S.C. § 1716 - Liabilities and bonding
+
+## Text
+
+A person (including any agent or employee of the United States and any independent contractor) authorized to collect, receive, account for, or otherwise handle any moneys payable to, or received by, the Department of the Interior which are derived from the sale, lease, or other disposal of any oil or gas shall be—
+
+(1) liable to the United States for any losses caused by any intentional or reckless action or inaction of such individual with respect to such moneys; and
+
+(2) in the case of an independent contractor, required as the Secretary deems necessary to maintain a bond commensurate with the amount of money for which such individual could be liable to the United States.
+
+(Pub. L. 97–451, title I, § 106, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2452.)