15 U.S.C. § 4502: Identification and…

Summary

All rulings, policies, and other official statements from any Department of Energy office, official, or employee issued after October 21, 1986 must follow the rules in this chapter. All court orders, including declaratory judgments, issued after October 21, 1986 must also follow those rules. This does not change the settlement approved on July 7, 1986 in In Re: the Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) were repealed, and any rights from them ended, on the date the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 was enacted. After that date, the money available for direct restitution to current and future refined petroleum product claimants under this chapter was reduced by the amounts listed in title II of that Appropriations Act as coming from escrow under section 4501(d). The Secretary must make sure the remaining escrow money for direct restitution is shared fairly among claimants.

Title 15, §4502

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(a)In general (b) to (d) Repealed. Pub. L. 99–509, title III, § 3003(e), as added Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title III, § 337], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–295

(1)Subject to paragraph (2)—

(A)all rulings, policies, or other statements (including any administrative order or settlement agreement) issued after October 21, 1986, by any office, official, or employee of the Department of Energy; and

(B)all orders, including declaratory judgments, issued by any court after October 21, 1986,

shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter.

(2)Nothing in this section shall affect the settlement approved on July 7, 1986, in In Re: the Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

(e)Repeal of subsections (b) to (d); equitable distribution of escrow remainder to claimants

Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section are repealed, and any rights that may have arisen are extinguished, on the date of the enactment of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. After that date, the amount available for direct restitution to current and future refined petroleum product claimants under this chapter is reduced by the amounts specified in title II of that Act as being derived from amounts held in escrow under section 4501(d) of this title. The Secretary shall assure that the amount remaining in escrow to satisfy refined petroleum product claims for direct restitution is allocated equitably among the claimants.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, referred to in subsec. (e), is section 101(e) of div. A of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231. Provisions of title II of the Act relating to amounts held in escrow under section 4501(d) of this title (112 Stat. 2681–276) are not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. This chapter, referred to in subsec. (e), was in the original “this Act”, which was translated as meaning this subtitle, which enacted this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Amendments

1998—Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (e) which struck out subsec. (b) relating to disbursement of restitutionary amounts as direct restitution to injured persons, subsec. (c) relating to determination of excess amount to be used for indirect restitution, and subsec. (d) relating to disbursement of excess amount as indirect restitution for energy conservation programs.

§4502 Identification and Disbursement of Restitutionary Amounts