Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 6202


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 6202. Definitions

      As used in this chapter:
        (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
        (2) The term "person" includes (A) any individual, (B) any
      corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society,
      trust, joint venture, or joint stock company, and (C) the
      government and any agency of the United States or any State or
      political subdivision thereof.
        (3) The term "petroleum product" means crude oil, residual fuel
      oil, or any refined petroleum product (including any natural
      liquid and any natural gas liquid product).
        (4) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia,
      Puerto Rico, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any
      territory or possession of the United States.
        (5) The term "United States" when used in the geographical
      sense means all of the States and the Outer Continental Shelf.
        (6) The term "Outer Continental Shelf" has the same meaning as
      such term has under section 1331 of title 43.
        (7) The term "international energy program" means the Agreement
      on an International Energy Program, signed by the United States
      on November 18, 1974, including (A) the annex entitled "Emergency
      Reserves", (B) any amendment to such Agreement which includes
      another nation as a party to such Agreement, and (C) any
      technical or clerical amendment to such Agreement.
        (8) The term "severe energy supply interruption" means a
      national energy supply shortage which the President determines - 
          (A) is, or is likely to be, of significant scope and
        duration, and of an emergency nature;
          (B) may cause major adverse impact on national safety or the
        national economy; and
          (C) results, or is likely to result, from (i) an interruption
        in the supply of imported petroleum products, (ii) an
        interruption in the supply of domestic petroleum products, or
        (iii) sabotage or an act of God.

        (9) 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 (15 U.S.C. 1, et seq.);
          (B) the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing laws
        against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other
        purposes", 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
        purpose", 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).

        (10) The term "Federal land" means all lands owned or
      controlled by the United States, including the Outer Continental
      Shelf, and any land in which the United States has reserved
      mineral interests, except lands - 
          (A) held in trust for Indians or Alaska Natives,
          (B) owned by Indians or Alaska Natives with Federal
        restrictions on the title,
          (C) within any area of the National Park System, the National
        Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation
        System, the National System of Trails, or the Wild and Scenic
        Rivers System, or
          (D) within military reservations.



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