Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110
§4516 Designation of Energy as a Strategic and Critical Material
Title 50 › CHAPTER 55 — DEFENSE PRODUCTION › SUBCHAPTER I — PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS › § 4516
Summary
After June 30, 1980, energy is officially treated as a strategic and critical material under this chapter. That label does not give the President any new power to force how fuels or feedstocks are allocated or priced — including crude oil, residual fuel oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, coal — or to control electricity or any other form of energy.
Full Legal Text
Title 50, §4516
War and National Defense, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
For purposes of this chapter, “energy” shall be designated as a “strategic and critical material” after June 30, 1980: Provided, That no provision of this chapter shall, by virtue of such designation grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for the mandatory allocation or pricing of any fuel or feedstock (including, but not limited to, crude oil, residual fuel oil, any refined petroleum product, natural gas, or coal) or electricity or any other form of energy.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Termination of SectionFor termination of section, see section 4564(a) of this title.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, 64 Stat. 798, known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 4501 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 2076 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2009—Pub. L. 111–67 substituted “such designation” for “such designation—” and “energy.” for “energy; or”, struck out par. (1) designation before “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility
Construction
), except as expressly provided in section 305 and 306 [of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932] for synthetic fuel production.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective June 30, 1980, see section 107 of Pub. L. 96–294, set out as an
Effective Date
of 1980 Amendment note under section 4502 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
50 U.S.C. § 4516
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110