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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§6299 Authority to obtain information

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 77— - ENERGY CONSERVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY › Part Part A— - Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles › § 6299

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission and the Secretary can issue legal orders called subpoenas to make people come and testify and to get books, records, papers, and other documents. They can give oaths. Witnesses must be paid the same fees and travel money as in U.S. courts. If someone refuses a subpoena, the Commission or the Secretary can ask a United States district court where that person lives or does business to order them to testify or hand over documents. Ignoring that court order can be punished as contempt. Any information someone gives to the Secretary or the Commission under this part is not treated as "energy information" as defined in section 796(e)(1) of title 15 for the purposes of any verification examination the Comptroller General is allowed to do under section 6381 of this title.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6299

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)For purposes of carrying out this part, the Commission and the Secretary may each sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant books, records, papers, and other documents, and may each administer oaths. Witnesses summoned under the provisions of this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to witnesses in the courts of the United States. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served, upon any persons subject to this part, the Commission and the Secretary may each seek an order from the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business requiring such person to appear and give testimony, or to appear and produce documents. Failure to obey any such order is punishable by such court as a contempt thereof.
(b)Any information submitted by any person to the Secretary or the Commission under this part shall not be considered energy information as defined by section 796(e)(1) of title 15 for purposes of any verification examination authorized to be conducted by the Comptroller General under section 6381 of this title.

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Amendments

1987—Pub. L. 100–12 inserted headings for subsecs. (a) and (b). 1978—Pub. L. 95–619 substituted “Secretary” for “Administrator”, meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.

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42 U.S.C. § 6299

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73