42 U.S.C. § 6250b
Conditions for release; plan
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 6250b, Conditions for release; plan, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480655
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The Secretary may sell products from the Reserve only upon a finding by the President that there is a severe energy supply interruption. Such a finding may be made only if he determines that—
For purposes of this section a “dislocation in the heating oil market” shall be deemed to occur only when—
The Secretary shall conduct a continuing evaluation of the residential price data supplied by the Energy Information Administration for the Northeast and data on crude oil prices from published sources.
After consultation with the heating oil industry, the Secretary shall determine procedures governing the release of petroleum distillate from the Reserve. The procedures shall provide that—
the Secretary may—
Within 45 days of November 9, 2000, the Secretary shall transmit to the President and, if the President approves, to the Congress a plan describing—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Energy Policy and Conservation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Energy Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Energy Policy Act of 2005