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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 16B — Federal Energy Administration

§ 784. Exports of coal and refined petroleum products

Statutory text

(a)

File concerning export transactions, sales, exchanges or shipments: establishment and maintenance; scope of information

The Administrator is authorized and directed to establish and maintain a file which shall contain information concerning every transaction, sale, exchange or shipment involving the export from the United States to a foreign nation of coal, crude oil, residual oil or any refined petroleum product. Information to be included in the file shall be current and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the name of the exporter (including the name or names of the holders of any beneficial interests), the volume and type of product involved in the export transaction, the manner of shipment and identification of the vessel or carrier, the destination, the name of the purchaser if a sale, exchange or other transaction is involved, and a statement of reasons justifying the export.

(b)

Information and report to committee of Congress or head of Federal agency from Administrator; exception: disclosure detrimental to national security

Upon request of any committee of Congress or the head of any Federal agency, the Administrator shall promptly provide any information maintained in the file and a report thereon to such committee, or agency head, except where the President finds such disclosure to be detrimental to national security.

(c)

Information to Administrator from Federal agency

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal agency which collects or has information relevant to the functions required by this section shall make such information available to the Administrator.

(d)

Collection of independent information

The Administrator shall not be required to collect independently information described in subsection (a) if he can secure the information described in subsection (a) from other Federal agencies and the information secured from such agencies is available to the Congress pursuant to a request under subsection (b).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 93–275 § 25 · 88 Stat. 96

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 784

    Pub. L. 93–275, § 25, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 114

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–275, § 25, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 114

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 25. (a) The Administrator is authorized and directed to establish File maintenance. 15 USC 784. and maintain a file which shall contain information concerning every transaction, sale, exchange or shipment involving the export from the United States to a foreign nation of coal, crude oil, residual oil or any refined petroleum product. Information to be included in the file shall be current and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the name of the exporter (including the name or names of the holders of any beneficial interests), the volume and type of product involved in the export transaction, the manner of shipment and identification of the vessel or carrier, the destination, the name of the purchaser if a sale, exchange or other transaction is involved, and a statement of reasons justifying the export. (b) Upon request of any committee of Congress or the head of any Federal agency, the Administrator shall promptly provide any information maintained in the file and a report thereon to such committee, or agency head, except where the President finds such disclosure to be detrimental to national security. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal agency which collects or has information relevant to the functions required by this section shall make such information available to the Administrator.

  2. Energy Conservation and Production Act

    Pub. L. 94–385 title I § 111 · 90 Stat. 1125

    Added · 15 U.S.C. § 784(d)

    Pub. L. 94–385 added subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–385 added subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 111. collection of information concerning extorts of coal or petroleum products Section 25 of the Federal Energy Administration Act 15 USC 784. of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(d) The Administrator shall not be required to collect independently information described in subsection (a) if he can secure the information described in subsection (a) from other Federal agencies and the information secured from such agencies is available to the Congress pursuant to a request under subsection (b).”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–385 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Credits

1974–1976 · 2 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–275, § 25, , 88 Stat. 114
  2. 1976Pub. L. 94–385, title I, § 111, , 90 Stat. 1132.
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(Pub. L. 93–275, § 25, , 88 Stat. 114; Pub. L. 94–385, title I, § 111, , 90 Stat. 1132.)

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