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§790h Congressional Access to Energy Information; Disclosure by Congress
Title 15 › Chapter 16B— FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter II— OFFICE OF ENERGY INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS › § 790h
Summary
The Director must quickly give any energy information the Office has to any official committee of Congress that asks for it. Once given, the committee owns that information and can only share it following the committee’s rules, the Rules of the House or the Senate, and other laws.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §790h
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The Director shall promptly provide upon request any energy information in the possession of the Office to any duly established committee of the Congress. Such information shall be deemed the property of such committee and may not be disclosed except in accordance with the rules of such committee and the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Senate and as permitted by law.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 150 days after Aug. 14, 1976, see section 143 of Pub. L. 94–385, set out as a note under section 790 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Functions assigned to Director of Office of Energy Information and Analysis under this subchapter vested in Administrator of Energy Information Administration within Department of Energy by section 7135(c) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 790h
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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