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15 U.S.C. § 717u — Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties
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The District Courts of the United States and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this chapter or the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder, and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder. Any criminal proceeding shall be brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder may be brought in any such district or in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant, and process in such cases may be served wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28. No costs shall be assessed against the Commission in any judicial proceeding by or against the Commission under this chapter.
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The District Courts of the United States and the United States courts of any Territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction of violations of this chapter or the rules, regulations, and orders thereunder, and of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder. Any criminal proceeding shall be brought in the district wherein any act or transaction constituting the violation occurred. Any suit or action to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order thereunder may be brought in any such district or in the district wherein the defendant is an inhabitant, and process in such cases may be served wherever the defendant may be found. Judgments and decrees so rendered shall be subject to review as provided in sections 1254, 1291, and 1292 of title 28. No costs shall be assessed against the Commission in any judicial proceeding by or against the Commission under this chapter.
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The District of Columbia constitutes one judicial district.
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This chapter may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”
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**(a) In general** Any person that violates this chapter, or any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 per day per violation for as long as the violation continues.
**(b) Notice** The penalty shall be assessed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for public hearing.
**(c) Amount** In determining the amount of a proposed penalty, the Commission shall take into consideration the nature and seriousness of the violation and the efforts to remedy the violation.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 717u
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1
et seq.).
(d) Compliance with requirements
(1) The Commission shall not condition access
to interstate pipeline transportation on the re-
porting requirements of this section.
(2) The Commission shall not require natural
gas producers, processors, or users who have a de
minimis market presence to comply with the re-
porting requirements of this section.
(e) Retroactive effect
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no per-
son shall be subject to any civil penalty under
this section with respect to any violation occur-
ring more than 3 years before the date on which
the person is provided notice of the proposed
penalty under section 717t–1(b) of this title.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case in
which the Commission finds that a seller that
has entered into a contract for the transpor-
tation or sale of natural gas subject to the juris-
diction of the Commission has engaged in fraud-
ulent market manipulation activities materi-
ally affecting the contract in violation of sec-
tion 717c–1 of this title.
(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, § 23, as added Pub. L.
109–58, title III, § 316, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 691.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Commodity Exchange Act, referred to in subsec.
(c)(2), is act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, 42 Stat. 998, which is
classified generally to chapter 1 (§ 1 et seq.) of Title 7,
Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see section 1 of Title 7 and Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 23 of act June 21, 1938, was renum-
bered section 25 and is classified to section 717v of this
title.
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