Information on the Department of Energy's Budgets for Enforcing Its Petroleum Allocation and Pricing Regulations and Its Process for Distributing Oil Company Overcharge Refunds

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Economic Regulatory Administration's (ERA) budget for enforcing the Department of Energy's (DOE) petroleum allocation and pricing regulations. In addition, GAO included information on the Office of Hearing and Appeals' (OHA) fiscal year 1981-84 budgets and the DOE process for resolving the cases involving funds collected from oil companies in settling alleged violations of DOE petroleum allocation and pricing regulations.