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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Part B · Chapter 60 — Natural Gas Policy

§ 3373. Effect of certain natural gas prices on indefinite price escalator clauses

Statutory text

(a)

High-cost natural gas

No price paid in any first sale of high-cost natural gas (as defined in section 3317(c) 1 of this title, as such section was in effect on ) may be taken into account in applying any indefinite price escalator clause (as defined in section 3315(b)(3)(B) 1 of this title, as such section was in effect on ) with respect to any first sale of any natural gas other than high-cost natural gas (as defined in section 3317(c) 1 of this title, as such section was in effect on ).

(b)

Other transactions

No price paid—

(1)

in any sale authorized under section 3362(a) of this title, or

(2)

pursuant to any order issued under section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (g) of this title,

may be taken into account in applying any indefinite price escalator clause (as defined in section 3315(b)(3)(B) 1 of this title, as such section was in effect on ).

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 95–621 title III § 313 · 92 Stat. 3350

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3373

    Pub. L. 95–621, title III, § 313, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3392

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–621, title III, § 313, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3392

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC 313. EFFECT OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRICES ON INDEFINITE PRICE ESCALATOR CLAUSES. (a) 15 USC 3373.Ante, p. 3366. High-Cost Natural Gas.— No price paid in any first sale of high-cost natural gas (as defined in section 107(c)) may be taken into account in applying any indefinite price escalator clause (as defined in Ante, p. 3363. section 105(b) (3)(B)) with respect to any first sale of any natural gas other than high-cost natural gas (as defined in section 107 (c)). (b) Other Transactions.—No price paid— (1) in any sale authorized under section 302(a), or (2) pursuant to any order issued under section 303 (b), (c), (d),or (g), may be taken into account in applying any indefinite price escalator clause (as defined in section 105(d) (3) (B)).

  2. Pub. L. 101–60 § 3(b)(3) · 103 Stat. 157

    Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 3373

    Pub. L. 101–60 inserted “, as such section was in effect on January 1, 1989” in four places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–60 inserted “, as such section was in effect on January 1, 1989” in four places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Section 313 (15 U.S.C, 3373) is amended by inserting “, as such section was in effect on January 1, 1989” after “section 107(c)” both places it appears, and after “section 105(b)(3)(B)” both places it appears.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 101–60 effective Jan. 1, 1993, see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101–60, set out as a note under section 3372 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Sections 3315 and 3317 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed effective , by Pub. L. 101–60, § 2(b), , 103 Stat. 158.

Amendments

1989—Pub. L. 101–60 inserted “, as such section was in effect on ” in four places.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–60 effective , see section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101–60, set out as a note under section 3372 of this title.

Credits

1978–1989 · 2 acts
  1. 1978Pub. L. 95–621, title III, § 313, , 92 Stat. 3392
  2. 1989Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(3), , 103 Stat. 159.
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(Pub. L. 95–621, title III, § 313, , 92 Stat. 3392; Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(3), , 103 Stat. 159.)

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