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[CITE: 42USC6272]

 
                 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. 6272. International voluntary agreements


(a) Exclusiveness of section's requirements

    Effective 90 days after December 22, 1975, the requirements of this 
section shall be the sole procedures applicable to--
        (1) the development or carrying out of voluntary agreements and 
    plans of action to implement the international emergency response 
    provisions, and
        (2) the availability of immunity from the antitrust laws with 
    respect to the development or carrying out of such voluntary 
    agreements and plans of action.

(b) Prescription by Secretary of standards and procedures for developing 
        and carrying out voluntary agreements and plans of action

    The Secretary, with the approval of the Attorney General, after each 
of them has consulted with the Federal Trade Commission and the 
Secretary of State, shall prescribe, by rule, standards and procedures 
by which persons engaged in the business of producing, transporting, 
refining, distributing, or storing petroleum products may develop and 
carry out voluntary agreements, and plans of action, which are required 
to implement the international emergency response provisions.

(c) Requirements for standards and procedures

    The standards and procedures prescribed under subsection (b) of this 
section shall include the following requirements:
        (1)(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii) of this 
    subparagraph, meetings held to develop or carry out a voluntary 
    agreement or plan of action under this subsection shall permit 
    attendance by representatives of committees of Congress and 
    interested persons, including all interested segments of the 
    petroleum industry, consumers, and the public; shall be preceded by 
    timely and adequate notice with identification of the agenda of such 
    meeting to the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, 
    committees of Congress, and (except during an international energy 
    supply emergency with respect to meetings to carry out a voluntary 
    agreement or to develop or carry out a plan of action) the public; 
    and shall be initiated and chaired by a regular full-time Federal 
    employee.
        (ii) Meetings of bodies created by the International Energy 
    Agency established by the international energy program need not be 
    open to interested persons and need not be initiated and chaired by 
    a regular full-time Federal employee.
        (iii) The President, in consultation with the Secretary, the 
    Secretary of State, and the Attorney General, may determine that a 
    meeting held to carry out a voluntary agreement or to develop or 
    carry out a plan of action shall not be open to interested persons 
    or that attendance by interested persons may be limited, if the 
    President finds that a wider disclosure would be detrimental to the 
    foreign policy interests of the United States.
        (B) No meetings may be held to develop or carry out a voluntary 
    agreement or plan of action under this section unless a regular 
    full-time Federal employee is present.
        (2) Interested persons permitted to attend such a meeting shall 
    be afforded an opportunity to present, in writing and orally, data, 
    views, and arguments at such meetings, subject to any reasonable 
    limitations with respect to the manner of presentation of data, 
    views, and arguments as the Secretary may impose.
        (3) A full and complete record, and where practicable a verbatim 
    transcript, shall be kept of any meeting held, and a full and 
    complete record shall be kept of any communication (other than in a 
    meeting) made, between or among participants or potential 
    participants, to develop, or carry out a voluntary agreement or a 
    plan of action under this section. Such record or transcript shall 
    be deposited, together with any agreement resulting therefrom, with 
    the Secretary, and shall be available to the Attorney General and 
    the Federal Trade Commission. Such records or transcripts shall be 
    available for public inspection and copying in accordance with 
    section 552 of title 5; except that (A) matter may not be withheld 
    from disclosure under section 552(b) of such title on grounds other 
    than the grounds specified in section 552(b)(1), (b)(3), or so much 
    of (b)(4) as relates to trade secrets; and (B) in the exercise of 
    authority under section 552(b)(1), the President shall consult with 
    the Secretary of State, the Secretary, and the Attorney General with 
    respect to questions relating to the foreign policy interests of the 
    United States.
        (4) No provision of this section may be exercised so as to 
    prevent representatives of committees of Congress from attending 
    meetings to which this section applies, or from having access to any 
    transcripts, records, and agreements kept or made under this 
    section. Such access to any transcript that is required to be kept 
    for any meeting shall be provided as soon as practicable (but not 
    later than 14 days) after that meeting.

(d) Participation of Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission in 
        development and carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans 
        of action

    (1) The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall 
participate from the beginning in the development, and when practicable, 
in the carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans of action 
authorized under this section. Each may propose any alternative which 
would avoid or overcome, to the greatest extent practicable, possible 
anticompetitive effects while achieving substantially the purposes of 
this part. A voluntary agreement or plan of action under this section 
may not be carried out unless approved by the Attorney General, after 
consultation with the Federal Trade Commission. Prior to the expiration 
of the period determined under paragraph (2), the Federal Trade 
Commission shall transmit to the Attorney General its views as to 
whether such an agreement or plan of action should be approved, and 
shall publish such views in the Federal Register. The Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary, shall have the right to review, amend, modify, 
disapprove, or revoke, on his own motion or upon the request of the 
Federal Trade Commission or any interested person, any voluntary 
agreement or plan of action at any time, and, if revoked, thereby 
withdraw prospectively any immunity which may be conferred by subsection 
(f) or (j) of this section.
    (2) Any voluntary agreement or plan of action entered into pursuant 
to this section shall be submitted in writing to the Attorney General 
and the Federal Trade Commission 20 days before being implemented; 
except that during an international energy supply emergency, the 
Secretary, subject to approval of the Attorney General, may reduce such 
20-day period. Any such agreement or plan of action shall be available 
for public inspection and copying, except that a plan of action shall be 
so available only to the extent to which records or transcripts are so 
available as provided in the last sentence of subsection (c)(3) of this 
section. Any action taken pursuant to such voluntary agreement or plan 
of action shall be reported to the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission pursuant to such regulations as shall be prescribed 
under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (e) of this section.
    (3) A plan of action may not be approved by the Attorney General 
under this subsection unless such plan (A) describes the types of 
substantive actions which may be taken under the plan, and (B) is as 
specific in its description of proposed substantive actions as is 
reasonable in light of circumstances known at the time of approval.

(e) Monitoring of development and carrying out of voluntary agreements 
        and plans of action by Attorney General and Federal Trade 
        Commission

    (1) The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall 
monitor the development and carrying out of voluntary agreements and 
plans of action authorized under this section in order to promote 
competition and to prevent anticompetitive practices and effects, while 
achieving substantially the purposes of this part.
    (2) In addition to any requirement specified under subsections (b) 
and (c) of this section and in order to carry out the purposes of this 
section, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Federal Trade 
Commission and the Secretary, may promulgate rules concerning the 
maintenance of necessary and appropriate records related to the 
development and carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans of action 
authorized pursuant to this section.
    (3) Persons developing or carrying out voluntary agreements and 
plans of action authorized pursuant to this section shall maintain such 
records as are required by rules promulgated under paragraph (2). The 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall have access to 
and the right to copy such records at reasonable times and upon 
reasonable notice.
    (4) The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission may each 
prescribe such rules as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out 
their respective responsibilities under this section. They may both 
utilize for such purposes and for purposes of enforcement any powers 
conferred upon the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of 
Justice, or both, by the antitrust laws or the Antitrust Civil Process 
Act [15 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.]; and wherever any such law refers to ``the 
purposes of this Act'' or like terms, the reference shall be understood 
to include this section.

(f) Defense to civil or criminal antitrust actions

    (1) There shall be available as a defense to any civil or criminal 
action brought under the antitrust laws (or any similar State law) in 
respect to actions taken to develop or carry out a voluntary agreement 
or plan of action by persons engaged in the business of producing, 
transporting, refining, distributing, or storing petroleum products 
(provided that such actions were not taken for the purpose of injuring 
competition) that--
        (A) such actions were taken--
            (i) in the course of developing a voluntary agreement or 
        plan of action pursuant to this section, or
            (ii) to carry out a voluntary agreement or plan of action 
        authorized and approved in accordance with this section, and

        (B) such persons complied with the requirements of this section 
    and the rules promulgated hereunder.

    (2) Except in the case of actions taken to develop a voluntary 
agreement or plan of action, the defense provided in this subsection 
shall be available only if the person asserting the defense demonstrates 
that the actions were specified in, or within the reasonable 
contemplation of, an approved voluntary agreement or plan of action.
    (3) Persons interposing the defense provided by this subsection 
shall have the burden of proof, except that the burden shall be on the 
person against whom the defense is asserted with respect to whether the 
actions were taken for the purpose of injuring competition.

(g) Acts or practices occurring prior to date of enactment of chapter or 
        subsequent to its expiration or repeal

    No provision of this section shall be construed as granting immunity 
for, or as limiting or in any way affecting any remedy or penalty which 
may result from any legal action or proceeding arising from, any act or 
practice which occurred prior to the date of enactment of this chapter 
or subsequent to its expiration or repeal.

(h) Applicability of Defense Production Act of 1950

    Section 2158 of title 50, Appendix, shall not apply to any agreement 
or action undertaken for the purpose of developing or carrying out--
        (1) the international energy program; or
        (2) any allocation, price control, or similar program with 
    respect to petroleum products under this chapter.

(i) Reports by Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission to Congress 
        and President

    The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall each 
submit to the Congress and to the President, at such intervals as are 
appropriate based on significant developments and issues, reports on the 
impact on competition and on small business of actions authorized by 
this section.

(j) Defense in breach of contract actions

    In any action in any Federal or State court for breach of contract, 
there shall be available as a defense that the alleged breach of 
contract was caused predominantly by action taken during an 
international energy supply emergency to carry out a voluntary agreement 
or plan of action authorized and approved in accordance with this 
section.

(k) Definitions

    As used in this section and section 6274 of this title:
        (1) The term ``international energy supply emergency'' means any 
    period (A) beginning on any date which the President determines 
    allocation of petroleum products to nations participating in the 
    international energy program is required by chapters III and IV of 
    such program, and (B) ending on a date on which he determines that 
    such allocation is no longer required. Such a period may not exceed 
    90 days, but the President may establish one or more additional 90-
    day periods by making anew the determination under subparagraph (A) 
    of the preceding sentence. Any determination respecting the 
    beginning or end of any such period shall be published in the 
    Federal Register.
        (2) The term ``international emergency response provisions'' 
    means--
            (A) the provisions of the international energy program which 
        relate to international allocation of petroleum products and to 
        the information system provided in the program; and
            (B) the emergency response measures adopted by the Governing 
        Board of the International Energy Agency (including the July 11, 
        1984, decision by the Governing Board on ``Stocks and Supply 
        Disruptions'') for--
                (i) the coordinated drawdown of stocks of petroleum 
            products held or controlled by governments; and
                (ii) complementary actions taken by governments during 
            an existing or impending international oil supply 
            disruption.

(l) Applicability of antitrust defense

    The antitrust defense under subsection (f) of this section shall not 
extend to the international allocation of petroleum products unless 
allocation is required by chapters III and IV of the international 
energy program during an international energy supply emergency.

(m) Limitation on new plans of action

    (1) With respect to any plan of action approved by the Attorney 
General after July 2, 1985--
        (A) the defenses under subsection (f) and (j) of this section 
    shall be applicable to Type 1 activities (as that term is defined in 
    the International Energy Agency Emergency Management Manual, dated 
    December 1982) only if--
            (i) the Secretary has transmitted such plan of action to the 
        Congress; and
            (ii)(I) 90 calendar days of continuous session have elapsed 
        since receipt by the Congress of such transmittal; or
            (II) within 90 calendar days of continuous session after 
        receipt of such transmittal, either House of the Congress has 
        disapproved a joint resolution of disapproval pursuant to 
        subsection (n) of this section; and

        (B) such defenses shall not be applicable to Type 1 activities 
    if there has been enacted, in accordance with subsection (n) of this 
    section, a joint resolution of disapproval.

    (2) The Secretary may withdraw the plan of action at any time prior 
to adoption of a joint resolution described in subsection (n)(3) of this 
section by either House of Congress.
    (3) For the purpose of this subsection--
        (A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of 
    the Congress sine die at the end of the second session of Congress; 
    and
        (B) the days on which either House is not in session because of 
    an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded 
    in the computation of the calendar-day period involved.

(n) Joint resolution of disapproval

    (1)(A) The application of defenses under subsections (f) and (j) of 
this section for Type 1 activities with respect to any plan of action 
transmitted to Congress as described in subsection (m)(1)(A)(i) of this 
section shall be disapproved if a joint resolution of disapproval has 
been enacted into law during the 90-day period of continuous session 
after which such transmission was received by the Congress. For the 
purpose of this subsection, the term ``joint resolution'' means only a 
joint resolution of either House of the Congress as described in 
paragraph (3).
    (B) After receipt by the Congress of such plan of action, a joint 
resolution of disapproval may be introduced in either House of the 
Congress. Upon introduction in the Senate, the joint resolution shall be 
referred in the Senate immediately to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate.
    (2) This subsection is enacted by the Congress--
        (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and as 
    such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable 
    only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in 
    the case of resolutions described by paragraph (3); it supersedes 
    other rules only to the extent that is inconsistent therewith; and
        (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the 
    Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of 
    the Senate) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent 
    as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.

    (3) The joint resolution disapproving the transmission under 
subsection (m) of this section shall read as follows after the resolving 
clause: ``That the Congress of the United States disapproves the 
availability of the defenses pursuant to section 252 (f) and (j) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to Type 1 activities 
under the plan of action submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of 
Energy on        .'', the blank space therein being filled with the date 
and year of receipt by the Congress of the plan of action transmitted as 
described in subsection (m) of this section.
    (4)(A) If the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate has not reported a joint resolution referred to it under this 
subsection at the end of 20 calendar days of continuous session after 
its referral, it shall be in order to move either to discharge the 
committee from further consideration of such resolution or to discharge 
the committee from further consideration of any other joint resolution 
which has been referred to the committee with respect to such plan of 
action.
    (B) A motion to discharge shall be highly privileged (except that it 
may not be made after the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has 
reported a joint resolution with respect to the plan of action), and 
debate thereon shall be limited to not more than one hour, to be divided 
equally between those favoring and those opposing the joint resolution. 
An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and it shall not be in 
order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was agreed to 
or disagreed to.
    (C) If the motion to discharge is agreed to or disagreed to, the 
motion may not be renewed, nor may another motion to discharge the 
committee be made with respect to any other joint resolution with 
respect to the same transmission.
    (5)(A) When the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate has reported or has been discharged from further consideration of 
a joint resolution, it shall be in order at any time thereafter within 
the 90-day period following receipt by the Congress of the plan of 
action (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been 
disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of such joint 
resolution. The motion shall be highly privileged and shall not be 
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and it 
shall not be in order to move to reconsider a vote by which the motion 
was agreed to or disagreed to.
    (B) Debate on the joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 
10 hours and final action on the joint resolution shall occur 
immediately following conclusion of such debate. A motion further to 
limit debate shall not be debatable. A motion to recommit such a joint 
resolution shall not be in order, and it shall not be in order to move 
to reconsider the vote by which such a joint resolution was agreed to or 
disagreed to.
    (6)(A) Motions to postpone made with respect to the discharge from 
committee or consideration of a joint resolution, shall be decided 
without debate.
    (B) Appeals from the decision of the Chair relating to the 
application of rules of the Senate to the procedures relating to a joint 
resolution shall be decided without debate.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title II, Sec. 252, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 894; Pub. 
L. 95-619, title VI, Sec. 691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288; Pub. 
L. 96-30, June 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 96-94, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 
Stat. 720; Pub. L. 96-133, Secs. 1, 2, Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1053; 
Pub. L. 97-5, Mar. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 7; Pub. L. 97-50, Sept. 30, 1981, 
95 Stat. 957; Pub. L. 97-163, Apr. 1, 1982, 96 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 97-190, 
June 1, 1982, 96 Stat. 106; Pub. L. 97-217, July 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 196; 
Pub. L. 97-229, Sec. 2(a), (b)(2), Aug. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 
98-239, Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 93; Pub. L. 99-58, title I, 
Secs. 104(c)(2), (4), 105, July 2, 1985, 99 Stat. 105; Pub. L. 104-66, 
title I, Sec. 1091(g), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 105-177, 
Sec. 1(4), June 1, 1998, 112 Stat. 105.)

                       References in Text

    The antitrust laws, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2), (e)(4), and 
(f)(1), are classified generally to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of Title 
15, Commerce and Trade.
    The Antitrust Civil Process Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(4), is 
Pub. L. 87-664, Sept. 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 548, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 34 (Sec. 1311 et seq.) of Title 15. For 
complete classification of that Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 1311 of Title 15 and Tables.
    The date of enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (g), 
means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 94-163, which was approved Dec. 
22, 1975.
    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (h)(2), 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.
    Section 252(f) and (j) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 
referred to in subsection (n)(3), is classified to subsecs. (f) and (j) 
of this section.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsecs. (a)(1), (b). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(A), 
substituted ``international emergency response provisions'' for 
``allocation and information provisions of the international energy 
program''.
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(B), substituted 
``circumstances known at the time of approval'' for ``known 
circumstances''.
    Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(C), substituted ``may'' 
for ``shall''.
    Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(D), inserted ``voluntary 
agreement or'' after ``approved''.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(E), amended subsec. (h) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (h) read as follows: ``Upon the 
expiration of the 90-day period which begins on December 22, 1975, the 
provisions of sections 708 and 708A (other than 708A(o)) of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 shall not apply to any agreement or action 
undertaken for the purpose of developing or carrying out (1) the 
international energy program, or (2) any allocation, price control, or 
similar program with respect to petroleum products under this chapter or 
under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. For purposes of 
section 708(A)(o) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, the effective 
date of the provisions of this chapter which relate to international 
voluntary agreements to carry out the International Energy Program shall 
be deemed to be 90 days after December 22, 1975.''
    Subsec. (k)(2). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(F), amended par. (2) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``The term 
`allocation and information provisions of the international energy 
program' means the provisions of the international energy program which 
relate to international allocation of petroleum products and to the 
information system provided in such program.''
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 105-177, Sec. 1(4)(G), amended subsec. (l) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (l) read as follows: ``The 
authority granted by this section shall apply only to the development or 
carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans of action to implement 
chapters III, IV, and V of the international energy program.''
    1995--Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104-66 substituted ``, at such intervals 
as are appropriate based on significant developments and issues, 
reports'' for ``, at least once every 6 months, a report''.
    1985--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 99-58, Sec. 104(c)(4), substituted 
``subsection (f) or (j)'' for ``subsection (f) or (k)''.
    Subsecs. (j) to (l). Pub. L. 99-58, Sec. 104(c)(2), redesignated 
subsecs. (k) to (m) as (j) to (l). Former subsec. (j), which provided 
that the authority granted by this section would terminate at midnight, 
June 30, 1985, was struck out.
    Subsecs. (m), (n). Pub. L. 99-58, Sec. 105, added subsecs. (m) and 
(n). Former subsec. (m) redesignated (l).
    1984--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 98-239 substituted ``June 30, 1985'' for 
``December 31, 1983''.
    1982--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97-229, Sec. 2(a), substituted ``at 
midnight December 31, 1983'' for ``August 1, 1982''.
    Pub. L. 97-217 substituted ``August 1, 1982'' for ``July 1, 1982''.
    Pub. L. 97-190 substituted ``July 1, 1982'' for ``June 1, 1982''.
    Pub. L. 97-163 substituted ``June 1, 1982'' for ``April 1, 1982''.
    Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 97-229, Sec. 2(b)(2), added subsec. (m).
    1981--Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97-50 substituted ``April 1, 1982'' for 
``September 30, 1981''.
    Pub. L. 97-5 substituted ``September 30, 1981'' for ``March 15, 
1981''.
    1979--Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 96-133, Sec. 2, inserted provisions 
respecting access to transcripts.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 96-133, Sec. 1, substituted ``March 15, 1981'' 
for ``November 30, 1979''.
    Pub. L. 96-94 substituted ``November 30'' for ``October 31''.
    Pub. L. 96-30 substituted ``October 31, 1979'' for ``June 30, 
1979''.
    1978--Subsecs. (b), (c)(1)(A)(iii), (2), (3), (d)(1), (2), (e)(2). 
Pub. L. 95-619 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``Administrator'', meaning 
Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.


Study and Report on Energy Policy Cooperation Between United States and 
                   Other Western Hemisphere Countries

    Pub. L. 100-373, Sec. 2, July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 878, directed 
Secretary of Energy, in consultation with Secretary of State and 
Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a study to determine how best to 
enhance cooperation between United States and other countries of Western 
Hemisphere with respect to energy policy including stable supplies of, 
and stable prices for, energy, with Secretary of Energy to report 
results of such study to Congress, propose a comprehensive international 
energy policy for United States designed to enhance cooperation between 
United States and other countries of the Western Hemisphere, and 
recommend such action as Secretary deemed necessary to establish and 
implement such policy.


   Report of Implementation Activities Under International Voluntary 
                               Agreements

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 96-133, directed Secretary of Energy, in 
consultation with Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Chairman of 
Federal Trade Commission, to prepare and submit to appropriate 
committees of Congress, a report concerning actions taken by them to 
carry out provisions of this section, which report was to examine and 
discuss extent to which all, or part, of any meeting held in accordance 
with subsec. (c) of this section to carry out a voluntary agreement or 
to develop or carry out a plan of action should be open to interested 
persons in furtherance of provisions of subsec. (c)(1)(A) of this 
section, policies and procedures followed by appropriate Federal 
agencies in reviewing and making public or withholding from the public 
all, or part, of any transcript of any meeting held to develop or carry 
out a voluntary agreement or plan of action under this section and in 
permitting persons, other than citizens of United States, to review such 
transcripts prior to any public disclosure thereof, extent to which 
classification of all, or part, of such transcripts should be carried 
out by one agency, adequacy of actions by responsible Federal agencies 
in insuring that standards and procedures required by this section are 
fully implemented and enforced, including monitoring of program 
concerning any anticompetitive effects, and number of personnel, and 
amount of funds, assigned by each such agency to carry out such 
standards and procedures, actions taken, or to be taken, to improve 
reporting of energy supply data under international energy program and 
to reconcile such reporting with similar reporting that is conducted by 
Department of Energy, actions taken, or planned, to improve reporting 
required by subsec. (i) of this section, and other actions under subsec. 
(i) of this section and to transmit such report to such committees 
within 120 days after Nov. 30, 1979, and to make such report available 
to the public.


           Classification of Certain Information and Material

    For provisions relating to the classification of certain information 
and material obtained from advisory bodies created to implement the 
International Energy Program, see Ex. Ord. No. 11932, eff. Aug. 4, 1976, 
41 F.R. 32691, set out as a note under section 435 of Title 50, War and 
National Defense.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6271, 6395 of this title.
