§784 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Administrator must keep an up-to-date file on every export of coal, crude oil, residual oil, or any refined petroleum product. The file must list the exporter (and anyone with a beneficial interest), product type and amount, how and on what vessel or carrier it was shipped, the destination, the buyer if there was a sale, and a short statement saying why the export happened. If Congress or a federal agency asks, the Administrator must quickly give them the file and a report, unless the President says sharing would harm national security. Other federal agencies that have related information must give it to the Administrator, and the Administrator can rely on that agency data instead of collecting it again.

Title 15, §784

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(a)The Administrator is authorized and directed to establish and maintain a file which shall contain information concerning every transaction, sale, exchange or shipment involving the export from the United States to a foreign nation of coal, crude oil, residual oil or any refined petroleum product. Information to be included in the file shall be current and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the name of the exporter (including the name or names of the holders of any beneficial interests), the volume and type of product involved in the export transaction, the manner of shipment and identification of the vessel or carrier, the destination, the name of the purchaser if a sale, exchange or other transaction is involved, and a statement of reasons justifying the export.

(b)Upon request of any committee of Congress or the head of any Federal agency, the Administrator shall promptly provide any information maintained in the file and a report thereon to such committee, or agency head, except where the President finds such disclosure to be detrimental to national security.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal agency which collects or has information relevant to the functions required by this section shall make such information available to the Administrator.

(d)The Administrator shall not be required to collect independently information described in subsection (a) if he can secure the information described in subsection (a) from other Federal agencies and the information secured from such agencies is available to the Congress pursuant to a request under subsection (b).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1976—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 94–385 added subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by section 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§784 Exports of Coal and Refined Petroleum Products