Petroleum Import Adjustment Program-- Background and Analysis of Legal Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gasoline.

Import quotas.

Revenue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1980

Summary:

Identifies and discusses legal issues regarding the petroleum import adjustment program, created by President Carter under Proclamation 4744 to impose a gasoline conservation fee on imports of crude oil. Examines statutory authority of the President to take actions to adjust the import, allocation, and pricing of crude oil under the Trade Expansion Act (TEA) and the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act (EPAA). Describes Proclamation 4744, and addresses legal issues regarding revenue aspects, procedural formulation, and decontrol effects of the proclamation; and the conjunction of TEA and EPAA

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Petroleum Import Adjustment Program-- Background and Analysis of Legal Issues

Publisher Number:

CRS-1980-AML-0046

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