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15 U.S.C. § 717x — Conserved natural gas
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**(a) Determination of entitlement**
(1) For purposes of determining the natural gas entitlement of any local distribution company under any curtailment plan, if the Commission revises any base period established under such plan, the volumes of natural gas which such local distribution company demonstrates—
(A) were sold by the local distribution company, for a priority use immediately before the implementation of conservation measures, and
(B) were conserved by reason of the implementation of such conservation measures,
shall be treated by the Commission following such revision as continuing to be used for the priority use referred to in subparagraph (A).
(2) The Commission shall, by rule, prescribe methods for measurement of volumes of natural gas to which subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) apply.
**(b) Conditions, limitations, etc.** Subsection (a) shall not limit or otherwise affect any provision of any curtailment plan, or any other provision of law or regulation, under which natural gas may be diverted or allocated to respond to emergency situations or to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
**(c) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) The term “conservation measures” means such energy conservation measures, as determined by the Commission, as were implemented after the base period established under the curtailment plan in effect on November 9, 1978.
(2) The term “local distribution company” means any person engaged in the transportation, or local distribution, of natural gas and the sale of natural gas for ultimate consumption.
(3) The term “curtailment plan” means a plan (including any modification of such plan required by the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 [[15 U.S.C. 3301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid
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**(a) Determination of entitlement**
(1) For purposes of determining the natural gas entitlement of any local distribution company under any curtailment plan, if the Commission revises any base period established under such plan, the volumes of natural gas which such local distribution company demonstrates—
(A) were sold by the local distribution company, for a priority use immediately before the implementation of conservation measures, and
(B) were conserved by reason of the implementation of such conservation measures,
shall be treated by the Commission following such revision as continuing to be used for the priority use referred to in subparagraph (A).
(2) The Commission shall, by rule, prescribe methods for measurement of volumes of natural gas to which subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) apply.
**(b) Conditions, limitations, etc.** Subsection (a) shall not limit or otherwise affect any provision of any curtailment plan, or any other provision of law or regulation, under which natural gas may be diverted or allocated to respond to emergency situations or to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
**(c) Definitions** For purposes of this section—
(1) The term “conservation measures” means such energy conservation measures, as determined by the Commission, as were implemented after the base period established under the curtailment plan in effect on November 9, 1978.
(2) The term “local distribution company” means any person engaged in the transportation, or local distribution, of natural gas and the sale of natural gas for ultimate consumption.
(3) The term “curtailment plan” means a plan (including any modification of such plan required by the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 [[15 U.S.C. 3301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] ) in effect under the Natural Gas Act [[15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] which provides for recognizing and implementing priorities of service during periods of curtailed deliveries.
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**(a) Authority to prescribe maximum lawful prices** Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any State to establish or enforce any maximum lawful price for the first sale of natural gas produced in such State.
**(b) Common carriers** No person shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier under any provision of Federal or State law by reason of any transportation—
(1) pursuant to any order under section 3362(c) or section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i) of this title; or
(2) authorized by the Commission under [section 3371(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3371/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any authority of the Secretary or the Commission under any other provision of law.
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**(a) Necessity of regulation in public interest** As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seventieth Congress, first session) and other reports made pursuant to the authority of Congress, it is declared that the business of transporting and selling natural gas for ultimate distribution to the public is affected with a public interest, and that Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest.
**(b) Transactions to which provisions of chapter applicable** The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to natural-gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, and to the importation or exportation of natural gas in foreign commerce and to persons engaged in such importation or exportation, but shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas or to the local distribution of natural gas or to the facilities used for such distribution or to the production or gathering of natural gas.
**(c) Intrastate transactions exempt from provisions of chapter; certification from State commission as conclusive evidence** The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale, of natural gas received by such person from another person within or at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is ultimately consumed within such State, or to any fa
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This chapter may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”
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Page 1999
TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 3301
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER III—ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES
AND REQUIREMENTS
PART A—EMERGENCY AUTHORITY
3361.
Declaration of emergency.
3362.
Emergency purchase authority.
3363.
Emergency allocation authority.
3364.
Miscellaneous provisions.
PART B—OTHER AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
3371.
Authorization of certain sales and transpor-
tation.
3372.
Assignment of contractual rights to receive
surplus natural gas.
3373.
Effect of certain natural gas prices on indefi-
nite price escalator clauses.
3374.
Clauses prohibiting certain sales, transpor-
tation, and commingling.
3375.
Filing of contracts and agreements.
SUBCHAPTER IV—NATURAL GAS CURTAILMENT
POLICIES
3391.
Natural gas for essential agricultural uses.
3391a.
‘‘Essential agricultural use’’ defined.
3392.
Natural gas for essential industrial process
and feedstock uses.
3393.
Establishment and implementation of prior-
ities.
3394.
Limitation on revoking or amending certain
pre-1969 certificates of public convenience
and necessity.
SUBCHAPTER V—ADMINISTRATION,
ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW
3411.
General rulemaking authority.
3412.
Administrative procedure.
3413.
Repealed.
3414.
Enforcement.
3415.
Intervention.
3416.
Judicial review.
3417.
Repealed.
3418.
Applicability of other Federal statutory pro-
visions relating to information-gathering.
SUBCHAPTER VI—COORDINATION WITH NATURAL
GAS ACT; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
3431.
Coordination with the Natural Gas Act.
3432.
Effect on State laws.
§ 3301. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) Natural gas
The term ‘‘natural gas’’ means either nat-
ural gas unmixed, or any mixture of natural
and artificial gas.
(2) Well
The term ‘‘well’’ means any well for the dis-
covery or production of
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 715l
§ 715l. Repealed. June 22, 1942, ch. 436, 56 Stat.
381
Section, acts Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, § 13, 49 Stat. 33; June
14, 1937, ch. 335, 50 Stat. 257; June 29, 1939, ch. 250, 53
Stat. 927, provided for expiration of this chapter on
June 30, 1942.
§ 715m. Cooperation between Secretary of the In-
terior and Federal and State authorities
The Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out
the Act of February 22, 1935, as amended (15
U.S.C., ch. 15A), is authorized to cooperate with
Federal and State authorities.
(June 25, 1946, ch. 472, § 3, 60 Stat. 307.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of February 22, 1935, referred to in text, is act
Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, 49 Stat. 30, popularly known as the
‘‘Hot Oil Act’’ and also as the ‘‘Connally Hot Oil Act’’,
which is classified generally to this chapter. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 715 of this title and Ta-
bles.
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as a part of act Feb. 22, 1935,
which comprises this chapter.
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Delegation of President’s authority to Secretary of
the Interior, see note set out under section 715j of this
title.
CHAPTER 15B—NATURAL GAS
Sec.
717.
Regulation of natural gas companies.
717a.
Definitions.
717b.
Exportation or importation of natural gas;
LNG terminals.
717b–1.
State and local safety considerations.
717c.
Rates and charges.
717c–1.
Prohibition on market manipulation.
717d.
Fixing rates and charges; determination of
cost of production or transportation.
717e.
Ascertainment of cost of property.
717f.
Construction, extension, or abandonment of
facilities.
717g.
Accounts; records; memoranda.
717h.
Rates of
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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.)
Editorial Notes
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.
§ 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of li-
abiliti
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