42 U.S.C. § 6505 — Executive department responsibility for

Page 6834 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 6505 near Point Barrow, Alaska, and to installations of the Department of Defense and other agencies of the United States located at or near Point Barrow, Alaska. After such transfer, the Secretary of the Interior shall take such actions as may be necessary to continue such service to such village, communities, installations, and agencies at reasonable and equitable rates.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 98–366, § 4(b), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 470, pro- vided that the amendment made by that section is ef- fective Oct. 1, 1984. § 6505. Executive department responsibility for studies to determine procedures used in de- velopment, production, transportation, and distribution of petroleum resources in re- serve; reports to Congress by President; es- tablishment of task force by Secretary of the Interior; purposes; membership; report and recommendations to Congress by Secretary; contents (a) Omitted (b)(1) The President shall direct such Execu- tive departments and/or agencies as he may deem appropriate to conduct a study, in con- sultation with representatives of the State of Alaska, to determine the best overall procedures to be used in the development, production, transportation, and distribution of petroleum resources in the reserve. Such study shall in- clude, but shall not be limited to, a consider- ation of— (A) the alternative procedures for accom- plishing the development, production, trans- portation, and distribution of the petroleum resources from the reserve, and (B) the economic and environmental con- sequences of such alternative procedures. (2) The President shall make semiannual progress reports on the implementation of this subsection to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives beginning not later than six months after April 5, 1976, and shall, not later than one year after the transfer of jurisdiction of the reserve, and annually thereafter, report any findings or conclusions developed as a result of such study together with appropriate sup- porting data and such recommendations as he deems desirable. The study shall be completed and submitted to such committees, together with recommended procedures and any proposed legislation necessary to implement such proce- dures not later than January 1, 1980. (c)(1) The Secretary of the Interior shall estab- lish a task force to conduct a study to deter- mine the values of, and best uses for, the lands contained in the reserve, taking into consider- ation (A) the natives who live or depend upon such lands, (B) the scenic, historical, rec- reational, fish and wildlife, and wilderness val- ues, (C) mineral potential, and (D) other values of such lands. (2) Such task force shall be composed of rep- resentatives from the government of Alaska, the Arctic slope native community, and such offices and bureaus of the Department of the Interior as the Secretary of the Interior deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Bureau of Mines. (3) The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report, together with the concurring or dis- senting views, if any, of any non-Federal rep- resentatives of the task force, of the results of such study to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives within three years after April 5, 1976, and shall include in such report his rec- ommendations with respect to the value, best use, and appropriate designation of the lands re- ferred to in paragraph (1). (Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 105, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Subsec. (a) of this section amended former section 6244 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME ‘‘United States Bureau of Mines’’ substituted for ‘‘Bureau of Mines’’ in subsec. (c)(2) pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see note set out under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of Senate abolished and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of Senate, effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of Senate, as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the ‘‘Com- mittee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977’’), approved Feb. 4, 1977. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress. § 6506. Applicability of antitrust provisions; plans and proposals submitted to Congress to con- tain report by Attorney General on impact of plans and proposals on competition Unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress, whenever development leading to production of petroleum is authorized, the provisions of sub- sections (g), (h), and (i) of section 8730 of title 10 shall be deemed applicable to the Secretary of the Interior with respect to rules and regula- tions, plans of development and amendments thereto, and contracts and operating agree- ments. All plans and proposals submitted to the Congress under this chapter or pursuant to leg- islation authorizing development leading to pro- duction shall contain a report by the Attorney General of the United States on the anticipated effects upon competition of such plans and pro- posals. (Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 106, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 306; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1844.)