Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/952

 89 STAT. 892

PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975 (1) any effects of such plan on— (A) vital industrial sectors of the economy; (B) employment (on a national and regional basis); (C) the economic vitality of States and regional areas; (D) the availability and price of consumer goods and services; and (E) the gross national product; and (2) any potential anticompetitive effects. E N E R G r CONSERVATION C O N II N G E N C Y

42 USC 6262. Post, p. 962. "Energy conservation contingency plan."

PLANS

SEC. 202. (a)(1) The President shall prescribe, in accordance with section 523(a), one or more energy conservation contingency plans. As used in this section, the term "energy conservation contingency plan" means a plan which imposes reasonable restrictions on the public or private use of energy which are necessary to reduce energy consumption. In prescribing energy conservation contingency plans, the President shall take into consideration the mobility needs of the handicapped, as defined in section 203(a)(2)(B). (2) An energy conservation contingency plan prescribed under this section may not— (A) impose rationing or any tax, tariff, or user fee; (B) contain any provision respecting the price of petroleum products; or (C) provide for a credit or deduction in computing any tax. (b) An energy conservation contingency plan shall apply in each State or political subdivision thereof, except such plan may provide for procedures for exempting any State or political subdivision thereof from such plan, in whole or part, during a period for which (1) the President determines a comparable program of such State or political subdivision is in effect, or (2, the President finds special circumstances exist in such State or political subdivision. (c) Any energy conservation contingency plan shall not deal with more than one logically consistent subject matter. RATIONING CONTINGENCY PLAN

Rules. 42 USC 6263. 15 USC 754. 15 USC 753.

SEC 203. (a)(1) The President shall prescribe, by rule in accordance with section 523(a) of this Act, a rationing contingency plan which shall, for purposes of enforcement under section 5 of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, be deemed a part of the regulation under section 4(a) of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 and which shall provide, consistent with the attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives specified in section 4(b)(1) of such Act— (A) for the establishment of a program for the rationing and ordering of priorities among classes of end-users of gasoline and diesel fuel used in motor vehicles, and (B) for the assignment of rights, and evidence of such rights, to end-users of gasoline and such diesel fuel, entitling such endusers to obtain gasoline or such diesel fuel in precedence to other classes of end-users not similarly entitled. (2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the objectives specified in section 4(b)(1) of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 shall be deemed to include consideration of the mobility needs of handicapped persons and their convenience in obtaining the enduser's rights specified in paragraph (1).

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