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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 60 — Natural Gas Policy

§ 3411. General rulemaking authority

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Except where expressly provided otherwise, the Commission shall administer this chapter. The Commission, or any other Federal officer or agency in which any function under this chapter is vested or delegated, is authorized to perform any and all acts (including any appropriate enforcement activity), and to prescribe, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and orders as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions under this chapter.

(b)

Authority to define terms

Except where otherwise expressly provided, the Commission is authorized to define, by rule, accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this chapter. Any such definition shall be consistent with the definitions set forth in this chapter.

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 V § 501 · 92 Stat. 3350

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 3411

    Pub. L. 95–621, title V, § 501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–621, title V, § 501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 501. GENERAL RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. (a) 15 USC 3411. In General.— Except where expressly provided otherwise, the Commission shall administer this Act. The Commission, or any other Federal officer or agency in which any function under this Act is vested or delegated, is authorized to perform any and all acts (including any appropriate enforcement activity), and to prescribe, issue, amend, and rescind such rules and orders as it may find necessary or appropriate to carry out its functions under this Act. (b) Authority To Define Terms.— Except where otherwise expressly provided, the Commission is authorized to define, by rule, accounting, technical, and trade terms used in this Act. Any such definition shall Ue consistent with the definitions set forth in this Act. (c) Delegation of Certain Determinations.— The Commission may delegate to any State agency (with the consent of such agency) any of its functions with respect to sections 105, 106(b), and 109(a) Ante, pp. 3363, 3365, 3368. (1) and (3).

  2. Pub. L. 101–60 § 3(b)(4) · 103 Stat. 157

    Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 3411(c)

    Pub. L. 101–60 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized Commission to delegate to any State agency (with consent of such agency) any of its functions with respect to sections 3315, 3316(b), and 3319(a)(1) and (3) of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–60 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized Commission to delegate to any State agency (with consent of such agency) any of its functions with respect to sections 3315, 3316(b), and 3319(a)(1) and (3) of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) Section 501(c) (15 U.S.C. 3411(c)) is repealed.

    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

Amendments

1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–60 struck out subsec. (c) which authorized Commission to delegate to any State agency (with consent of such agency) any of its functions with respect to sections 3315, 3316(b), and 3319(a)(1) and (3) of this title.

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 V, § 501, , 92 Stat. 3396
  2. 1989Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(4), , 103 Stat. 159.
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(Pub. L. 95–621, title V, § 501, , 92 Stat. 3396; Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(4), , 103 Stat. 159.)

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