10 U.S.C. § 8723

Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]

Section 8723 - Periodic re-examination of production requirements

The Secretary shall from time to time reexamine the need for the production of petroleum from oil shale for national defense when that production is authorized under section 8722 of this title. If he finds that the authorized quantity is no longer needed, he shall reduce production to the amount currently needed for national defense.

10 U.S.C. § 8723

Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 458, §7423; Pub. L. 87-796, §1(3), Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 904; Pub. L. 94-258, title II, §201(4), Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 309; renumbered §8723 and amended Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §§807(d)(5), Aug. 13, 2018, 809, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1840.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
7423	34 U.S.C. 524 (186th through 243d words of 1st par.).	June 4, 1920, ch. 228 (1st par., 186th through 243d words, of amended 3d and 4th provisos), 41 Stat. 813; June 30, 1938, ch. 851, §1, 52 Stat. 1252; June 17, 1944, ch. 262, 58 Stat. 280.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 8723 was renumbered section 9263 of this title.

AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232, §809(a), substituted "section 8722" for "section 7422". Pub. L. 115-232, §807(d)(5), renumbered section 7423 of this title as this section. 1976- Pub. L. 94-258 struck out "of the Navy" after "Secretary" and "or products" after "petroleum". 1962- Pub. L. 87-796 directed the Secretary to reexamine, from time to time, the need for production of products from oil shale.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115-232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115-232 set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Secretary: The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
national defense: The term "national defense" includes the needs of, and the planning and preparedness to meet, essential defense, industrial, and military emergency energy requirements relative to the national safety, welfare, and economy, particularly resulting from foreign military or economic actions.
petroleum: The term "petroleum" includes crude oil, gases (including natural gas), natural gasoline, and other related hydrocarbons, oil shale, and the products of any of such resources.