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15 U.S.C. § 13a — Discrimination in rebates, discounts, or advertising service charges; underselling in particular localities; penalties
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It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to be a party to, or assist in, any transaction of sale, or contract to sell, which discriminates to his knowledge against competitors of the purchaser, in that, any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge is granted to the purchaser over and above any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge available at the time of such transaction to said competitors in respect of a sale of goods of like grade, quality, and quantity; to sell, or contract to sell, goods in any part of the United States at prices lower than those exacted by said person elsewhere in the United States for the purpose of destroying competition, or eliminating a competitor in such part of the United States; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competitor.
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It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to be a party to, or assist in, any transaction of sale, or contract to sell, which discriminates to his knowledge against competitors of the purchaser, in that, any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge is granted to the purchaser over and above any discount, rebate, allowance, or advertising service charge available at the time of such transaction to said competitors in respect of a sale of goods of like grade, quality, and quantity; to sell, or contract to sell, goods in any part of the United States at prices lower than those exacted by said person elsewhere in the United States for the purpose of destroying competition, or eliminating a competitor in such part of the United States; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competitor.
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**(a)** In administering the naval petroleum reserves under this chapter, the Secretary shall use, store, or sell the petroleum produced from the naval petroleum reserves and lands covered by joint, unit, or other cooperative plans.
**(b)**
(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each sale of the United States share of petroleum shall be made by the Secretary at public sale to the highest qualified bidder, at such time, in such amounts, and after such advertising as the Secretary considers proper and without regard to Federal, State, or local regulations controlling sales or allocation of petroleum products. Each sale of the United States share of petroleum shall be for periods of not more than one year, except that a sale of natural gas may be made for a period of more than one year.
(2) The Secretary may not sell any part of the United States share of petroleum produced from Naval Petroleum Reserves Numbered 2 and 3 at a price less than the current sales price, as estimated by the Secretary, of comparable petroleum in the same area.
(3) For purposes of paragraph (2), the term “petroleum” does not include natural gas liquids.
**(c)** In no event shall the Secretary permit the award of any contract which would result in any person obtaining control, directly or indirectly, over more than 20 percent of the estimated annual United States share of petroleum produced from Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1.
**(d)** Each proposal for sale under this title shall provide that the terms of every sale of the United States share of petroleum from the naval petroleum reserves shall be so structured as to give full and equal opportunity for the acquisition of petroleum by all interested persons, including major and independent oil producer
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 13b
(b) Burden of rebutting prima-facie case of dis-
crimination
Upon proof being made, at any hearing on a
complaint under this section, that there has
been discrimination in price or services or facili-
ties furnished, the burden of rebutting the
prima-facie case thus made by showing justifica-
tion shall be upon the person charged with a vio-
lation of this section, and unless justification
shall be affirmatively shown, the Commission is
authorized to issue an order terminating the dis-
crimination: Provided, however, That nothing
herein contained shall prevent a seller rebutting
the prima-facie case thus made by showing that
his lower price or the furnishing of services or
facilities to any purchaser or purchasers was
made in good faith to meet an equally low price
of a competitor, or the services or facilities fur-
nished by a competitor.
(c) Payment or acceptance of commission, bro-
kerage, or other compensation
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in
commerce, in the course of such commerce, to
pay or grant, or to receive or accept, anything of
value as a commission, brokerage, or other com-
pensation, or any allowance or discount in lieu
thereof, except for services rendered in connec-
tion with the sale or purchase of goods, wares,
or merchandise, either to the other party to
such transaction or to an agent, representative,
or other intermediary therein where such inter-
mediary is acting in fact for or in behalf, or is
subject to the direct or indirect control, of any
party to such transaction other than the person
by whom such compensation is so granted or
paid.
(d) Payment for services or facilities for proc-
essing or sale
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in
commerce to pay
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