Lessee
Lessee means any person to whom the United States, an Indian Tribe, and/or individual Indian mineral owner issues a lease, and any person who has been assigned all or a part of record title, operating rights, or an obligation to make royalty or other payments required by the lease. Lessee includes any person who has an interest in a lease.
Source
30 CFR § 1206.20
Scoping language
The definitions in this section do not apply to subparts F and J of this part.