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1 (2) Such information when disclosed in a proceeding 2 under this Act or the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act 3 of 1973 shall be disclosed by the Administrator in a manner 4 which preserves confidentiality to the extent practicable 5 without impairing the proceeding and such information 6 when submitted to the committees of Congress upon request 7 shall not be disclosed except by authority of the committee. (3) Paragraph (2) of this subsection shall govern

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(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively,

and as such shall be considered as a part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which it specifically applies, and such rule shall supersede

other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith, and

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rule (so far as

it relates to the procedure in such House) at any

time, in the same manner, and to the same extent

as in the case of any other rule of such House.

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meaning of the term "executive agency" as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) the term "energy information" includes all information in whatever form on mineral fuel reserves, exploration, extraction, and natural energy resources (to include petrochemical feedstocks) wherever located; production, distribution, and consumption wherever carried on; and includes matters such as corporate structure and proprietary relationships, costs, prices, capital investment and assets and other matters directly related thereto, wherever they exist; and

(3) the term "person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, consortium, or any entity organized for a common business purpose; wherever situated, domiciled or doing business, who directly or through other persons subject to their control do

business in any part of the United States, its territories and possessions, or the District of Columbia.

(i) Information obtained by the Administrator under 20 authority of this Act shall be available to the public in 21 accordance with the provisions of section 552 of title 5, 22 United States Code.

23 SEC. 123. INTRASTATE GAS.

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1 SEC. 124. EXPIRATION.

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The authority under this title to prescribe any rule or 3 order or take other action under this title, or to enforce any 4 such rule or order, shall expire at midnight, June 30, 1975, 5 but such expiration shall not affect any action or pending 6 proceedings, civil or criminal, not finally determined on such 7 date, nor any action or proceeding based upon any act com8 mitted prior to midnight, June 30, 1975.

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12 and under other laws, and to make grants to States under 13 section 121, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 14 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. (b) For the purpose of making payments under grants 16 to States under section 121, there are authorized to be ap17 propriated $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 18 1974, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19 1975.

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to States under section 114, there is authorized to be appro

22 priated $500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 23 1974.

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(2) the anticipated benefits and impacts of the provision of any plan;

(3) the role of State and local government;

(4) the procedures for appeal and review; and

(5) the Federal officers or employees who will administer any plan.

(b) Any contingency plans which describe the exercise 20 of any authority under section 103 or 104 of this Act shall 21 be transmitted to the Congress not later than the date on 22 which any plan or rule relating to such contingency plan is 23 transmitted to the Congress pursuant to the provisions of 24 such sections.

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"ENERGY EMERGENCY AUTHORITY

'SEC. 119. (a) (1) (A) The Administrator may, for 9 any period beginning on or after the date of enactment of 10 this section and ending on or before November 1, 1974, 11 temporarily suspend any stationary source fuel or emission 12 limitation as it applies to any person, if the Administrator 13 finds that such person will be unable to comply with such 14 limitation during such period solely because of unavailability 15 of types or amounts of fuels. Any suspension under this 16 paragraph and any interim requirement on which such sus17 pension is conditioned under paragraph (3) shall be ex18 empted from any procedural requirements set forth in this 19 Act or in any other provision of local, State, or Federal 20 law, except as provided in subparagraph (B).

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