((a)) ** In general**
((1)) Subject to paragraph (2)—
((A)) all rulings, policies, or other statements (including any administrative order or settlement agreement) issued after , by any office, official, or employee of the Department of Energy; and
((B)) all orders, including declaratory judgments, issued by any court after ,
((2)) Nothing in this section shall affect the settlement approved on , in In Re: the Department of Energy Stripper Well Exemption Litigation, M.D.L. No. 378, in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.
((b)) ** to (d) Repealed. , as added , , , 2681–295**
((e)) ** Repeal of subsections (b) to (d); equitable distribution of escrow remainder to claimants** Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section are repealed, and any rights that may have arisen are extinguished, on the date of the enactment of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. After that date, the amount available for direct restitution to current and future refined petroleum product claimants under this chapter is reduced by the amounts specified in title II of that Act as being derived from amounts held in escrow under . The Secretary shall assure that the amount remaining in escrow to satisfy refined petroleum product claims for direct restitution is allocated equitably among the claimants.section 4501(d) of this title