---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch77/schI/ptB"
level: "part"
label: "Part B"
heading: "Strategic Petroleum Reserve"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch77-schI-ptB"
sections_count: 16
---

# Part B — Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 77 — Energy Conservation › Subchapter I — Domestic Supply Availability

## Sections

- [§6231. Congressional finding and declaration of policy](/usc/42/6231.md)
- [§6232. Definitions](/usc/42/6232.md)
- [§6233. Repealed.](/usc/42/6233.md)
- [§6234. Strategic Petroleum Reserve](/usc/42/6234.md)
- [§6235...6238. Repealed.](/usc/42/6235...6238.md)
- [§6239. Development, operation, and maintenance of the Reserve](/usc/42/6239.md)
- [§6240. Petroleum products for storage, transport, or exchange](/usc/42/6240.md)
- [§6241. Drawdown and sale of petroleum products](/usc/42/6241.md)
- [§6242. Coordination with import quota system](/usc/42/6242.md)
- [§6243. Records and accounts](/usc/42/6243.md)
- [§6244. Repealed.](/usc/42/6244.md)
- [§6245. Annual report](/usc/42/6245.md)
- [§6246. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/6246.md)
- [§6247. SPR Petroleum Account](/usc/42/6247.md)
- [§6247a. Use of underutilized facilities](/usc/42/6247a.md)
- [§6247b. Purchase of oil from marginal wells](/usc/42/6247b.md)