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sistance under contracts, leases, cooperative agree- 

 ments, or other transactions entered Into pursuant 

 to subsection (d) or (g) of section 766 of this title 

 which In the opinion of the Comptroller General 

 may be related or pertinent to such contracts, leases, 

 cooperative agrreements, or similar transactions. 



(d) Subpenas; committee resolution; issuance; pro- 

 duction of evidence. 



To assist In carrying out his responsibilities under 

 this section, the Comptroller General may, with the 

 concurrence of a duly established committee of Con- 

 gress having legislative or Investigative jurisdiction 

 over the subject matter and upon the adoption of a 

 resolution by such a committee which sets forth 

 specifically the scope and necessity therefor, and 

 the specific identity of those persons from whom In- 

 formation Is sought, sign and issue subpenas requir- 

 ing the production of the books, documents, papers, 

 statistics, data, records, and information referred to 

 In subsection (b) of this section. 



(e) Enforcement of subpenas; jurisdiction; order for 

 production of evidence ; contempt. 



In case of disobedience to a subpena issued under 

 subsection (d) of this section, the Comptroller Gen- 

 eral may Invoke the aid of any district court of the 

 United States in requiring the production of the 

 books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, 

 and Information referred to In subsection (b) of this 

 section. Any district court of the United States 

 within the Jurisdiction where such person Is found 

 or transacts business may. in case of contumacy or 

 refusal to obey a subpena Issued by the Comptroller 

 General, Issue an order requiring such person to 

 produce the books, documents, papers, statistics, 

 data, records, or information; and any failure to 

 obey such order of the court shall be punished by 

 the court as a contempt thereof. 



(f) Availability to public of reports submitted to Con- 

 gress; prohibited disclosures: confidential infor- 

 mation nnd trade secrets; preservation of confi- 

 dentiality in disclosures to Government. 



Reports submitted by the Comptroller General to 

 the Congress pursuant to this section shall be avail- 

 able to the public at reasonable cost and upon Identi- 

 fiable request. The Comptroller General may not 

 disclose to the public any information which con- 

 cerns or relates to a trade secret or other matter 

 referred to in section 1905 of Title 18, except that 

 such Information shall be disclosed by the Comp- 

 troller General or the Administrator, in a manner 

 designed to preserve its confidentiality — 



(1) to other Federal Government departments, 

 agencies, and officials for official use upon request; 



(2) to committees of congress upon request; and 



(3) to a court in any judicial proceeding under 

 court order. 



(Pub. L. 93-275, § 12, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 106.) 



Effective and Termination Dates 

 Section effective sixty days after May 7, 1974, or sooner 

 under Presidential notice published In Federal Register, 

 and terminating June 30. 1976. see section 30 of Pub, L. 

 93-275, sit, out as a note under section 761 of this title. 



§ 772. Administrator's information-gathering power. 



(a) Comprehensive and particular energy information ; 

 categorical groupings; monitoring activity and 

 policy guidance. 



The Administrator shall collect, assemble, evalu- 

 ate, and analyze energy information by categorical 

 groupings, established by the Administrator, of suffi- 

 cient comprehensiveness and particularity to permit 

 fully informed monitoring and policy guidance with 

 respect to the exercise of his functions imder this 

 chapter. 



(b) Information and data to Administrator from own- 

 ers or operators of facilities or business premises 

 engaged in energy matters. 



All persons owning or operating facilities or busi- 

 ness premises who are engaged In any phase of 

 energy supply or major energy consumption shall 

 make available to the Administrator such informa- 

 tion and periodic reports, records, documents, and 

 other data, relating to the purposes of this chapter, 

 Including full identification of all data and projec- 

 tions as to source, time, and methodology of develop- 

 ment, as the Administrator may prescribe by regula- 

 tion or order as necessary or appropriate for the 

 proper exercise of functions under this chapter. 



(c) General or special orders for filing reports or 

 answers in writing to specific questions, surveys, 

 or questionnaires; oath or otherwise; filing pe- 

 riod. 



The Administrator may require, by general or spe- 

 cial orders, any person engaged in any phase of 

 energy supply or major energy consumption to file 

 with the Administrator in such form as he may pre- 

 scribe, reports or answers In writing to such specific 

 questions, surveys, or questionnaires as may be nec- 

 essary to enable the Administrator to carry out his 

 functions under this chapter. Such reports and an- 

 swers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as 

 the Administrator may prescribe, and shall be filed 

 with the Administrator within such reasonable 

 period as he may prescribe. 



(d) Investigations, physical inspections, inventories 

 and samples, copies, and interrogations. 



The Administrator, to verify the accuracy of in- 

 formation he has received or otherwise to obtain 

 information necessary to perform his functions 

 under this chapter, is authorized to conduct investi- 

 gations, and in connection therewith, to conduct, at 

 reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, physi- 

 cal inspections at energy facilities and business 

 premises, to inventory and sample any stock of fuels 

 or energy sources therein, to inspect and copy rec- 

 ords, reports, and documents from which energy 

 information has been or is being compiled, and tg, 

 question such persons as he may deem necessary, 



(e) Subpenas; attendance and testimony of witnesses! 

 production of evidence; enforcement; judicial 

 orders; contempt. 



(1) The Administrator, or any of his duly au- 

 thorized agents, shall have the power to require by 

 subpena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, 

 and the production of all information, documents. 



