15 U.S.C. § 715m — Cooperation between Secretary of the In-

Page 1186 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 Repealed.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 depreciation. 717i. Periodic and special reports. 717j. State compacts for conservation, transpor- tation, etc., of natural gas. 717k. Officials dealing in securities. 717l. Complaints. 717m. Investigations by Commission. 717n. Process coordination; hearings; rules of pro- cedure. 717o. Administrative powers of Commission; rules, regulations, and orders. 717p. Joint boards. 717q. Appointment of officers and employees. 717r. Rehearing and review. 717s. Enforcement of chapter. 717t. General penalties. 717t–1. Civil penalty authority. 717t–2. Natural gas market transparency rules. 717u. Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of li- abilities and duties. 717v. Separability. 717w. Short title. 717x. Conserved natural gas. Sec. 717y. Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil. 717z. Emergency conversion of utilities and other facilities. § 717. Regulation of natural gas companies (a) Necessity of regulation in public interest As disclosed in reports of the Federal Trade Commission made pursuant to S. Res. 83 (Seven- tieth 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 con- sumption 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 nat- ural 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 provi- sions 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 ul- timately consumed within such State, or to any facilities used by such person for such transpor- tation or sale, provided that the rates and serv- ice of such person and facilities be subject to regulation by a State commission. The matters exempted from the provisions of this chapter by this subsection are declared to be matters pri- marily of local concern and subject to regula- tion by the several States. A certification from such State commission to the Federal Power Commission that such State commission has regulatory jurisdiction over rates and service of such person and facilities and is exercising such jurisdiction shall constitute conclusive evidence of such regulatory power or jurisdiction. (d) Vehicular natural gas jurisdiction The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person solely by reason of, or with re- spect to, any sale or transportation of vehicular natural gas if such person is— (1) not otherwise a natural-gas company; or (2) subject primarily to regulation by a State commission, whether or not such State commission has, or is exercising, jurisdiction