Date: August 1, 1979
Subject: Gasoline Rationing
Description: Passage of the bill to authorize the President, with the consent of Congress, to require rationing of gasoline during a 20 percent oil shortage and to impose conservation measures on uncooperative states during a 10 percent oil shortage. This bill frustrates efforts by the Administration and Dept. of Energy bureaucrats to impose rationing or force conservation on their own terms. It makes the possibility of either action less likely and preserves the rights of Congress to veto any such rationing/conservation scheme.
Result: Bill Passed, 263-159
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