Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 84 — Department of Energy
§ 7177. Access to information
Statutory text
The Secretary, each officer of the Department, and each Federal agency shall provide to the Commission, upon request, such existing information in the possession of the Department or other Federal agency as the Commission determines is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.
The Secretary, in formulating the information to be requested in the reports or investigations under section 825c and section 825j of title 16 and section 717i and section 717j of title 15 shall include in such reports and investigations such specific information as requested by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and copies of all reports, information, results of investigations and data under said sections shall be furnished by the Secretary to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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.
Department of Energy Organization Act
Pub. L. 95–91 title IV § 407 · 91 Stat. 565
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7177
(Pub. L. 95–91, title IV, § 407, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 587.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–91, title IV, § 407, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 587.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 407. access to information (a) The Secretary, each officer of the Department, and each 42 USC 7177. Federal agency shall provide to the Commission, upon request, such existing information in the possession of the Department or other Federal agency as the Commission determines is necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this Act. (b) The Secretary, in formulating the information to be requested in the reports or investigations under section 304 and section 311 of the Federal Power Act and section 10 and section 11 of the Natural Gas 16 USC 825c, 825j. 15 USC 717i, 717j. Act, shall include in such reports and investigations such specific information as requested by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and copies of all reports, information, results of investigations and data under said sections shall be furnished by the Secretary to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 95–91, , 91 Stat. 565, known as the Department of Energy Organization Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7101 of this title and Tables.