PUBLIC LAW 97-229—AUG. 3, 1982
96 STAT. 253
and distribution of petroleum products by product category at the wholesale and retail levels, on a State-by-State basis, which was collected as of September 1, 1981, by the Energy Information Administration.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for such Act is~ amended by inserting the following new item after the item relating to section 506: "Sec. 507. Petroleum product information.". SEC. 6. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON PETROLEUM SUPPLY INTERRUPTIONS.
(a) IMPACT ANALYSIS.—(1) The Secretary of Energy shall analyze the impact on the domestic economy and on consumers in the United States of reliance on market allocation and pricing during any substantial reduction in the amount of petroleum products available to the United States. In making such analysis, the Secretary of Energy may consult with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. Such analysis shall— (A) examine the equity and efficiency of such reliance, (B) distinguish between the impacts of such reliance on various categories of business (including small business and agriculture) and on households of different income levels, (C) specify the nature and administration of monetary and fiscal policies that would be followed including emergency tax cuts, emergency block grants, and emergency supplements to income maintenance programs, and (D) describe the likely impact on the distribution of petroleum products of State and local laws and regulations (including emergency authorities) affecting the distribution of petroleum products. Such analysis shall include projections of the effect of the petroleum supply reduction on the price of motor gasoline, home heating oil, and diesel fuel, and on Federal tax revenues, Federal royalty receipts, and State and local tax revenues. (2) Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to the Congress and the President containing the analysis required by this subsection, including a detailed step-by-step description of the procedures by which the policies specified in paragraph dXC) would be accomplished in an emergency, along with such recommendations as the Secretary of Energy deems appropriate. (b) STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN AND DISTRIBUTION
REPORT.—The President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress, at the time he transmits the drawdown plan pursuant to section 4(c), a report containing— (1) a description of the foreseeable situations (including selective and general embargoes, sabotage, war, act of God, or accident) which could result in a severe energy supply interruption or obligations of the United States arising under the international energy program necessitating distributions from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and (2) a description of the strategy or alternative strategies of distribution which could reasonably be used to respond to each situation described under paragraph (1), together with the theory and justification underlying each such strategy.
42 USC 6245 note.
Consultation with other Federal agencies.
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