Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

50 U.S.C. § 4516

Designation of energy as a strategic and critical material

Provided1

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
For purposes of this chapter, “energy” shall be designated as a “strategic and critical material” after : , That no provision of this chapter shall, by virtue of such designation  grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for the mandatory allocation or pricing of any fuel or feedstock (including, but not limited to, crude oil, residual fuel oil, any refined petroleum product, natural gas, or coal) or electricity or any other form of energy.

Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 932Pub. L. 96–294, title I, § 10394 Stat. 617Pub. L. 111–67, § 5123 Stat. 2009(, title I, § 106, as added , , ; amended , , .)

Termination of Section

section 4564(a) of this titleFor termination of section, see .

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 93264 Stat. 798section 4501 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Defense Production Act of 1950, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 2076 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–67act Sept. 8, 1950, ch. 9322009— substituted “such designation” for “such designation—” and “energy.” for “energy; or”, struck out par. (1) designation before “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President for”, and struck out par. (2) which read as follows: “grant any new direct or indirect authority to the President to engage in the production of energy in any manner whatsoever (such as oil and gas exploration and development, or any energy facility construction), except as expressly provided in sections 305 and 306 [of ] for synthetic fuel production.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

section 107 of Pub. L. 96–294section 4502 of this titleSection effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under .