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[CITE: 42USC6247a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY
 
                   Part B--Strategic Petroleum Reserve
 
Sec. 6247a. Use of underutilized facilities


(a) Authority

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the 
Secretary, by lease or otherwise, for any term and under such other 
conditions as the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate, may 
store in underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities petroleum 
product \1\ owned by a foreign government or its representative. 
Petroleum products stored under this section are not part of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve and may be exported without license from the 
United States.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``products''.
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(b) Protection of facilities

    All agreements entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section shall contain provisions providing for fees to fully compensate 
the United States for all related costs of storage and removals of 
petroleum products (including the proportionate cost of replacement 
facilities necessitated as a result of any withdrawals) incurred by the 
United States on behalf of the foreign government or its representative.

(c) Access to stored oil

    The Secretary shall ensure that agreements to store petroleum 
products for foreign governments or their representatives do not impair 
the ability of the United States to withdraw, distribute, or sell 
petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to 
an energy emergency or to the obligations of the United States under the 
Agreement on an International Energy Program.

(d) Availability of funds

    Funds collected through the leasing of Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
facilities authorized by subsection (a) of this section after September 
30, 2007, shall be used by the Secretary of Energy without further 
appropriation for the purchase of petroleum products for the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title I, Sec. 168, as added Pub. L. 105-33, title IX, 
Sec. 9303(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 676.)
