§ 717w. Short title

Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands

Definitions

Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities

Jurisdiction of Commission

Disposition of products

Definitions

Federal purchase and disposition of oil and gas

National Energy Information System; information required to be maintained

Authorization of certain sales and transportation

Assignment of contractual rights to receive surplus natural gas

Coordination with the Natural Gas Act

Common carrier status

Export limitations

Issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity

Initiation of rulemaking procedures before Commission

Relationship to antitrust laws

Emergency purchase authority

Federal Power Commission reviews and reports

Preservation of contractual interest

Voluntary conversion of natural gas users to heavy fuel oil

State jurisdiction over in-State delivery of natural gas

Savings provisions

Conserved natural gas

Establishment and implementation of priorities

Clauses prohibiting certain sales, transportation, and commingling

Limitation on revoking or amending certain pre-1969 certificates of public convenience and necessity

Jurisdiction of offenses; enforcement of liabilities and duties

Exclusion from Natural Gas Act provisions

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the United States national petroleum reserves the development of which needs to lie regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy needs of the Nation, and for other purposes

To assure uniformity in the exercise of regulatory jurisdiction pertaining to the transportation of natural gas and to clarify that the local transportation of natural gas by a distribution company is a matter within State jurisdiction and subject to regulation by State commissions, and for other pu

To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for the duty-free entry of competition bobsleds and luges

For the relief of Joe Cortina of Tampa, Florida

To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to provide for the safe operation of pipelines transporting natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, to provide standards with respect to the siting, construction, and operation of liquefied natural gas facilities, and for other purposes

To establish a Department of Energy in the executive branch by the reorganization of energy functions within the Federal Government in order to secure effective management to assure a coordinated national energy policy, and for other purposes

To authorize the President of the United States to order emergency deliveries and transportation of natural gas to deal with existing or imminent shortages by providing assistance in meeting requirements for high-priority uses; to provide authority for short-term emergency purchases of natural gas;

To expedite a decision on the delivery of Alaska natural gas to United States markets, and for other purposes

To establish a policy for the management of oil and natural gas in the Outer Continental Shelf; to protect the marine and coastal environment; to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; and for other purposes

To amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes

To suspend until the close of June 30, 1980, the duty on certain doxorubicin hydrochloride antibiotics

This act may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”

Construction, extension, or abandonment of facilities