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 89 STAT. 894

PUBLIC LAW 94-163—DEC. 22, 1975

to issue and enforce rules and orders under the Emergency Petroleum 15 USC 751 note. Allocation Act of 1973. P A R T B—^AUTHORITIES W I T H RESPECT TO INTERNATIONAL E N E R G Y PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL

42 USC 6271.

Rule, transmittal to Congress.

15 USC 753.

30 USC 185.

OIL ALLOCATION

SEC. 251. (a) The President may, by rule, require that persons engaged in producing, transporting, refining, distributing, or storing petroleum products, take such action as he determines to be necessary for implementation of the obligations of the United States under chapters III and IV of the international energy program insofar as such obligations relate to the international allocation of petroleum products. Allocation under such rule shall be in such amounts and at such prices as are specified in (or determined in a manner prescribed by) such rule. Such rule may apply to any petroleum product owned or controlled by any person described in the first sentence of this subsection who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including any petroleum product destined, directly or indirectly, for import into the United States or any foreign country, or produced in the United States. Subject to subsection (b)(2), such a rule shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the President. (b)(1) No rule under subsection (a) may take effect unless the President— (A) has transmitted such rule to the Congress; (B) has found that p u t t i n g such rule into effect is required in order to fulfill obligations of the United States under the international energy program; and (C) has transmitted such finding to the Congress, together with a statement of the effective date and manner for exercise of such rule. (2) No rule under subsection (b) may be p u t into effect or remain in effect after the expiration of 12 months after the date such rule was transmitted to Congress under paragraph (1)(A). (c)(1) Any rule under this section shall be consistent with the attainment, to the maximum extent practicable, of the objectives specified in section 4(b)(1) of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. (2) No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority, other than authority under this section, to require that petroleum products be allocated to other countries for the purpose of implementation of the obligations of the United States under the international energy program. (d) Neither section 103 of t h i s Act nor section 28(u) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 shall preclude the allocation and export, to other countries in accordance with this section, of petroleum products produced in the United States. INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS

Effective date.

42 USC 6272.

SEC. 252. (a) Effective 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the requirements of this section shall be the sole procedures applicable to— (1) the development or carrying out of voluntary agreements and plans of action to implement the allocation and information provisions of the international energy program, and

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