Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§13367 Coal exports

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 134— - ENERGY POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - COAL › Part Part C— - Other Coal Provisions › § 13367

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, the Secretary of Commerce must send Congress a plan, made with the other named Secretary and other federal agencies, to expand exports of coal mined in the United States. The plan must describe where export markets are and how they might grow; list by country the trade barriers (like subsidies, taxes, labor rules, tariffs, quotas, and other limits) and ways to address them; review U.S. infrastructure needs (ports, ships, rail, etc.); and report on environmental effects and opportunities to blend U.S. coal with other countries’ coal to improve efficiency and environmental performance.

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Title 42, §13367

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(a)Within 180 days after October 24, 1992, 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)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.

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42 U.S.C. § 13367

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73