---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7156"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7156"
heading: "Transfers from Department of the Navy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7156"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter III — Transfers of Functions"
---

# §7156. Transfers from Department of the Navy


There are transferred to and vested in the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) all functions vested by [chapter 869](/usc/10/chstC/ptIV/ch869.md) of title 10, in the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) of the Navy as they relate to the administration of and jurisdiction over—

- (1) Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 2, 1912;
- (2) Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 2 (Buena Vista), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 13, 1912;
- (3) Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (Teapot Dome), located in Wyoming, established by Executive order of the President, dated April 30, 1915;
- (4) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916, as amended by Executive order dated June 12, 1919;
- (5) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 2, located in Utah, established by Executive order of the President, dated December 6, 1916; and
- (6) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3, located in Colorado, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 27, 1924.

In the administration of any of the functions transferred to, and vested in, the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) by this section the [Secretary](/usc/42/7385s.md?p=3) shall take into consideration the requirements of national security.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 307, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 581; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(n)(3)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1844.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 869 of title 10” for “chapter 641 of title 10” in introductory provisions.

### 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.