42 U.S.C. § 8532 : US Code - Section 8532: Middle distillate monitoring program

Search 42 U.S.C. § 8532 : US Code - Section 8532: Middle distillate monitoring program

(a) Monitoring program
(1) Not later than 60 days after November 5, 1979, the Secretary
shall establish and maintain a data collection program for
monitoring, at the refining, wholesale, and retail levels, the
supply and demand levels of middle distillates on a periodic basis
in each State.
(2) The program to be established under paragraph (1) shall
provide for -
(A) the prompt collection of relevant demand and supply data
under the authority available to the Secretary under other law;
and
(B) the submission to Congress of periodic reports each
containing a concise narrative analysis of the most recent data
which the Secretary determines are accurate, and a discussion on
a State-by-State basis of trends in such data which the Secretary
determines are significant.
(3) All data and information collected under this program shall
be available to the Congress and committees of the Congress, and,
in accordance with otherwise applicable law, to appropriate State
and Federal agencies and the public.
(4) Nothing in this subsection authorizes the direct or indirect
regulation of the price of any middle distillate.
(5) For purposes of this section, the term "middle distillate"
has the same meaning as given that term in section 211.51 of title
10, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on November 5, 1979.
(b) Report
Before December 31, 1979, the President shall submit a report to
Congress in which the President shall examine the middle distillate
situation, summarizing the data, information, and analyses
described in subsection (a) of this section and discussing in
detail matters required to be addressed in findings made pursuant
to section 760a(d)(1) (!1) of title 15.