Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 78 — National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
§ 6501. “Petroleum” defined
Statutory text
As used in this chapter, the term “petroleum” includes crude oil, gases (including natural gas), natural gasoline, and other related hydrocarbons, oil shale, and the products of any of such 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.
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–258 title I § 101 · 90 Stat. 303
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6501
(Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 101, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 303.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 101, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 303.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 101. definition As used in this title., the term “petroleum” includes crude oil, gases (including natural gas), natural gasoline, and other related hydrocarbons, oil shale, and the products of any of such resources.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 94–258, § 1, , 90 Stat. 303, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter and section 7420 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and amending section 6244 of this title and sections 7421 to 7436 and 7438 of Title 10] may be cited as the ‘Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976’.”