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42 USC § 6250 - Establishment 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6250"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6250 - Establishment"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6250"
section_name: "Establishment"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DOMESTIC SUPPLY AVAILABILITY"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 181, as added Pub. L. 106–469, title II, § 201(a)(3), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2034.)"
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# § 6250. Establishment

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary may establish, maintain, and operate in the Northeast a Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve. A Reserve established under this part is not a component of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve established under part B of this subchapter. A Reserve established under this part shall contain no more than 2 million barrels of petroleum distillate.

**(b)** For the purposes of this part—

**(1)** the term “Northeast” means the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey;

**(2)** the term “petroleum distillate” includes heating oil and diesel fuel; and

**(3)** the term “Reserve” means the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve established under this part.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 181, as added Pub. L. 106–469, title II, § 201(a)(3), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2034.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 191 and was classified to , prior to repeal by .