Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 16C — Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination
§ 791. Congressional declaration of purpose
Statutory text
The purposes of this chapter are (1) to provide for a means to assist in meeting the essential needs of the United States for fuels, in a manner which is consistent, to the fullest extent practicable, with existing national commitments to protect and improve the environment, and (2) to provide requirements for reports respecting energy resources.
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.
Pub. L. 93–319 § 1(b) · 88 Stat. 246
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 791
(Pub. L. 93–319, § 1(b), June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 246.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 93–319, § 1(b), June 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 246.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) The purposes of this Act are (1) to provide for a means to 15 USC 791. assist in meeting the essential needs of the United States for fuels, in a manner which is consistent, to the fullest extent practicable, with existing national commitments to protect and improve the environment, and (2) to provide requirements for reports respecting energy resources.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–319 which, in addition to enacting this chapter and provision set out as a note under this section, enacted sections 1857c–10 and 1857f–6f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 1857b–1, 1857c–5, 1857c–8, 1857c–9, 1857d–1, 1857f–1, 1857f–6e, 1857f–7, 1857h–5, and 1857l of Title 42. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 93–319, § 1(a), , 88 Stat. 246, provided that Pub. L. 93–319 [enacting this chapter, enacting sections 1857c–10 and 1857f–6f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amending sections 1857b–1, 1857c–5, 1857c–8, 1857c–9, 1857d–1, 1857f–1, 1857f–6e, 1857f–7, 1857h–5, and 1857l of Title 42] may be cited as the “Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974”.