42 U.S.C. § 8532 — Middle distillate monitoring program

(a) Monitoring program. (1) Within 60 days after November 5, 1979, the Secretary^* had to set up and run a program collecting data on middle-distillate supply and demand — at the refining, wholesale, and retail levels — periodically, state^* by state. (2) The program had to (A) collect the relevant demand and supply data promptly, using the Secretary's existing legal authority, and (B) send Congress periodic reports with a short summary of the most recent data the Secretary finds accurate, and a state-by-state discussion of any significant trends. (3) All the data and information collected must be available to Congress and its committees, and — following other applicable law — to the right state and federal agencies and the public. (4) Nothing here lets the government regulate the price of middle distillates, directly or indirectly. (5) 'Middle distillate' has the same meaning as in section 211.51 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, as it read on November 5, 1979.

(b) Report. Before December 31, 1979, the President had to report to Congress examining the middle-distillate situation, summarizing the data and analysis from (a), and discussing in detail the matters required in the findings under section 760a(d)(1) of title 15.