Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8723 Periodic Re-examination of Production Requirements
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 869 — NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES › § 8723
Summary
If production is authorized, the Secretary must check shale-oil output for national defense and cut it if unneeded.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §8723
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The Secretary shall from time to time reexamine the need for the production of petroleum from oil shale for national defense when that production is authorized under section 8722 of this title. If he finds that the authorized quantity is no longer needed, he shall reduce production to the amount currently needed for national defense.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 742334 U.S.C. 524 (186th through 243d words of 1st par.).
June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (1st par., 186th through 243d words, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813;
June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1252;
June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 280.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 8723 was renumbered section 9263 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 8722” for “section 7422”. Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(5), renumbered section 7423 of this title as this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–258 struck out “of the Navy” after “Secretary” and “or products” after “petroleum”. 1962—Pub. L. 87–796 directed the Secretary to reexamine, from time to time, the need for production of products from oil shale.
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 this title.
Reference
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8723
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102