---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6506"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6506"
heading: "Applicability of antitrust provisions; plans and proposals submitted to Congress to contain report by Attorney General on impact of plans and proposals on competition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6506"
units:
  - "Chapter 78 — National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska"
---

# §6506. Applicability of antitrust provisions; plans and proposals submitted to Congress to contain report by Attorney General on impact of plans and proposals on competition


Unless otherwise provided by Act of Congress, whenever development leading to production of petroleum is authorized, the provisions of subsections (g), (h), and (i) of [section 8730 of title 10](/usc/10/8730.md) shall be deemed applicable to the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of the Interior with respect to rules and regulations, plans of development and amendments thereto, and contracts and operating agreements. All plans and proposals submitted to the Congress under this chapter or pursuant to legislation authorizing development leading to production shall contain a report by the Attorney General of the United States on the anticipated effects upon competition of such plans and proposals.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 106, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 306; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1844.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “section 8730 of title 10” for “section 7430 of title 10”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.