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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part C · Chapter 134 — Energy Policy

§ 13367. Coal exports

Statutory text

(a)

Plan

Within 180 days after , the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for expanding exports of coal mined in the United States.

(b)

Plan contents

The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include—

(1)

a description of the location, size, and projected growth in potential export markets for coal mined in the United States;

(2)

the identification by country of the foreign trade barriers to the export of coal mined in the United States, including foreign coal production and utilization subsidies, tax treatment, labor practices, tariffs, quotas, and other nontariff barriers;

(3)

recommendations and a plan for addressing any such trade barriers;

(4)

an evaluation of existing infrastructure in the United States and any new infrastructure requirements in the United States to support an expansion of exports of coal mined in the United States, including ports, vessels, rail lines, and any other supporting infrastructure; and

(5)

an assessment of environmental implications of coal exports and the identification of export opportunities for blending coal mined in the United States with coal indigenous to other countries to enhance energy efficiency and environmental performance.

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. Energy Policy Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–486 title XIII § 1338 · 106 Stat. 2776

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13367

    (Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1338, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2986.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1338, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2986.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1338. COAL EXPORTS. (a) Plan.— Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the Secretary and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a plan for expanding exports of coal mined in the United States. (b) Plan Contents.— The plan submitted under subsection (a) shall include— (1) a description of the location, size, and projected growth in potential export markets for coal mined in the United States; (2) the identification by country of the foreign trade barriers to the export of coal mined in the United States, including foreign coal production and utilization subsidies, tax treatment, labor practices, tariffs, quotas, and other nontariff barriers; (3) recommendations and a plan for addressing any such trade barriers; (4) an evaluation of existing infrastructure in the United States and any new infrastructure requirements in the United States to support an expansion of exports of coal mined in the United States, including ports, vessels, rail lines, and any other supporting infrastructure; and (5) an assessment of environmental implications of coal exports and the identification of export opportunities for blending coal mined in the United States with coal indigenous to other countries to enhance energy efficiency and environmental performance.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–486, title XIII, § 1338, , 106 Stat. 2986.)

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