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42 U.S.C. § 6381 — Studies and reports
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**(a) Methanol study**
(1) The Secretary shall study methanol plants, including the costs and practicability of such plants, that are—
(A) capable of utilizing current domestic supplies of unutilized natural gas;
(B) relocatable; or
(C) suitable for natural gas to methanol conversion by natural gas distribution companies.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “unutilized natural gas” means gas that is available in small remote fields and cannot be economically transported to natural gas pipelines, or gas the quality of which is so poor that extensive and uneconomic pretreatment is required prior to its introduction into the natural gas distribution system.
(3) The Secretary shall submit a report under this subsection to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, no later than September 30, 1990.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Public participation** Adequate opportunity shall be provided for public comment on the reports required by this section before they are submitted to the Congress, and a summary of such comments shall be attached to such reports.
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**(a) Methanol study**
(1) The Secretary shall study methanol plants, including the costs and practicability of such plants, that are—
(A) capable of utilizing current domestic supplies of unutilized natural gas;
(B) relocatable; or
(C) suitable for natural gas to methanol conversion by natural gas distribution companies.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “unutilized natural gas” means gas that is available in small remote fields and cannot be economically transported to natural gas pipelines, or gas the quality of which is so poor that extensive and uneconomic pretreatment is required prior to its introduction into the natural gas distribution system.
(3) The Secretary shall submit a report under this subsection to the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, no later than September 30, 1990.
**(b) Omitted**
**(c) Public participation** Adequate opportunity shall be provided for public comment on the reports required by this section before they are submitted to the Congress, and a summary of such comments shall be attached to such reports.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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**(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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The oath of office shall be administered by the President of the Senate to each Senator who shall be elected, previous to his taking his seat.
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**(a) In general** For purposes of carrying out this part, the Commission and the Secretary may each sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant books, records, papers, and other documents, and may each administer oaths. Witnesses summoned under the provisions of this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to witnesses in the courts of the United States. In case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served, upon any persons subject to this part, the Commission and the Secretary may each seek an order from the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business requiring such person to appear and give testimony, or to appear and produce documents. Failure to obey any such order is punishable by such court as a contempt thereof.
**(b) Confidentiality** Any information submitted by any person to the Secretary or the Commission under this part shall not be considered energy information as defined by [section 796(e)(1) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section796/e/1&num=0&edition=prelim) for purposes of any verification examination authorized to be conducted by the Comptroller General under [section 6381 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6381&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Subpenas; discovery and inspection; oaths; search** For the purpose of carrying out his authority under [section 6381 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6381&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) the Comptroller General may—
(A) sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other documents;
(B) require any person, by general or special order, to submit answers in writing to interrogatories, to submit books, records, papers, or other documents, or to submit any other information or reports, and such answers or other submissions shall be made within such reasonable period, and under oath or otherwise, as the Comptroller General may determine; and
(C) administer oaths.
(2) the Comptroller General, or any officer or employee duly designated by the Comptroller General, upon presenting appropriate credentials and a written notice from the Comptroller General to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, may—
(A) enter, at reasonable times, any business premise or facility; and
(B) inspect, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, any such premise or facility, inventory and sample any stock of energy resources therein, and examine and copy books, records, papers, or other documents, relating to any energy information, or any financial information in the case of a vertically integrated petroleum company.
**(b) Information in possession of Federal agencies** The Comptroller General shall have access to any energy information within the possession of any Federal agency (other than the Internal Revenue Service) as is necessary to carry out his authority under this section.
**(c) Transmission of examination results to Federal agencies*
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 6381
a comprehensive analysis of the environmental impacts
associated with the production and use of alternative
motor vehicle fuels under this part and an extended
forecast of the environmental effects of such produc-
tion and use, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursu-
ant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set
out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance. See, also, the 25th item on page 163 of House
Document No. 103–7.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate
changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by
Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Con-
gress, Oct. 9, 2004.
Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on
Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a)
of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21
of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of
House of Representatives changed to Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and
jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and ex-
changes and insurance generally transferred to Com-
mittee on Financial Services of House of Representa-
tives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh
Congress, Jan. 3, 2001.
§ 6374e. Federal fleet conservation requirements
(a) Mandatory reduction in petroleum consump-
tion
(1) In general
Not later than 18 months after December 19,
2007, the Secretary shall issue regulations for
Federal fleets subject to section 6374 of this
title to require that, beginning in fiscal year
2010, each Federal agency shall reduce petro-
leum consumption and increase a
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