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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 776

Effective date. 42 USC 6240 note.

PUBLIC LAW 96-294—JUNE 30, 1980 "(A) the quantity of crude oil in storage within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at least 500,000,000 barrels; or "(B) acquisition, transportation, and injection activities for the Reserve are being undertaken for that fiscal year at a level sufficient to assure that crude oil in storage in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will be increased at an average rate of at least 100,000 barrels per day for that fiscal year. "(2)(A) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall not apply to the United States share of crude oil in the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 which is— "(i) sold to small refiners under section 7430(d) of title 10, United States Code; "(ii) produced, consistent with sound engineering practices, for the purpose of preventing a reduction in the total quantity of crude oil available for ultimate recovery from the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, and the amount produced is the minimum necessary to prevent such reduction; or "(iii) produced for national defense purposes under section 7422(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to an authorization of Congress under that section during the preceding 9-month period.". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 1980. ' SUSPENSION DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

42 USC 6422.

SEC. 803. Section 160 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6240), as amended by sections 801 and 802, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e)(1) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) shall not apply (A) if there is in effect an order of the President directing drawdown and distribution pursuant to section 161 or (B) if— "(i) the President has found in his discretion that compliance with such provisions significantly impairs the ability of the United States to respond to a severe energy supply interruption or to meet the obligations of the United States under the international energy program; "(ii) the President has transmitted such finding to the Congress in accordance with section 552, together with a request for a suspension of such provisions; and "(iii) such request has been approved by a resolution by each House of the Congress within 60 days of continuous session after the date of its transmittal, in accordance with the provisions of section 552 applicable to energy conservation contingency plans. "(2) The suspension of application of subsections (c) and (d) under paragraph (1)(B) shall take effect on the date on which a resolution approving that request is adopted by the second House to have so approved that request and shall terminate 9 months thereafter, or such earlier date as is specified in the request transmitted under paragraph (l)(B)(ii). "(3) In applying the provisions of section 552 for purposes of paragraph (1)(B)— "(A) subsections (d)(2) and (d)(7) shall not apply; and "(B) the references to any energy conservation contingency plan shall be considered to refer to a request under this subsection.