Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§785 Foreign Ownership; Comprehensive Review; Sources of Information; Report to Congress; Monitoring Activity
Title 15 › CHAPTER 16B — FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › § 785
Summary
The Administrator must review foreign ownership, influence, and control of domestic energy sources and supplies using existing information and any needed investigations, report findings to Congress within 180 days after this law takes effect, and continue monitoring.
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Title 15, §785
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The Administrator shall conduct a comprehensive review of foreign ownership of, influence on, and control of domestic energy sources and supplies. Such review shall draw upon existing information, where available, and any independent investigation necessary by the Administration. The Administrator shall, on or before the expiration of the one hundred and eighty day period following the effective date of this chapter, report to the Congress in sufficient detail so as to apprise the Congress as to the extent and forms of such foreign ownership of, influence on, and control of domestic energy sources and supplies, and shall thereafter continue to monitor such ownership, influence and control.
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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.
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15 U.S.C. § 785
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102