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[CITE: 42USC6271]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--STANDBY ENERGY AUTHORITIES
 
    Part B--Authorities With Respect to International Energy Program
 
Sec. 6271. International oil allocations


(a) Authority of President to prescribe rules for implementation of 
        obligations of United States relating to international 
        allocation of petroleum products; amounts of allocation and 
        prices; petroleum products subject to rule; term of rule

    The President may, by rule, require that persons engaged in 
producing, transporting, refining, distributing, or storing petroleum 
products, take such action as he determines to be necessary for 
implementation of the obligations of the United States under chapters 
III and IV of the international energy program insofar as such 
obligations relate to the international allocation of petroleum 
products. Allocation under such rule shall be in such amounts and at 
such prices as are specified in (or determined in a manner prescribed 
by) such rule. Such rule may apply to any petroleum product owned or 
controlled by any person described in the first sentence of this 
subsection who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 
including any petroleum product destined, directly or indirectly, for 
import into the United States or any foreign country, or produced in the 
United States. Subject to subsection (b)(2) of this section, such a rule 
shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the President.

(b) Prerequisites to rule taking effect; time rule may be put into 
        effect or remain in effect

    (1) No rule under subsection (a) of this section may take effect 
unless the President--
        (A) has transmitted such rule to the Congress;
        (B) has found that putting such rule into effect is required in 
    order to fulfill obligations of the United States under the 
    international energy program; and
        (C) has transmitted such finding to the Congress, together with 
    a statement of the effective date and manner for exercise of such 
    rule.

    (2) No rule under subsection (b) of this section may be put into 
effect or remain in effect after the expiration of 12 months after the 
date such rule was transmitted to Congress under paragraph (1)(A).

(c) Consistency of rule with attainment of objectives specified in 
        section 753(b)(1) \1\ of title 15; limitation on authority of 
        officers or agencies of United States
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    (1) Any rule under this section shall be consistent with the 
attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives 
specified in section 753(b)(1) \1\ of title 15.
    (2) No officer or agency of the United States shall have any 
authority, other than authority under this section, to require that 
petroleum products be allocated to other countries for the purpose of 
implementation of the obligations of the United States under the 
international energy program.

(d) Nonapplicability of export restrictions under other laws

    Neither section 6212 of this title nor section 185(u) of title 30 
shall preclude the allocation and export, to other countries in 
accordance with this section, of petroleum products produced in the 
United States.

(e) Prerequisites for effectiveness of rule

    No rule under this section may be put into effect unless--
        (1) an international energy supply emergency, as defined in the 
    first sentence of section 6272(k)(1) of this title, is in effect; 
    and
        (2) the allocation of available oil referred to in chapter III 
    of the international energy program has been activated pursuant to 
    chapter IV of such program.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title II, Sec. 251, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 894; Pub. 
L. 97-229, Sec. 2(b)(1), Aug. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 105-177, 
Sec. 1(3), June 1, 1998, 112 Stat. 105.)

                       References in Text

    Section 753 of title 15, referred to in subsec. (c), was omitted 
from the Code pursuant to section 760g of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, 
which provided for the expiration of the President's authority under 
that section on Sept. 30, 1981.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105-177 substituted reference to 
section 6272(k)(1) for reference to section 6272(l)(1).
    1982--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97-229 added subsec. (e).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6395 of this title.
