42 USC § 6250c - Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6250c"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6250c - Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6250c"
section_name: "Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account"
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, § 184, as added Pub. L. 106–469, title II, § 201(a)(3), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2036.)"
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# § 6250c. Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account

**(a)** **Establishment** Upon a decision of the Secretary of Energy to establish a Reserve under this part, the Secretary of the Treasury shall establish in the Treasury of the United States an account known as the “Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account” (referred to in this section as the “Account”).

**1** **Deposits** [^1]

the  Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Account any amounts appropriated to the Account and any receipts from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of petroleum distillate from the Reserve.

So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

**(c)** **Obligation of amounts** The Secretary of Energy may obligate amounts in the Account to carry out activities under this part without the need for further appropriation, and amounts available to the Secretary of Energy for obligation under this section shall remain available without fiscal year limitation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–163, title I, § 184, as added Pub. L. 106–469, title II, § 201(a)(3), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2036.)