§ 4502. — Identification and disbursement of restitutionary amounts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC4502]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 71--PETROLEUM OVERCHARGE DISTRIBUTION AND RESTITUTION
Sec. 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(b) to (d) Repealed.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Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section are repealed, and any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.
(Pub. L. 99-509, title III, Sec. 3003, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1882;
Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(e) [title III, Sec. 337], Oct. 21,
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-295.)
References in Text
The 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, Oct. 21, 1998, 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.
Amendments
1998--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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 4503, 4505, 4506 of this
title.
