---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 2001"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "2001"
heading: "Findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/2001"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Crude Oil Transportation Systems"
---

# §2001. Findings


The Congress finds and declares that—

- (1) a serious crude oil supply shortage may soon exist in portions of the United States;
- (2) a large surplus of crude oil on the west coast of the United States is projected;
- (3) any substantial curtailment of Canadian crude oil exports to the United States could create a severe crude oil shortage in the [northern tier States](/usc/43/2003.md?p=1);
- (4) pending the authorization and completion of west-to-east crude oil delivery systems, Alaskan crude oil in excess of west coast needs will be transshipped through the Panama Canal at a high transportation cost;
- (5) national security and regional supply requirements may be such that west-to-east crude delivery systems serving both the [northern tier States](/usc/43/2003.md?p=1) and [inland States](/usc/43/2003.md?p=2), consistent with the requirements of section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 594), commonly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, are needed;
- (6) expeditious Federal and [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8) decisions for west-to-east crude oil delivery systems are of the utmost priority; and
- (7) resolution of the west coast crude oil surplus and the need for crude oil in [northern tier States](/usc/43/2003.md?p=1) and [inland States](/usc/43/2003.md?p=2) require the assignment and coordination of overall responsibility within the executive branch to permit expedited action on all necessary environmental assessments and decisions on permit applications concerning delivery systems.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 594), commonly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, referred to in par. (5), is section 410 of Pub. L. 93–153, Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 594, which is set out as a note under section 1651 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

The definition of “State” in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section.