Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§8541 Administration

Title 42 › CHAPTER 93 — EMERGENCY ENERGY CONSERVATION › SUBCHAPTER IV — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › § 8541

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use the power in section 796 of title 15 to gather the information needed to enforce subchapters I and II. The Secretary must also make sure current data about supplies, prices, and distribution of motor fuels and other energy sources covered by targets under section 8511 are collected, checked, and shared with the public. Other federal agencies must help with that data collection. State laws or programs in effect on November 5, 1979, or later are not overridden by this chapter unless they conflict with section 8513 or 8521 (or related rules) in a State that has put measures in place under those sections. Subchapters I–IV and actions under them stop working on July 1, 1983, but any ongoing or not-final cases, or any actions based on acts or liabilities that happened before that date, remain in effect.

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Title 42, §8541

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(a)Information

(1)The Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 796 of title 15 for the collection of such information as may be necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of subchapters I and II of this chapter.

(2)In carrying out his responsibilities under this chapter, the Secretary shall insure that timely and adequate information concerning the supplies, pricing, and distribution of motor fuels (and other energy sources which are the subject of targets in effect under section 8511 of this title) is obtained, analyzed, and made available to the public. Any Federal agency having responsibility for collection of such information under any other authority shall cooperate fully in facilitating the collection of such information.

(b)Effect on other laws

No State law or State program in effect on November 5, 1979, or which may become effective thereafter, shall be superseded by any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder, except insofar as such State law or State program is in conflict with any such provision of section 8513 or 8521 of this title (or any rule, regulation, or order under this subchapter relating thereto) in any case in which measures have been implemented in that State under the authority of section 8513 or 8521 of this title (as the case may be).

(c)Termination

(1)The provisions of subchapters I, II, III, and IV of this chapter, including any actions taken thereunder, shall cease to have effect on July 1, 1983.

(2)Such expiration shall not affect any action or pending proceeding, administrative or civil, not finally determined on such date, nor any administrative or civil action or proceeding, whether or not pending, based upon any act committed or liability incurred prior to such expiration date.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 8541

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110