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[CITE: 42USC6202]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
Sec. 6202. Definitions

    As used in this chapter:
        (1) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Energy.
        (2) The term ``person'' includes (A) any individual, (B) any 
    corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, 
    trust, joint venture, or joint stock company, and (C) the government 
    and any agency of the United States or any State or political 
    subdivision thereof.
        (3) The term ``petroleum product'' means crude oil, residual 
    fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product (including any natural 
    liquid and any natural gas liquid product).
        (4) The term ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, 
    Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any 
    territory or possession of the United States.
        (5) The term ``United States'' when used in the geographical 
    sense means all of the States and the Outer Continental Shelf.
        (6) The term ``Outer Continental Shelf'' has the same meaning as 
    such term has under section 1331 of title 43.
        (7) The term ``international energy program'' means the 
    Agreement on an International Energy Program, signed by the United 
    States on November 18, 1974, including (A) the annex entitled 
    ``Emergency Reserves'', (B) any amendment to such Agreement which 
    includes another nation as a party to such Agreement, and (C) any 
    technical or clerical amendment to such Agreement.
        (8) The term ``severe energy supply interruption'' means a 
    national energy supply shortage which the President determines--
            (A) is, or is likely to be, of significant scope and 
        duration, and of an emergency nature;
            (B) may cause major adverse impact on national safety or the 
        national economy; and
            (C) results, or is likely to result, from (i) an 
        interruption in the supply of imported petroleum products, (ii) 
        an interruption in the supply of domestic petroleum products, or 
        (iii) sabotage or an act of God.

        (9) The term ``antitrust laws'' includes--
            (A) the Act entitled ``An Act to protect trade and commerce 
        against unlawful restraints and monopolies'', approved July 2, 
        1890 (15 U.S.C. 1, et seq.);
            (B) the Act entitled ``An Act to supplement existing laws 
        against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other 
        purposes'', approved October 15, 1914 (15 U.S.C. 12, et seq.);
            (C) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41, et 
        seq.);
            (D) sections 73 and 74 of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
        reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for 
        other purpose'', approved August 27, 1894 (15 U.S.C. 8 and 9); 
        and
            (E) the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 
        13a, 13b, and 21A).

        (10) The term ``Federal land'' means all lands owned or 
    controlled by the United States, including the Outer Continental 
    Shelf, and any land in which the United States has reserved mineral 
    interests, except lands--
            (A) held in trust for Indians or Alaska Natives,
            (B) owned by Indians or Alaska Natives with Federal 
        restrictions on the title,
            (C) within any area of the National Park System, the 
        National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System, the National System of Trails, or the Wild 
        and Scenic Rivers System, or
            (D) within military reservations.

(Pub. L. 94-163, Sec. 3, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 95-619, 
title VI, Sec. 691(a), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3287; Pub. L. 98-454, 
title VI, Sec. 601(f), Oct. 5, 1984, 98 Stat. 1736; Pub. L. 101-383, 
Sec. 3(a), Sept. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 727.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in introductory clause, was in the 
original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 94-163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 
871, as amended, known as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.
    Act approved July 2, 1890, referred to in par. (9)(A), is act July 
2, 1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209, as amended, known as the Sherman Act, 
which is classified to sections 1 to 7 of Title 15. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1 of Title 15 and Tables.
    Act approved October 15, 1914, referred to in par. (9)(B), is act 
Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, as amended, known as the Clayton 
Act, which is classified generally to sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 20, 21, 
and 22 to 27 of Title 15, and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor. For 
further details and complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
References in Text note set out under section 12 of Title 15 and Tables.
    The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in par. (9)(C), is act 
Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is classified 
generally to subchapter I (Sec. 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of 
Title 15 and Tables.
    Act of June 19, 1936, referred to in par. (9)(E), is act June 19, 
1936, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526, popularly known as the Robinson-Patman 
Antidiscrimination Act, which enacted sections 13a, 13b, and 21a of 
Title 15, and amended section 13 of Title 15. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 13 of Title 15 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1990--Par. (8)(C). Pub. L. 101-383 inserted ``(i)'' before ``an 
interruption'' and substituted ``(ii) an interruption in the supply of 
domestic petroleum products, or (iii)'' for ``or from''.
    1984--Par. (4). Pub. L. 98-454 inserted reference to Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands.
    1978--Par. (1). Pub. L. 95-619 substituted definition of 
``Secretary'', meaning the Secretary of Energy, for definition of 
``Administrator'', meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy 
Administration.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6237, 6241, 8374, 8502 of 
this title.
