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50 U.S.C. § 4517 — Presidential power to ration gasoline among classes of end-users unaffected
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the President to institute, without the approval of the Congress, a program for the rationing of gasoline among classes of end-users.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the President to institute, without the approval of the Congress, a program for the rationing of gasoline among classes of end-users.
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In this subchapter:
(1) **Appropriate congressional committees** — Except as provided in [section 4584(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4584/d&num=0&edition=prelim), the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(2) **Country of concern** — The term “country of concern” means—
(A) the People’s Republic of China, including the Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions;
(B) the Republic of Cuba;
(C) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(D) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea;
(E) the Russian Federation; and
(F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros.
(3) **Covered foreign person** — Subject to regulations prescribed in accordance with this subchapter, the term “covered foreign person” means a foreign person that—
(A) is incorporated in, has a principal place of business in, or is organized under the laws of a country of concern;
(B) is a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party or is a member of the political leadership of a country of concern;
(C) is subject to the direction or control of a country of concern, as defined by regulation, an entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B), or the state or the government of a country of concern (including any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof); or
(D) is owned in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by a country of concern, an entity described in subparagraph
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in subsection (b), any information or documentary material filed with the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee pursuant to this subchapter shall be exempt from disclosure under [section 552(b)(3) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim), and no such information or documentary material may be made public.
**(b) Exceptions** Subsection (a) shall not prohibit the disclosure of the following, subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification requirements:
(1) Information relevant to any administrative or judicial action or proceeding.
(2) Information to Congress or any duly authorized committee or subcommittee of Congress.
(3) Information important to the national security analysis or actions of the Secretary to any domestic governmental entity, or to any foreign governmental entity of a United States ally or partner, under the exclusive direction and authorization of the Secretary, only to the extent necessary for national security purposes, and subject to appropriate confidentiality and classification requirements.
(4) Identity of a covered foreign person in the public database described in [section 4585 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section4585&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) Information that the parties have consented to be disclosed to third parties.
(6) Information gathered by the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee where the disclosure is determined to be in the national security interest, which may include publication of anonymized data.
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**(a) Allocation of materials, services, and facilities** The President is hereby authorized (1) to require that performance under contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) which he deems necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense shall take priority over performance under any other contract or order, and, for the purpose of assuring such priority, to require acceptance and performance of such contracts or orders in preference to other contracts or orders by any person he finds to be capable of their performance, and (2) to allocate materials, services, and facilities in such manner, upon such conditions, and to such extent as he shall deem necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense.
**(b) Critical and strategic materials** The powers granted in this section shall not be used to control the general distribution of any material in the civilian market unless the President finds (1) that such material is a scarce and critical material essential to the national defense, and (2) that the requirements of the national defense for such material cannot otherwise be met without creating a significant dislocation of the normal distribution of such material in the civilian market to such a degree as to create appreciable hardship.
**(c) Domestic energy; materials, equipment, and services**
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the President may, by rule or order, require the allocation of, or the priority performance under contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) relating to, materials, equipment, and services in order to maximize domestic energy supplies if he makes the findings required by paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(2) The authority granted by this subsection may not be used to require prior
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 4517
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 4501 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 2074 of the
former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassi-
fication and renumbering as this section.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 104 of act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I,
as added July 31, 1951, ch. 275, title I, § 101(c), 65 Stat.
132; amended June 30, 1952, ch. 530, § 103, 66 Stat. 297, re-
lated to limitations on imports of fats and oils, prior to
termination at close of June 30, 1953, pursuant to sec-
tion 4564(a) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section deemed to have become effective Mar. 1, 1992,
see section 304 of Pub. L. 102–558, set out as an Effective
Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 4502 of this
title.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
Authority of President under subsec. (b) of this sec-
tion delegated to Secretary of Defense, without author-
ity to redelegate, by section 204 of Ex. Ord. No. 13603,
Mar. 16, 2012, 77 F.R. 16653, set out as a note under sec-
tion 4553 of this title.
§ 4515. Presidential power to ration gasoline
among classes of end-users unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
authorize the President to institute, without the
approval of the Congress, a program for the ra-
tioning of gasoline among classes of end-users.
(Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932, title I, § 105, as added Pub.
L. 96–294, title I, § 103, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 617.)
TERMINATION OF SECTION
For termination of section, see section 4564(a)
of this title.
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referr
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