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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 1887

any time by the Secretary to enforce the crude oil and petroleum product pricing and allocation regulations issued under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 or the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; or (2) section 155 of Public Law 97-377. (b) REPORT ON COLLECTION OF CERTAIN DEFICIENCY FUNDS.—The

Secretary shall transmit a report each fiscal year, beginning in fiscal year 1987, to such committees on the status of collections by the Secretary of deficiency funds to be deposited into the M.D.L. No. 378 escrow account established by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas until all such deficiency funds have been paid. The Secretary shall, in a manner substantially similar to that required by section 155 of Public Law 97-377 with respect to amounts disbursed under such section, monitor the disposition by the States of any funds disbursed to the States by the court pursuant to the opinion and order of such District Court, dated July 7, 1986, with respect to In Re: the Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378, including the use of such funds for administrative costs and attorneys fees.

15 USC 751 note. 12 USC 1904 note. 96 Stat. 1919. State and local governments.

(c) REPORT ON AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR INDIRECT

RESTITUTION.—The Secretary shall transmit, on March 1 of each year beginning with 1987 and continuing until all the restitutionary amounts to which section 3002(a) applies have been collected and disbursed as provided in this subtitle, a report to such committees containing an estimate of the amount that will be determined under section 3003(c) to be the excess amount for purposes of section 3003(d)(1)(B) for the fiscal year beginning the next October 1. (d) RECEIPT BY COMMITTEES.—The reports required by this subtitle shall be transmitted to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. SEC. 3007. TERMINATION.

(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of this subtitle (other than section 3005) shall terminate 90 days after the Secretary— (A) determines that all of the restitutionary amounts to which section 3002(a) applies have been collected and disbursed as provided in this subtitle; and (B) submits to Congress the final report required by section 3006. (2) Such final report shall include the determination (and the justification thereof) described in paragraph (1)(A). Such report shall also be published in the Federal Register. (b) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of section 3003(d) shall continue to be applicable to the use of restitutionary amounts received under this subtitle as long as such funds remain available. SEC. 3008. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this subtitle: (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy. (2) The term "subpart V regulations" means the provisions of Subpart V—Special Procedures for Distribution of Refunds (10 CFR 205.280-205.288) and any amendment made after the date of the enactment of this Act, and all precedents and decisions under such regulations, but only to the extent that such provi-

15 USC 4506.

Reports. Federal Register, publication.

15 USC 4507.