10 CFR § 221.34 - Effect of order.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s221.34"
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title: "10 CFR § 221.34 - Effect of order."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "221.34"
section_name: "Effect of order."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "OIL"
part_number: "221"
part_name: "PRIORITY SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNDER THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Defense Production Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2061  E.O. 10480 (18 FR 4939, Aug. 18, 1953) as amended by E.O. 12038 (43 FR 4957, Feb. 7, 1978), and E.O. 11790 (39 FR 23785, June 27, 1974)."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 76433, Nov. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 221.34 Effect of order.

*Defense against claims for damages.* No person shall be liable for damages or penalties for any act or failure to act resulting directly or indirectly from compliance with any ERA authorized priority-rated supply order or ERA directive issued pursuant to this part, notwithstanding that such priority-rated supply order or directive thereafter be declared by judicial or other competent authority to be invalid.