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[USC03] 42 USC 6272: International voluntary agreements
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42 USC 6272: International voluntary agreements Text contains those laws in effect on March 19, 2018
Effective 90 days after December 22, 1975, the requirements of this section shall be the sole procedures applicable to-
(1) There shall be available as a defense to any civil or criminal action brought under the antitrust laws (or any similar State law) in respect to actions taken to develop or carry out a voluntary agreement or plan of action by persons engaged in the business of producing, transporting, refining, distributing, or storing petroleum products (provided that such actions were not taken for the purpose of injuring competition) that-
(A) such actions were taken-
Section 4558 of title 50 shall not apply to any agreement or action undertaken for the purpose of developing or carrying out-
(2) The term "international emergency response provisions" means-
(B) the emergency response measures adopted by the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (including the July 11, 1984, decision by the Governing Board on "Stocks and Supply Disruptions") for-
(1) With respect to any plan of action approved by the Attorney General after July 2, 1985-
(A) the defenses under subsection (f) and (j) shall be applicable to Type 1 activities (as that term is defined in the International Energy Agency Emergency Management Manual, dated December 1982) only if-
(2) This subsection is enacted by the Congress-
( Pub. L. 94–163, title II, §252, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 894 ; Pub. L. 95–619, title VI, §691(b)(2), Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3288 ; Pub. L. 96–30, June 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 80 ; Pub. L. 96–94, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 720 ; Pub. L. 96–133, §§1, 2, Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1053 ; Pub. L. 97–5, Mar. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 7 ; Pub. L. 97–50, Sept. 30, 1981, 95 Stat. 957 ; Pub. L. 97–163, Apr. 1, 1982, 96 Stat. 24 ; Pub. L. 97–190, June 1, 1982, 96 Stat. 106 ; Pub. L. 97–217, July 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 196 ; Pub. L. 97–229, §2(a), (b)(2), Aug. 3, 1982, 96 Stat. 248 ; Pub. L. 98–239, Mar. 20, 1984, 98 Stat. 93 ; Pub. L. 99–58, title I, §§104(c)(2), (4), 105, July 2, 1985, 99 Stat. 105 ; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, §1091(g), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722 ; Pub. L. 105–177, §1(4), June 1, 1998, 112 Stat. 105 .)
The Antitrust Civil Process Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(4), is Pub. L. 87–664, Sept. 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 548 , which is classified principally to chapter 34 (§1311 et seq.) of Title 15. For complete classification of that Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1311 of Title 15 and Tables.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (h)(2), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 94–163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871 , known as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables.
1998-Subsecs. (a)(1), (b). Pub. L. 105–177, §1(4)(A), substituted "international emergency response provisions" for "allocation and information provisions of the international energy program".
1995-Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted ", at such intervals as are appropriate based on significant developments and issues, reports" for ", at least once every 6 months, a report".
1985-Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 99–58, §104(c)(4), substituted "subsection (f) or (j)" for "subsection (f) or (k)".
1984-Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 98–239 substituted "June 30, 1985" for "December 31, 1983".
1982-Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97–229, §2(a), substituted "at midnight December 31, 1983" for "August 1, 1982".
1981-Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 97–50 substituted "April 1, 1982" for "September 30, 1981".
1979-Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 96–133, §2, inserted provisions respecting access to transcripts.
1978-Subsecs. (b), (c)(1)(A)(iii), (2), (3), (d)(1), (2), (e)(2). Pub. L. 95–619 substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator", meaning Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 100–373, §2, July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 878 , directed Secretary of Energy, in consultation with Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce, to conduct a study to determine how best to enhance cooperation between United States and other countries of Western Hemisphere with respect to energy policy including stable supplies of, and stable prices for, energy, with Secretary of Energy to report results of such study to Congress, propose a comprehensive international energy policy for United States designed to enhance cooperation between United States and other countries of the Western Hemisphere, and recommend such action as Secretary deemed necessary to establish and implement such policy.
Pub. L. 96–133, §3, Nov. 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1053 , directed Secretary of Energy, in consultation with Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Chairman of Federal Trade Commission, to prepare and submit to appropriate committees of Congress, a report concerning actions taken by them to carry out provisions of this section, which report was to examine and discuss extent to which all, or part, of any meeting held in accordance with subsec. (c) of this section to carry out a voluntary agreement or to develop or carry out a plan of action should be open to interested persons in furtherance of provisions of subsec. (c)(1)(A) of this section, policies and procedures followed by appropriate Federal agencies in reviewing and making public or withholding from the public all, or part, of any transcript of any meeting held to develop or carry out a voluntary agreement or plan of action under this section and in permitting persons, other than citizens of United States, to review such transcripts prior to any public disclosure thereof, extent to which classification of all, or part, of such transcripts should be carried out by one agency, adequacy of actions by responsible Federal agencies in insuring that standards and procedures required by this section are fully implemented and enforced, including monitoring of program concerning any anticompetitive effects, and number of personnel, and amount of funds, assigned by each such agency to carry out such standards and procedures, actions taken, or to be taken, to improve reporting of energy supply data under international energy program and to reconcile such reporting with similar reporting that is conducted by Department of Energy, actions taken, or planned, to improve reporting required by subsec. (i) of this section, and other actions under subsec. (i) of this section and to transmit such report to such committees within 120 days after Nov. 30, 1979, and to make such report available to the public.