15 U.S.C. § 4502

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 4502 - Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts

(a) In general

(1) Subject to paragraph (2)-

(A) all rulings, policies, or other statements (including any administrative order or settlement agreement) issued after October 21, 1986, by any office, official, or employee of the Department of Energy; and

(B) all orders, including declaratory judgments, issued by any court after October 21, 1986,

shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the settlement approved on July 7, 1986, in In Re: the Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.

(b) to (d) Repealed. Pub. L. 99-509, title III, §3003(e), as added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, §101(e) [title III, §337], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-295

(e) Repeal of subsections (b) to (d); equitable distribution of escrow remainder to claimants

Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section are repealed, and any rights that may have arisen are extinguished, on the date of the enactment of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. After that date, the amount available for direct restitution to current and future refined petroleum product claimants under this chapter is reduced by the amounts specified in title II of that Act as being derived from amounts held in escrow under section 4501(d) of this title. The Secretary shall assure that the amount remaining in escrow to satisfy refined petroleum product claims for direct restitution is allocated equitably among the claimants.

15 U.S.C. § 4502

Pub. L. 99-509, title III, §3003, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1882; Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, §101(e) [title III, §337], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-295.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, referred to in subsec. (e), is section 101(e) of div. A of Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-231. Provisions of title II of the Act relating to amounts held in escrow under section 4501(d) of this title (112 Stat. 2681-276) are not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.This chapter, referred to in subsec. (e), was in the original "this Act", which was translated as meaning this subtitle, which enacted this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

AMENDMENTS1998-Subsecs. (b) to (e). Pub. L. 105-277 added subsec. (e) which struck out subsec. (b) relating to disbursement of restitutionary amounts as direct restitution to injured persons, subsec. (c) relating to determination of excess amount to be used for indirect restitution, and subsec. (d) relating to disbursement of excess amount as indirect restitution for energy conservation programs.

Secretary: The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
energy conservation programs: The term "energy conservation programs" means-(A) the program under part A of the Energy Conservation and Existing Buildings Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6861 and following);(B) the programs under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (relating to primary and supplemental State energy conservation programs; 42 U.S.C. 6321 and following);(C) the program under part G of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (relating to energy conservation for schools and hospitals; 42 U.S.C. 6371 and following); and(D) the program under the National Energy Extension Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7001 and following).