An Act to authorize and require the President of the United States to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system which jeopardize the public health, safety, or welfare; to provide for the delegation of authority; and for other purposes.
PL 93-159 (S.1570), enacted 11/27/1973

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the enactment of this Act, such provisions, ordei-s, and requirements 
shall terminate on the date of expiration of the one-year period 
following the date of the enactment of this Act, except that as to 
offenses committed, or rights or liabilities incurred, prior to such 
termination date, the provisions of this Act, and such rules, orders, 
and requirements, shall be treated as still remaining in force for the 
purpose of sustaining any proper suit, action, or prosecution with 
respect to any such right, liability, or offense. 
(b) With respect to any such rules adopted pursuant to such section 
3(a) to regulate and stabilize rents in the District of Columbia, the 
Council shall, on the expiration of six-month period following the 
effective date of such rules, conduct a hearing with a view to deter-
mining whether such rules should be modified or terminated by reason 
of a change in the situation w^hich existed in the District at the time 
of the adoption of such rules and which was the basis for such rules. 
The provisions of the first sentence of section 3(b) of this Act shall 
be applicable with respect to such hearing held pursuant to this 
subsection. 
EMERGENCY EENT CONTROL ACT REPEALED 
SEC. 9. The District of Columbia Emergency Rent Act of 1951 (D.C. 
Code, sees. 45-1601—45-1611) is hereby repealed. 
eslTal'. 98. 
Approved November 21, 1973. 
Public Law 93-158 
A N A C T 
November 26, 1973 
To amend Public Law 93-60 to increase the autliorization for appropriations to 
[s.2 64,')] 
the Atomic Energy Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ame7ica in Congress assembled. That section 101(a) 
Atomic Energy 
of Public Law 93-60 is hereby amended by striking therefrom the "^A^propiiTuon 
figure "$1,740,750,000" and substituting the figure "$1,751,450,000". 
authorization 
SEC. 2. Section 101(b) of Public Law 93-60 is hereby amended by '"^^^//p. 143. 
adding to subsection (b)(1) the follow^ing words: "Project 74r-l-i, 
additional waste concentration and salt cake storage facilities, Rich-
land, Washington, $30,000,000.". 
Approved November 26, 1973. 
Public Law 93-159 
A N A C T 
November 27, 1973 
To authorize and require the President of tlie United States to allocate crude 
^^' ^^^°J 
oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products to deal with existing 
or imminent shortages and dislocations in the national distribution system 
which jeopardize the public health, safety, or welfare; to provide for the 
delegation of authority ; and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
Emergency 
be cited as the "Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973". 
ca^?on^A^tt"°" 
1973, 
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[87 STAT. 
FINDINGS AND PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby determines that— 
(1) shortages of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petro-
leum products caused by inadequate domestic production, environ-
mental constraints, and the unavailability of imports sufficient 
to satisfy domestic demand, now exist or are imminent; 
(2) such shortages have created or will create severe economic 
dislocations and hardships, including loss of jobs, closing of 
factories and businesses, reduction of crop plantings and har-
vesting, and curtailment of vital public services, including the 
transportation of food and other essential goods; and 
(3) such hardships and dislocations jeopardize the normal flow 
of commerce and constitute a national energy crisis which is a 
threat to the public health, safety, and welfare and can be averted 
or minimized most efficiently and effectively through prompt 
action by the Executive branch of Government. 
(b) The purpose of this Act is to grant to the President of the United 
States and direct him to exercise specific temporary authority to deal 
with shortages of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum 
products or dislocations in their national distribution system. The 
authority granted under this Act shall be exercised for the purpose of 
minimizing the adverse impacts of such shortages or dislocations on 
the American people and the domestic economy. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term "branded independent marketer" means a person 
who is engaged in the marketing or distributing of refined petro-
leum products pursuant to— 
(A) an agreement or contract with a refiner (or a person 
who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control 
with such refiner) to use a trademark, trade name, service 
mark, or other identifying symbol or name owned by such 
refiner (or any such person), or 
(B) an agreement or contract under which any such person 
engaged in the marketing or distributing of refined petroleum 
products is granted authority to occupy premises owned, 
leased, or in any way controlled by a refiner (or person who 
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with 
such refiner), 
but who is not affiliated with, controlled by, or under common con-
trol with any refiner (other than by means of a supply contract, or 
an agreement or contract described in subparagraph (A) or (B)), 
and who does not control such refiner. 
(2) The term "nonbranded independent marketer" means a per-
son who is engaged in the marketing or distributing of refined 
petroleum products, but who (A) is not a refiner, (B) is not a 
person who controls, is controlled by, is under common control 
with, or is affiliated with a refiner (other than by means of a supply 
contract), and (C) is not a branded independent marketer. 
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(3) The term "independent refiner" means a refiner who (A) 
obtained, directly or indirectly, in the calendar quarter which 
ended immediately prior to the date of enactment of this Act, more 
than 70 per centum of his refinery input of domestic crude oil (or 
70 per centum of his refinery input of domestic and imported 
crude oil) from producers who do not control, are not controlled 
by, and are not under common control with, such refiner, and (B) 
marketed or distributed in such quarter and continues to market 
or distribute a substantial volume of gasoline refined by him 
through branded independent marketers or nonbranded independ-
ent marketers. 
(4) The term "small refiner" means a refiner whose total refinery 
capacity (including the refinery capacity of any person who con-
trols, is controlled by, or is under common control with such 
refiner) does not exceed 175,000 barrels per day. 
(5) The term "refined petroleum product" means gasoline, kero-
sene, distillates (including Number 2 fuel oil), LPG, refined lubri-
cating oils, or diesel fuel. 
(6) The term "LPG" means propane and butane, but not 
ethane. 
(7) The term "United States" when used in the geographic 
sense means the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
and the territories and possessions of the United States. 
MANDATORY ALLOCATION 
SEC. 4. (a) Not later than fifteen days after the date of enactment 
Regulation. 
of this Act, the President shall promulgate a regulation providing for 
the mandatory allocation of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and each refined 
petroleum product, in amounts specified in (or determined in a man-
ner prescribed by) and at prices specified in (or determined in a man-
ner prescribed by) such regulation. Subject to subsection (f), such 
Effective date. 
regulation shall take effect not later than fifteen days after its promul-
gation. Except as provided in subsection (e) such regulation shall 
apply to all crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products 
produced in or imported into the United States. 
(b) (1) The regulation under subsection (a), to the maximum extent 
practicable, shall provide for— 
(A) protection of public health, safety, and welfare (including 
maintenance of residential heating, such as individual homes, 
apartments, and similar occupied dwelling units), and the national 
defense; 
(B) maintenance of all public services (including facilities and 
services provided by municipally, cooperatively, or investor owned 
utilities or by any State or local government or authority, and 
including transportation facilities and services which serve the 
public at large); 
(C) maintenance of agricultural operations, including farming, 
ranching, dairy, and fishing activities, and services directly related 
thereto; 
(D) preservation of an economically sound and competitive 
petroleum industry; including the priority needs to restore and 
foster competition in the producing, refining, distribution, mar-
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[87 
STAT. 
Price regula-
tions. 
Allocation, con-
sideration for cer-
tain persons. 
Refined petro-
leum and crude 
oil products. 
Pro rata reduc-
tions. 
keting, and petrochemical sectors of such industry, and to preserve 
the competitive viability of independent refiners, small refiners, 
nonbranded independent marketers, and branded independent 
marketers; 
(E) the allocation of suitable types, grades, and quality of crude 
oil to refineries in the United States to permit such refineries to 
operate at full capacity; 
(F) equitable distribution of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and 
refined petroleum products at equitable prices among all regions 
and areas of the United States and sectors of the petroleum 
industry, including independent refiners, small refiners, non-
branded independent marketers, branded independent marketers, 
and among all users; 
(G) allocation of residual fuel oil and refined petroleum 
products in such amounts and in such manner as may be necessaiy 
for the maintenance of exploration for, and production or extrac-
tion of, fuels, and for required transportation related thereto; 
(H) economic efficiency; and 
(I) minimization of economic distortion, inflexibility, and 
unnecessary interference with market mechanisms. 
(2) In specifying prices (or prescribing the manner for determin-
ing them), such regulation shall provide for— 
(A) a dollar-for-dollar passthrough of net increases in the 
cost of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum products 
to all marketers or distributors at the retail level; and 
(B) the use of the same date in the computation of markup, 
margin, and posted price for all marketers or distributors of 
crude oil, residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products at all 
levels of marketing and distribution. 
(3) The President in promulgating the regulation under subsection 
(a) shall give consideration to allocating crude oil, residual fuel oil, 
and refined petroleum products in a manner which results in making 
available crude oil, residual fuel oil, or refined petroleum products to 
any person whose use of fuels other than crude oil, residual fuel oil, 
and refined petroleum products has been curtailed by, or pursuant to 
a. plan filed in compliance with, a rule or order of a Federal or State 
agency, or where such person's supply of such other fuels is unobtain-
able by reason of an abandonment of service permitted or ordered by 
a Federal or State agency. 
(c) (1) To the extent practicable and consistent with the objectives 
of subsections (b) and (d), the mandatory allocation program estab-
lished under the regulation under subsection (a) shall be so structured 
as to result in the allocation, during each period during which the 
regulation applies, of each refined petroleum product to each branded 
independent marketer, each nonbranded independent marketer, each 
small refiner and each independent refiner, and of crude oil to each 
small refiner and each independent refiner, in an amount not less than 
the amount sold or otherwise supplied to such marketer or refiner 
during the corresponding period of 1972, adjusted to provide— 
(A) in the case of refined petroleum products, a pro rata reduc-
tion in the amount allocated to each person engaged in the market-
ing or distribution of a refined petroleum product if the aggregate 
amount of such product produced in and imported into the United 
States is less than the aggregate amount produced and imported 
in calendar year 1972; and 
(B) in the case of crude oil, a pro rata reduction in the amount 
of crude oil allocated to each refiner if the aggregate amount 
adjustment. 
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631 
produced in and imported into the United States is less than the 
aggregate amount produced and imported in calendar year 1972. 
(2) (A) The President shall report to the Congress monthly, begin- 
Presidential 
ning not later than January 1, 1974, with respect to any change after g^essV" *^°"* 
calendar year 1972 in— 
(i) the aggregate share of nonbranded independent marketers, 
(ii) the aggregate share of branded independent marketers, and 
(iii) the aggregate share of other persons engaged in the 
marketing or distributing of refined petroleum products, 
of the national market or the regional market in any refined petroleum 
product (as such regional markets shall be determined by the 
President). 
(B) If allocation of any increase of the amount of any refined ^^^,|^°^^'„'°" 
petroleum product produced in or imported into the United States in 
excess of the amount produced or imported in calendar year 1972 
contributes to a significant increase in any market share described in 
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (A), the President shall by 
order require an equitable adjustment in allocations of such product 
under the regulation under subsection (a). 
(3) The President shall, by order, require such adjustments in the 
allocations of crude oil, residual fuel oil, and refined petroleum prod-
ucts established under the regulation under subsection (a) as may 
reasonably be necessary (A) to accomplish the objectives of subsec-
tion (b), or (B) to prevent any person from taking any action which 
would be inconsistent with such objectives. 
(4) The President may, by order, require such adjustments in the 
allocations of refined petroleum products and crude oil established 
under the regulation under subsection (a) as he determines may rea-
sonably be necessary— 
(A) in the case of refined petroleum products (i) to take into 
consideration market entry by branded independent marketers and 
nonbranded independent marketers during or subsequent to calen-
dar year 1972, or (ii) to take into consideration expansion or 
reduction of marketing or distribution facilities of such marketers 
during or subsequent to calendar year 1972, and 
(B) in the case of crude oil (i) to take into consideration 
market entry by independent refiners and small refiners during or 
subsequent to calendar year 1972, or (n) to take into consideration 
expansion or reduction of refining facilities of such refiners dur-
ing or subsequent to calendar year 1972. 
Any adjustments made under this paragraph may be made only upon a 
finding that, to the maximum extent practicable, the objectives of sub-
sections (b) and (d) of this section are attained. 
(5) To the extent practicable and consistent with the objectives of 
subsections (b) and (d), the mandatory allocation program established 
under the regulation under subsection (a) shall not provide for alloca-
tion of LPG in a manner which denies LPG to any industrial user if 
no substitute for LPG is available for use by such industrial user. 
(d) The regulation under subsection (a) shall require that crude 
°}^ produced or 
oil, residual fuel oil, and all refined petroleum products which are 
produced or refined within the LTnited States shall be totally allocated 
for use by ultimate users within the ITnited States, to the extent prac-
ticable and necessary to accomplish the objectives of subsection (b). 
(e) (1) The provisions of the regulation under subsection (a) shall 
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, at producer level, 
specify (or prescribe a manner for determining) prices oi crude oil at exemption. 
the producer level, but, upon a finding by the President that to require 
LPG allocation. 
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[87 STAT. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Gasoline allo-
cation. 
85 Stat. 743. 
12 u s e 1904 
note. 
Presidential 
report to Con-
gress. 
Termination 
date. 
Exemption. 
allocation at the producer level (on a national, regional, or case-by-case 
basis) is unnecessary to attain the objectives of subsection (b)(1)(E) 
or the other objectives of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, 
such regulation need not require allocation of crude oil at such level. 
Any finding made pursuant to this subsection shall be transmitted to 
the Congress in the form of a report setting forth the basis for the 
President's finding that allocation at such level is not necessary to 
attain the objectives referred to in the preceding sentence. 
(2) (A) I'he regulation promulgated under subsection (a) of this 
section shall not apply to the first sale of crude oil produced in the 
United States from any lease whose average daily production of crude 
oil for the preceding calendar year does not exceed ten barrels per well. 
(B) To qualify for the exemption under this paragraph, a lease must 
be operating at the maximum feasible rate of production and in accord 
witli recognized conservation practices. 
(C) Any agency designated by the President under section 5(b) for 
such purpose is authorized to conduct inspections to insure compliance 
with this paragraph and shall promulgate and cause to be published 
regulations implementing the provisions of this paragraph. 
(f)(1) The provisions of the regulation under subsection (a) 
respecting allocation of gasoline need not take effect until thirty days 
after the promulgation of such regulation, except that the provisions 
of such regulation respecting price of gasoline shall take effect not 
later than fifteen days after its promulgation. 
(2) I f -
(A) an order or regulation under section 203(a)(3) of the 
Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 applies to crude oil, residual 
fuel oil, or a refined petroleum product and has taken effect on 
or before the fifteenth day after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and 
(B) the President determines that delay in the effective date 
of provisions of the regulation under subsection (a) relating to 
such oil or product is in the public interest and is necessary to 
effectuate the transition from the program under such section 203 
(a) (3) to the mandatory allocation program required under this 
Act, 
he may in the regulation promulgated under subsection (a) of this 
section delay, until not later than thirty days after the date of the 
promulgation of the regulation, the effective date of the provisions of 
such regulation insofar as they relate to such oil or product. At the 
same time the President promulgates such regulation, he shall report 
to Congress setting forth his reasons for the action under this 
paragraph. 
(g)(1) The regulation promulgated and made effective under sub-
section (a) shall remain in effect until midnight February 28, 1975, 
except that (A) the President or his delegate may amend such regula-
tion so long as such regulation, as amended, meets the requirements of 
this section, and (B) the President may exempt crude oil, residual 
fuel oil, or any refined petrolum product from such regulation in 
accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection. The authority to 
promulgate and amend the regulation and to issue any order under 
this section, and to enforce under section 5 such regulation and any 
such order, expires at midnight February 28,1975, but such expiration 
shall not affect any action or pending proceedings, civil or criminal, 
not finally determined on such date, nor any action or proceeding based 
upon any act committed prior to midnight February 28, 1975. 
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633 
(2) If at any time after the date of enactment of this Act the Presi- aJ^^^'^^^'j"" 
dent finds that application of the reguhition under subsection (a) to 
crude oil, residual fuel oil, or a refined petroleum product is not neces-
sary to carry out this Act, that there is no shortage of such oil or prod-
uct, and that exempting such oil or product from such regulation will 
not have an adverse impact on the supply of any other oil or refined 
petroleum products subject to this Act, he may prescribe an amend-
ment to the regulation under subsection (a) exempting such oil or 
product from such regulation for a period of not more than ninety 
days. The President shall submit any such amendment and any such 
findings to the Congress. An amendment under this paragraph may 
not exempt more than one oil or one product. Such an amendment shall 
Effective date. 
take effect on a date specified in the amendment, but in no case sooner 
than the close of the earliest period which begins after the submission 
of such amendment to the Congress and which includes at least five 
days during which the House was in session and at least five days dur-
ing which the Senate was in session; except that such amendment 
shall not take effect if before the expiration of such period either House 
of Congress approves a resolution of that House stating in substance 
that such House disapproves such amendment. 
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 5. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), (A) sections 
msrh 211 of the Economic Stabilizatioil Act of 1970 (as in 
85 Stat. 747, 
205 through 211 of the Economic Stabilizatioil Act of 1970 ($ 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act) shall apply to the regula- ^^^2 use i904 
tion promulgated under section 4(a), to any order under this Act, and note. 
to any action taken by the President (or his delegate) under this Act, 
as if such regulation had been promulgated, such order had been 
issued, or such action had been taken under the Economic Stabiliza-
tion Act of 1970; and (B) section 212 (other than 212(b)) and 213 
of such Act shall apply to functions under this Act to the same 
extent such sections apply to functions under the Economic Stabiliza-
tion Act of 1970. 
(2) The expiration of authority to issue and enforce orders and 
regulations under section 218 of such Act shall not affect any authority 
to amend and enforce the regulation or to issue and enforce any order 
under this Act, and shall not effect any authority under sections 212 
and 213 insofar as such authority is made applicable to functions 
under this Act. 
(b) The President may delegate all or any portion of the authority 
granted to him under this Act to such officers, departments, or agencies 
of the United States, or to any State (or officer thereof), as he deems 
appropriate. 
EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS AND ACTIONS TAKEN THEREUNDER 
SEC. 6. (a) All actions duly taken pursuant to clause (3) of the first 
sentence of section 203 (a) of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 in 
effect immediately prior to the effective date of the regulation promul-
gated under section 4(a) of this Act, shall continue in effect until 
modified pursuant to this Act. 
(b) The regulation under section 4 and any order issued thereunder 
shall preempt any provision of any program for the allocation of crude 
oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product established by 
any State or local government if such provision is in conflict with such 
regulation or any such order. 
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[87 STAT. 
Immunity re-
strictions. 
"Antitrust 
laws." 
26 Stat. 209; 
69 Stat. 282. 
38 Stat. 730; 
49 Stat. 1526. 
38 Stat. 717; 
52 Stat. 111. 
28 Stat. 570. 
Report to Presi-
dent. 
Meeting. 
Antitrust laws 
or breach of con-
tract, defense. 
(c) (1) Except as specifically provided in this subsection, no pro-
visions of this Act shall be deemed to convey to any person subject to 
this Act immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses 
to actions, under the antitrust laws. 
(2) As used in this subsection, the term "antitrust laws" includes— 
(A) the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce 
against unlawful restraints and monopolies", approved July 2, 
1890 (15U.S.C.letseq.); 
(B) the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws 
against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other pur-
poses", approved October 15,1914 (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.); 
(C) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.); 
(D) sections 73 and 74 of the Act entitled "An Act to reduce 
taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other 
purposes", approved August 27, 1894 (15 U.S.C. 8 and 9); and 
(E) the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 13a, 
13b, and 21a). 
(3) The regulation promulgated under section 4(a) of this Act shall 
be forwarded on or before the date of its promulgation to the Attorney 
(xeneral and to the Federal Trade Commission, who shall, at least 
seven days prior to the effective date of such regulation, report to the 
President with respect to whether such regulation would tend to create 
or maintain anticompetitive practices or situations inconsistent with 
the antitrust laws, and propose any alternative which would avoid or 
overcome such effects while achieving the purposes of this Act. 
(4) Whenever it is necessary, in order to comply with the provisions 
of this Act or the regulation or any orders under section 4 thereof, for 
owners, directors, officers, agents, employees, or representatives of two 
or more persons engaged in the business of producing, refining, market-
ing, or distributing crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum 
product to meet, confer, or communicate in such a fashion and to such 
ends that might otherwise be constinied to constitute a violation of the 
antitrust laws, such persons may do so only upon an order of the 
President (or of an officer or agency of the United States to whom the 
President has delegated authority under section 5(b) of this Act); 
which order shall specify and limit the subject matter and objectives of 
such meeting, conference, or communication. Moreover, such meeting, 
conference, or communication shall take place only in the presence of 
a representative of the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice, and a verbatim transcript of such meeting, conference, or com-
munication shall be taken and deposited, together with any agreement 
resulting therefrom, with the Attorney (xeneral and the Federal Trade 
Commission, where it shall be made available for public inspection. 
(5) There shall be available as a defense to any action brought under 
the antitrust laws, or for breach of contract in any Federal or State 
court arising out of delay or failure to provide, sell, or offer for sale or 
exchange crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any lefined petroleum product, 
that such delay or failure was caused solely by compliance Avith the 
provisions of this Act or with the regulation or any order under section 
4 of this Act. 
(6) There shall be available as a defense to any action brought under 
the antitrust laws arising from any meeting, conference, or communica-
tion or agreement resulting therefrom, held or made solely for the 
purpose of complying with the provisions of this Act or the regulation 
or any order under section 4 thereof, that such meeting, conference, 
communication, or agreement was carried out or made in accordance 
with the requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection. 
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STAT.] 
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635 
MONITORING BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
SEC» 7. (a) During the forty-five day period beginning on the effec-
tive date on which the regulation under section 4 first takes effect, the 
Federal Trade Commission shall monitor the program established 
under such regulation; and, not later than sixty days after such effec-
tive date, shall report to the President and to the Congress respecting 
the effectiveness of this Act and actions taken pursuant thereto. 
(b) For purposes of carrying out this section, the Federal Trade 
Commission's authority, under sections 6, 9, and 10 of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act to gather and compile information and to ^^ ^^ 
require furnishing of information, shall extend to any individual or 62 stat! 909 
partnership, and to any common carrier subject to the Acts to regulate ^^^ ^^^ '*^' ''^' 
commerce (as such Acts are defined in section 4 of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act). 
Approved November 27, 1973. 
Report to Presi-
dent and Con-
gress. 
38 Stat. 721; 
84 Stat. 929; 
Public Law 93-160 
AN ACT 
To extend Civil Service Federal Employees Group Life Insurance and Federal 
Employees Health Benefits coverage to United States nationals employed by 
the Federal Government. 
November 27, 1973 
[H. R. 3801] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) section 
8701(a) (B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(B) an employee who is not a citizen or national of the L^nited 
States and whose permanent duty station is outside the United 
States and the Panama Canal Zone; or" 
(b) Section 8901(1) (ii) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
" (ii) an employee who is not a citizen or national of the United 
States and whose permanent duty station is outside the United 
States and the Panama Canal Zone;". 
Approved November 27, 1973. 
, 
Federal employ-
ees insurance. 
U.S. nationals, 
coverage. 
80 Stat. 592; 
84 Stat. 869. 
Public Law 93-161 
AN ACT 
To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to authorize the 
President to extend certain privileges and immunities to the Organization of 
African Unity. 
November 27, 1973 
[H. R. 8219] 
Organization of 
African Unity. 
Certain privi-
leges and immuni-
ties, extension. 
59 Stat. 669; 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Interna-
tional Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288-288f) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 12. The provisions of this title may be extended to the Organi-
zation of African Unity in the same manner, to the same extent, and so stat. s 
subject to the same conditions, as they may be extended to a public 
international organization in which the LTnited States participates 
pursuant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress 
authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such 
participation." 
Approved November 27, 1973.