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 PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980

94 STAT. 775

utility in providing information and recommendations of the highest possible value to government policy makers; and (5) the need for periodic reports to the Congress in conjunction with any long-term program the Office and the Academy may recommend under this section. (c) The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Director of the National Science Foundation shall furnish to the Office or the Academy upon request any information which the Office or the Academy determines to be necessary for purposes of conducting the study required by this section. (d) The Office shall provide a separate assessment of the interagency requirements to implement a comprehensive program of the type described in the third sentence of subsection (b). AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 712. For the expenses of carrying out the carbon dioxide study 42 USC 8912. authorized by section 711 (as determined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy) there are authorized to be appropriated such sums, not exceeding $3,000,000 in the aggregate, as may be necessary. At least 80 percent of any amounts appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be provided to the National Academy of Sciences. TITLE VIII—STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE PRESIDENT REQUIRED TO RESUME FILL OPERATIONS

SEC. 801. (a) Section 160 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) and the requirements of section 159, the President shall immediately undertake, and thereafter continue (subject to paragraph (2)), crude oil acquisition, transportation, and injection activities at a level sufficient to assure that crude oil in storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be increased at an average rate of at least 100,000 barrels per day for fiscal year 1981 and for each fiscal year thereafter. "(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall cease to apply when storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve equals or exceeds the final storage level set forth in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Plan.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 42 USC 6240 date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to the "^^^^ entirety of fiscal year 1981 (and each fiscal year thereafter). USE OF CRUDE OIL FROM ELK HILLS RESERVE

SEC. 802. (a) Section 160 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 6240), as amended by section 801, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no portion of the United States share of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) may be sold or otherwise disposed of other than to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (either directly or by exchange) during any fiscal year, except as provided in paragraph (2), unless—

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