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§7156 Transfers from Department of the Navy

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 84— - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS › § 7156

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives the Secretary the duties that chapter 869 of title 10 used to give to the Secretary of the Navy for running and controlling certain petroleum and oil-shale reserves. Those reserves are: Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (Elk Hills), Kern County, California, established September 2, 1912; Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 (Buena Vista), Kern County, California, established December 13, 1912; Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3 (Teapot Dome), Wyoming, established April 30, 1915; Oil Shale Reserve No. 1, Colorado, established December 6, 1916 (amended June 12, 1919); Oil Shale Reserve No. 2, Utah, established December 6, 1916; and Oil Shale Reserve No. 3, Colorado, established September 27, 1924.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7156

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There are transferred to and vested in the Secretary all functions vested by chapter 869 of title 10, in the Secretary of the Navy as they relate to the administration of and jurisdiction over—
(1)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 2, 1912;
(2)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 (Buena Vista), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 13, 1912;
(3)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (Teapot Dome), located in Wyoming, established by Executive order of the President, dated April 30, 1915;
(4)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916, as amended by Executive order dated June 12, 1919;
(5)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, located in Utah, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916; and
(6)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 27, 1924.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7156

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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