10 U.S.C. § 8723 — Periodic re-examination of production re-

Page 3361 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 8724 of enactment of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Produc- tion Act of 1976’’. 1979—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 96–137 struck out in text following subpar. (D), provision requiring that pipelines and associated facilities constructed at or procured for Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 pursuant to this subsection have adequate capacity to accommodate not less than three hundred fifty thousand barrels of oil per day and be fully operable as soon as possible, but not later than three years after the date of enactment of the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–258 substituted provi- sions authorizing the Secretary to explore, etc., the naval petroleum reserves in his discretion, subject to subsec. (c) of this section and this chapter and except- ing specified Reserves from leasing arrangements, for provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, ex- cept as provided in section 7438 hereof, to explore, etc., the naval petroleum preserves and oil shale reserves in his discretion, subject to Presidential approval. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–258 in introductory cl. sub- stituted provisions authorizing use and operation of naval petroleum reserves except as otherwise provided in this chapter and in particular subsec. (c) of this sec- tion, for provisions authorizing use and operation of naval petroleum and oil shale reserves and lands out- side naval petroleum reserve numbered 1 covered by contracts under section 7426 of this title and in cl. (2) struck out reference to gas, oil shale and products thereof. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–258 substituted provisions set- ting forth manner of administration by Secretary of Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 1, 2, and 3, au- thorizing President to extend period of production of any naval petroleum reserve, and conditioning produc- tion authorization for Reserve Numbered 1, for provi- sions authorizing the Secretary to develop naval petro- leum reserve numbered 4, South Barrow gas field, and to supply gas to government installations at or near Point Barrow and to the native village of Barrow. 1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–796 substituted ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in section 7438 hereof, the Sec- retary’’ for ‘‘The Secretary’’, and included oil shale re- serves. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–796 included oil shale reserves in the opening provisions, and substituted ‘‘petroleum, gas, oil shale and products thereof whenever’’ for ‘‘pe- troleum whenever’’ in cl. (2). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–599 added subsec. (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 108–178 effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title. AVAILABILITY OF REVENUES FROM SALE OF NATURAL GAS FOR USE IN GAS PROTECTION ACTIVITY Pub. L. 101–512, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1947, provided in part: ‘‘That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, revenues received from the sale of natural gas after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990] from wells drilled or communitized in fis- cal year 1990 and thereafter as part of gas protection activity at the Naval Oil Shale Reserves shall be depos- ited in this account, to remain available until ex- pended, for use in further gas protection activity’’. CONNECTIONS TO PIPELINE IN SOUTH BARROW GAS FIELD Pub. L. 87–599, § 3, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 401, provided that: ‘‘The Federal agency or agencies in control of any pipeline between gas wells in the South Barrow gas field and the town of Barrow may authorize purchasers of the gas or carriers of the gas to install connections to such pipeline.’’ § 8723. Periodic re-examination of production re- quirements The Secretary shall from time to time reex- amine the need for the production of petroleum from oil shale for national defense when that production is authorized under section 8722 of this title. If he finds that the authorized quan- tity is no longer needed, he shall reduce produc- tion to the amount currently needed for na- tional defense. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 458, § 7423; Pub. L. 87–796, § 1(3), Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 904; Pub. L. 94–258, title II, § 201(4), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 309; renumbered § 8723 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(d)(5), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 7423 ......... 34 U.S.C. 524 (186th through 243d words of 1st par.). June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (1st par., 186th through 243d words, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30, 1938, ch. 851, § 1, 52 Stat. 1252; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 280. Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8723 was renumbered section 9263 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted ‘‘section 8722’’ for ‘‘section 7422’’. Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(5), renumbered section 7423 of this title as this section. 1976—Pub. L. 94–258 struck out ‘‘of the Navy’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ and ‘‘or products’’ after ‘‘petroleum’’. 1962—Pub. L. 87–796 directed the Secretary to re- examine, from time to time, the need for production of products from oil shale. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 8724. Protection of oil reserves; contracts for conservation (a) To consolidate and protect the oil lands owned by the United States, the Secretary may— (1) contract with owners and lessees of land inside or adjoining naval petroleum reserves for—