In the Senate of the United States,

September 28, 1996.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3868) entitled ‘‘An Act to extend certain programs under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act

through September 30, 1996.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT

2 AMENDMENTS.

3 The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amend4 ed—

5 (1) by amending section 166 (42 U.S.C. 6246) to

6 read as follows:

7 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

8 ‘‘SEC. 166. There are authorized to be appropriated

9 for fiscal year 1997 such sums as may be necessary to im10 plement this part.’’;
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1 (2) in section 181 (42 U.S.C. 6251) by striking

2 ‘‘June 30, 1996’’ both places it appears and inserting

3 in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1997’’;

4 (3) by striking ‘‘section 252(l)(1)’’ in section

5 251(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 6271(e)(1)) and inserting ‘‘sec6 tion 252(k)(1)’’;

7 (4) in section 252 (42 U.S.C. 6272)—

8 (A) in subsections (a)(1) and (b), by strik9 ing ‘‘allocation and information provisions of

10 the international energy program’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘international emergency response provisions’’;

12 (B) in subsection (d)(3), by striking

13 ‘‘known’’ and inserting after ‘‘circumstances’’

14 ‘‘known at the time of approval’’;

15 (C) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘shall’’

16 and inserting ‘‘may’’;

17 (D) in subsection (f)(2) by inserting ‘‘vol18 untary agreement or’’ after ‘‘approved’’;

19 (E) by amending subsection (h) to read as

20 follows—

21 ‘‘(h) Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950

22 shall not apply to any agreement or action undertaken for

23 the purpose of developing or carrying out—

24 ‘‘(1) the international energy program, or
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1 ‘‘(2) any allocation, price control, or similar

2 program with respect to petroleum products under

3 this Act.’’;

4 (F) in subsection (i) by inserting ‘‘annu5 ally, or’’ after ‘‘least’’ and by inserting ‘‘during

6 an international energy supply emergency’’ after

7 ‘‘months’’;

8 (G) in subsection (k) by amending para9 graph (2) to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘international emergency response

11 provisions’ means—

12 ‘‘(A) the provisions of the international en13 ergy program which relate to international allo14 cation of petroleum products and to the informa15 tion system provided in the program, and

16 ‘‘(B) the emergency response measures

17 adopted by the Governing Board of the Inter18 national Energy Agency (including the July 11,

19 1984, decision by the Governing Board on

20 ‘Stocks and Supply Disruptions’) for—

21 ‘‘(i) the coordinated drawdown of

22 stocks of petroleum products held or con23 trolled by governments; and

24 ‘‘(ii) complementary actions taken by

25 governments during an existing or impend-
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1 ing international oil supply disruption.’’;

2 and

3 (H) by amending subsection (l) to read as

4 follows:

5 ‘‘(l) The antitrust defense under subsection (f) shall not

6 extend to the international allocation of petroleum products

7 unless allocation is required by chapters III and IV of the

8 international energy program during an international en9 ergy supply emergency.’’;

10 (5) by adding at the end of section 256(h),

11 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal

12 year 1997 such sums as may be necessary to carry

13 out this part.’’;

14 (6) by adding at the end of section 256(h) (42

15 U.S.C. 6276(h)) ‘‘There are authorized to be appro16 priated for fiscal year 1997 such sums as may be nec17 essary to carry out this part.’’;

18 (7) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285) by striking

19 ‘‘June 30, 1996’’ both places it appears and inserting

20 in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1997’’;

21 (8) in section 365(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 6325(f)(1)) by

22 striking ‘‘not to exceed’’ and all that follows through

23 ‘‘fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for

24 fiscal year 1997 such sums as may be necessary’’;
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1 (9) by amending section 397 (42 U.S.C. 6371f)

2 to read as follows:

3 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

4 ‘‘SEC. 397. For the purpose of carrying out this part,

5 there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1997

6 such sums as may be necessary.’’; and

7 (10) in section 400BB(b) (42 U.S.C. 6374a(b))

8 by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

10 the Secretary for carrying out this section such sums

11 as may be necessary for fiscal year 1997, to remain

12 available until expended.’’.

13 SEC. 2. ENERGY CONSERVATION AND PRODUCTION ACT

14 AMENDMENT.

15 Section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Produc16 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6872) is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

18 ‘‘SEC. 422. For the purpose of carrying out the weath19 erization program under this part, there are authorized to

20 be appropriated for fiscal year 1997 such sums as may be

21 necessary.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3868

AMENDMENT