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42 U.S.C. § 7270b — Guards for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities

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42 U.S.C. § 7270b — Guards for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities

Under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary and concurred with by the Attorney General, employees of the Department of Energy and employees of contractors and subcontractors (at any tier) of the Department of Energy, while discharging their official duties of protecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (established under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act [[42 U.S.C. 6231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6231&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]) or its storage or related facilities or of protecting persons upon the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage or related facilities, may— (1) carry firearms, if designated by the Secretary and qualified for the use of firearms under the guidelines; and (2) arrest without warrant any person for an offense against the United States— (A) in the case of a felony, if the employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person— (i) has committed or is committing a felony; and (ii) is in or is fleeing from the immediate area of the felony; and (B) in the case of a felony or misdemeanor, if the violation is committed in the presence of the employee.

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Under guidelines prescribed by the Secretary and concurred with by the Attorney General, employees of the Department of Energy and employees of contractors and subcontractors (at any tier) of the Department of Energy, while discharging their official duties of protecting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (established under part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act [[42 U.S.C. 6231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6231&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]) or its storage or related facilities or of protecting persons upon the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or its storage or related facilities, may— (1) carry firearms, if designated by the Secretary and qualified for the use of firearms under the guidelines; and (2) arrest without warrant any person for an offense against the United States— (A) in the case of a felony, if the employee has reasonable grounds to believe that the person— (i) has committed or is committing a felony; and (ii) is in or is fleeing from the immediate area of the felony; and (B) in the case of a felony or misdemeanor, if the violation is committed in the presence of the employee.

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42 U.S.C. § 6231 — Annual Home Heating Readiness Reports

**(a) In general** On or before September 1 of each year, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Energy Information Agency, shall submit to Congress a Home Heating Readiness Report on the readiness of the natural gas, heating oil and propane industries to supply fuel under various weather conditions, including rapid decreases in temperature. **(b) Contents** The Home Heating Readiness Report shall include— (1) estimates of the consumption, expenditures, and average price per gallon of heating oil and propane and thousand cubic feet of natural gas for the upcoming period of October through March for various weather conditions, with special attention to extreme weather, and various regions of the country; (2) an evaluation of— (A) global and regional crude oil and refined product supplies; (B) the adequacy and utilization of refinery capacity; (C) the adequacy, utilization, and distribution of regional refined product storage capacity; (D) weather conditions; (E) the refined product transportation system; (F) market inefficiencies; and (G) any other factor affecting the functional capability of the heating oil industry and propane industry that has the potential to affect national or regional supplies and prices; (3) recommendations on steps that the Federal, State, and local governments can take to prevent or alleviate the impact of sharp and sustained increases in the price of natural gas, heating oil, and propane; and (4) recommendations on steps that companies engaged in the production, refining, storage, transportation of heating oil or propane, or any other activity related to the heating oil industry or propane industry, can take to prevent or alleviate the impact of sharp and sustained increases in the price of heating oil

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42 U.S.C. § 6201 — Procedure for Congressional review of Presidential requests to implement certain authorities

**(a) “Energy action” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “energy action” means any matter required to be transmitted, or submitted to the Congress in accordance with the procedures of this section. **(b) Transmittal of energy action to Congress** The President shall transmit any energy action (bearing an identification number) to both Houses of Congress on the same day. If both Houses are not in session on the day any energy action is received by the appropriate officers of each House, for purposes of this section such energy action shall be deemed to have been transmitted on the first succeeding day on which both Houses are in session. **(c) Effective date of energy action** (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if energy action is transmitted to the Houses of Congress, such action shall take effect at the end of the first period of 15 calendar days of continuous session of Congress after the date on which such action is transmitted to such Houses, unless between the date of transmittal and the end of such 15-day period, either House passes a resolution stating in substance that such House does not favor such action. (2) An energy action described in paragraph (1) may take effect prior to the expiration of the 15-calendar-day period after the date on which such action is transmitted, if each House of Congress approves a resolution affirmatively stating in substance that such House does not object to such action. **(d) Computation of period** For the purpose of subsection (c) of this section— (1) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and (2) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of the

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42 U.S.C. § 6231 — Congressional finding and declaration of

Page 6665 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 6232 read as follows: ‘‘the extent and nature of any restric- tions or impediments to the development of such re- sources.’’ Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–58, § 364(a)(2), substituted ‘‘re- source’’ for ‘‘reserve’’ and ‘‘publicly’’ for ‘‘publically’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–58, § 364(a)(3), added subsec. (d) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (d). Text read as follows: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap- propriated such sums as may be necessary to imple- ment this section.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hun- dred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. PART B—STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE § 6231. Congressional finding and declaration of policy (a) The Congress finds that the storage of sub- stantial quantities of petroleum products will diminish the vulnerability of the United States to the effects of a severe energy supply interrup- tion, and provide limited protection from the short-term consequences of interruptions in sup- plies of petroleum products. (b) It is the policy of the United States to pro- vide for the creation of a Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the storage of up to 1 billion barrels of petroleum products to reduce the impact of disruptions in supplies of petroleum products, to carry out obligations of the United States under the international energy program, and for other purposes as provided for in this chapter. (Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 151, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 881; Pub. L. 106–469, title I, § 103(4), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2029.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in su

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42 U.S.C. § 7270b — Trespass on Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Page 7098 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 7269c with funds in the applicable established ac- counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund for the same time period as originally enacted. (Pub. L. 102–377, title III, § 303, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1339.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This title, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 102–377, Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1332. For complete classi- fication of title III to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993, and not as part of the Department of Energy Organization Act which comprises this chapter. § 7269c. Funding for Department of Energy ac- tivities not included in Fossil Energy ac- count In this Act and future Acts, up to 4 percent of program direction funds available to the Na- tional Energy Technology Laboratory may be used to support Department of Energy activities not included in this Fossil Energy account: Pro- vided further, That in this Act and future Acts, the salaries for Federal employees performing research and development activities at the Na- tional Energy Technology Laboratory can con- tinue to be funded from any appropriate DOE program accounts. (Pub. L. 110–161, div. C, title III, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1958.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, is div. C of Pub. L. 110–161, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1937, known as the En- ergy and Water Development and Related Agencies Ap- propriations Act, 2008. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section appears under the headings ‘‘Department of Energy’’, ‘‘Energy Programs’’, and ‘‘Fossil Energy Re- search and Development’’ in title III of div. C of Pub.

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