§6271 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The President can make rules that force people who produce, move, refine, sell, or store oil to take steps needed to meet the United States’ duties under chapters III and IV of the International Energy Program about how oil is shared between countries. The rules must say how much oil is to be allocated and at what prices. They can apply to any petroleum owned or controlled by those people under U.S. law, including oil made in the United States or oil sent to the United States or other countries. A rule stays in effect until the President changes or cancels it, but it cannot stay in effect more than 12 months after the President sends it to Congress. Before a rule can take effect, the President must send the rule to Congress, say that the rule is needed to meet the international obligations, and give the effective date and how the rule will work. The rule must try, as much as possible, to meet the goals named in section 753(b)(1) of Title 15. No other U.S. officer or agency may order oil to be allocated to other countries except under these rules. The rule also cannot go into effect unless an international energy supply emergency (as defined in section 6272(k)(1)) is in effect and the chapter III allocation of available oil has been activated under chapter IV.

Title 42, §6271

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(a)The President may, by rule, require that persons engaged in producing, transporting, refining, distributing, or storing petroleum products, take such action as he determines to be necessary for implementation of the obligations of the United States under chapters III and IV of the international energy program insofar as such obligations relate to the international allocation of petroleum products. Allocation under such rule shall be in such amounts and at such prices as are specified in (or determined in a manner prescribed by) such rule. Such rule may apply to any petroleum product owned or controlled by any person described in the first sentence of this subsection who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including any petroleum product destined, directly or indirectly, for import into the United States or any foreign country, or produced in the United States. Subject to subsection (b)(2), such a rule shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the President.

(b)(1)No rule under subsection (a) may take effect unless the President—

(A)has transmitted such rule to the Congress;

(B)has found that putting such rule into effect is required in order to fulfill obligations of the United States under the international energy program; and

(C)has transmitted such finding to the Congress, together with a statement of the effective date and manner for exercise of such rule.

(2)No rule under subsection (b) may be put into effect or remain in effect after the expiration of 12 months after the date such rule was transmitted to Congress under paragraph (1)(A).

(c)(1)Any rule under this section shall be consistent with the attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives specified in section 753(b)(1) 1 of title 15.

(2)No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority, other than authority under this section, to require that petroleum products be allocated to other countries for the purpose of implementation of the obligations of the United States under the international energy program.

(d)Neither section 6212 1 of this title nor section 185(u) of title 30 shall preclude the allocation and export, to other countries in accordance with this section, of petroleum products produced in the United States.

(e)No rule under this section may be put into effect unless—

(1)an international energy supply emergency, as defined in the first sentence of section 6272(k)(1) of this title, is in effect; and

(2)the allocation of available oil referred to in chapter III of the international energy program has been activated pursuant to chapter IV of such program.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 753 of title 15, referred to in subsec. (c), was omitted from the Code pursuant to section 760g of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, which provided for the expiration of the President’s authority under that section on Sept. 30, 1981. section 6212 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), was repealed by Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2987.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 105–177 substituted reference to section 6272(k)(1) for reference to section 6272(l)(1). 1982—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 97–229 added subsec. (e).

§6271 International oil allocations