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42 U.S.C. § 6383 — Verification examinations
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**(a) Authority of Comptroller General** The Comptroller General may conduct verification examinations with respect to the books, records, papers, or other documents of—
(1) any person who is required to submit energy information to the Secretary, the Department of the Interior, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to any rule, regulation, order, or other legal process of such Secretary, Department or Commission;
(2) any person who is engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution (at other than the retail level) of energy resources—
(A) if such person has furnished, directly or indirectly, energy information (without regard to whether such information was furnished pursuant to legal requirements) to any Federal agency (other than the Internal Revenue Service), and
(B) if the Comptroller General of the United States determines that such information has been or is being used or taken into consideration, in whole or in part, by a Federal agency in carrying out responsibilities committed to such agency; or
(3) any vertically integrated petroleum company with respect to financial information of such company related to energy resource exploration, development, and production and the transportation, refining and marketing of energy resources and energy products.
**(b) Request for examination** The Comptroller General shall conduct verification examinations of any person or company described in subsection (a), if requested to do so by any duly established committee of the Congress having legislative or oversight responsibilities under the rules of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, with respect to energy matters or any of the laws administered by the Department of the Interior (or the Secretary
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**(a) Authority of Comptroller General** The Comptroller General may conduct verification examinations with respect to the books, records, papers, or other documents of—
(1) any person who is required to submit energy information to the Secretary, the Department of the Interior, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to any rule, regulation, order, or other legal process of such Secretary, Department or Commission;
(2) any person who is engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution (at other than the retail level) of energy resources—
(A) if such person has furnished, directly or indirectly, energy information (without regard to whether such information was furnished pursuant to legal requirements) to any Federal agency (other than the Internal Revenue Service), and
(B) if the Comptroller General of the United States determines that such information has been or is being used or taken into consideration, in whole or in part, by a Federal agency in carrying out responsibilities committed to such agency; or
(3) any vertically integrated petroleum company with respect to financial information of such company related to energy resource exploration, development, and production and the transportation, refining and marketing of energy resources and energy products.
**(b) Request for examination** The Comptroller General shall conduct verification examinations of any person or company described in subsection (a), if requested to do so by any duly established committee of the Congress having legislative or oversight responsibilities under the rules of the House of Representatives or of the Senate, with respect to energy matters or any of the laws administered by the Department of the Interior (or the Secretary thereof), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or the Secretary.
**(c) Definitions** For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) The term “verification examination” means an examination of such books, records, papers, or other documents of a person or company as the Comptroller General determines necessary and appropriate to assess the accuracy, reliability, and adequacy of the energy information, or financial information, referred to in subsection (a).
(2) The term “energy information” has the same meaning as such term has in [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).
(3) The term “person” has the same meaning as such term has in [section 796(e)(2) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section796/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) The term “vertically integrated petroleum company” means any person which itself, or through a person which is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with such person, is engaged in the production, refining, and marketing of petroleum products.
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**(a) Authority of Federal Energy Administrator to request, acquire, and collect energy information; rules and regulations** For the purpose of assuring that the Federal Energy Administrator, the Congress, the States, and the public have access to and are able to obtain reliable energy information, the Federal Energy Administrator shall request, acquire, and collect such energy information as he determines to be necessary to assist in the formulation of energy policy or to carry out the purposes of this chapter or the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 [[15 U.S.C. 751](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section751&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].11 See References in Text note below. The Federal Energy Administrator shall promptly promulgate rules pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section requiring reports of such information to be submitted to the Federal Energy Administrator at least every ninety calendar days.
**(b) Powers of Federal Energy Administrator in obtaining energy information; verification of accuracy; compliance orders**
(1) In order to obtain energy information for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subsection (a), the Federal Energy Administrator is authorized—
(A) to require, by rule, any person who is engaged in the production, processing, refining, transportation by pipeline, or distribution (at other than the retail level) of energy resources to submit reports;
(B) to sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other documents;
(C) to require any person, by general or special order, to submit answers in writing to interrogatories, requests for reports or for other information; and such answers or other submi
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 6383
1 See References in Text note below.
(d) Report to Congressional committees
If the verification examination was conducted
at the request of any committee of the Congress,
the Comptroller General shall report his find-
ings as to the accuracy, reliability, or adequacy
of the energy information which was the subject
of such examination, or financial information in
the case of a vertically integrated petroleum
company, directly to such committee of the
Congress and any such information obtained and
such report shall be deemed the property of such
committee and may not be disclosed except in
accordance with the rules of the committee and
the rules of the House of Representatives or the
Senate and as permitted by law.
(e) Disclosure of geological or geophysical infor-
mation
(1) Any information obtained by the Comp-
troller General or any officer or employee of the
Government Accountability Office pursuant to
the exercise of responsibilities or authorities
under this section which relates to geological or
geophysical information, or any estimate or in-
terpretation thereof, the disclosure of which
would result in significant competitive dis-
advantage or significant loss to the owner there-
of shall not be disclosed except to a committee
of Congress. Any such information so furnished
to a committee of the Congress shall be deemed
the property of such committee and may not be
disclosed except in accordance with the rules of
the committee and the rules of the House of
Representatives or the Senate and as permitted
by law.
(2) Any person who knowingly discloses infor-
mation in violation of paragraph (1) shall be
subject to the penalties specified in section
754(a)(3)(B) and (4) 1 of title 15
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