Wyden introduces legislation to end oil and gas royalty mismanagement

Addressing what the Department of Interiors Inspector General recently referred to as a culture of ethical failure, US Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Barrasso (R-WY), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, introduced legislation (S. 3556) increasing oversight and accountability at the Department of Interiors Minerals Management Service (MMS).