15 U.S.C. § 4502 : US Code - Section 4502: Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts

Search 15 U.S.C. § 4502 : US Code - 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(b) to (d) Repealed.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, Sec. 3003(e), as
added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(e) [title III, Sec. 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Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section are repealed, and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.