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[CITE: 42USC6282]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 77--ENERGY CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--STANDBY ENERGY AUTHORITIES
 
                  Part C--Energy Emergency Preparedness
 
Sec. 6282. Preparation for petroleum supply interruptions


(a) Description of available legal authorities

    (1) The President shall submit to the Congress no later than 
November 15, 1982, a memorandum of law which describes the nature and 
extent of the authorities available to the President under existing law 
to respond to a severe energy supply interruption or other substantial 
reduction in the amount of petroleum products available to the United 
States.
    (2) The memorandum of law required by paragraph (1) shall be 
prepared by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Energy.
    (3) The memorandum of law submitted to the Congress pursuant to this 
subsection shall--
        (A) include the following subjects--
            (i) activities of the United States in support of the 
        international energy program and the December 10, 1981, 
        International Energy Agency agreement entitled ``Decision on 
        Preparation for Future Supply Disruptions'' including--
                (I) the National Emergency Sharing Organization;
                (II) emergency sharing systems; and
                (III) the supply right project;

            (ii) activities of the United States pursuant to its energy 
        emergency preparedness obligations to the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization;
            (iii) development and use of the Strategic Petroleum 
        Reserve;
            (iv) Government incentives to encourage private petroleum 
        product stocks;
            (v) reactivation of the following Executive Manpower 
        Reserves:
                (I) the Emergency Electric Power Reserve;
                (II) the Emergency Petroleum and Gas Reserve; and
                (III) the Emergency Solid Fuels Reserve;

            (vi) energy emergency response management in coordination 
        with State and local governments; and
            (vii) emergency public information activities; and

        (B) distinguish among--
            (i) situations involving limited or general war, 
        international tensions that threaten national security, and 
        other Presidentially declared emergencies;
            (ii) events resulting in activation of the international 
        energy program; and
            (iii) events or situations less severe than those described 
        in clauses (i) and (ii).

(b) Comprehensive energy emergency response procedures

    (1) Not later than December 31, 1982, the President shall submit to 
the Congress comprehensive energy emergency response procedures for 
implementation, in whole or in part, of the authorities described under 
subsection (a) of this section.
    (2) The comprehensive energy emergency response procedures shall--
        (A) describe the various options the President would consider 
    using to implement the authorities described in the memorandum of 
    law submitted under subsection (a) of this section to respond to a 
    severe energy supply interruption or other substantial reduction in 
    the amount of petroleum products available to the United States, 
    including a description of the likely sequence in which such options 
    would be taken;
        (B) specify how appropriate governmental actions in response to 
    international and domestic energy shortages would be selected and 
    implemented under such options, particularly which official or 
    governmental entity would select and implement such actions, and 
    what procedures would be used in doing so; and
        (C) recommend any additional statutory authority the President 
    considers necessary to respond to a severe energy supply 
    interruption or other substantial reduction in the amount of 
    petroleum products available to the United States.

(c) Disclaimers

    (1) Nothing in this part, or in the comprehensive energy emergency 
response procedures submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this 
section, shall--
        (A) limit the authority of the President under any provision of 
    law to respond to a reduction in the amount of petroleum products 
    available to the United States; or
        (B) grant any authority to the President to respond to a 
    reduction in the amount of petroleum products available to the 
    United States.

    (2) No State law or State program in effect on August 3, 1982, or 
which may become effective thereafter, shall be construed to be 
superseded by any provision of this part.

(Pub. L. 94-163, title II, Sec. 272, as added Pub. L. 97-229, Sec. 3(a), 
Aug. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 249.)
