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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§7156 Transfers From Department of the Navy

Title 42 › CHAPTER 84 — DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › SUBCHAPTER III — TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS › § 7156

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

All duties the Navy had under chapter 869 of title 10 for managing and controlling six specific oil and oil-shale reserves are now given to the Secretary. The reserves are Naval Petroleum Reserves No. 1 (Elk Hills, Kern County, California; created September 2, 1912), No. 2 (Buena Vista, Kern County, California; December 13, 1912), No. 3 (Teapot Dome, Wyoming; April 30, 1915), and Oil Shale Reserves No. 1 (Colorado; December 6, 1916; amended June 12, 1919), No. 2 (Utah; December 6, 1916), and No. 3 (Colorado; September 27, 1924). When doing this work, the Secretary must take national security needs into account.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §7156

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

There are transferred to and vested in the Secretary all functions vested by chapter 869 of title 10, in the Secretary of the Navy as they relate to the administration of and jurisdiction over—
(1)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 2, 1912;
(2)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 (Buena Vista), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 13, 1912;
(3)Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (Teapot Dome), located in Wyoming, established by Executive order of the President, dated April 30, 1915;
(4)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916, as amended by Executive order dated June 12, 1919;
(5)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, located in Utah, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916; and
(6)Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 27, 1924.
In the administration of any of the functions transferred to, and vested in, the Secretary by this section the Secretary shall take into consideration the requirements of national security.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10” in introductory provisions.

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 Title 10, Armed Forces.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 7156

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110