Emergency Natural Gas Act Amendments

Summary

Emergency Natural Gas Act Amendments - Title I: Natural Gas Emergency Purchase Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Power Commission to exempt from regulation sales of natural gas to interstate pipelines where such sales are not otherwise committed to interstate commerce and where the pipeline company is curtailing deliveries of natural gas supplies. Title II: Emergency Natural Gas Allocation Act - Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the President to designate an Emergency Coordinator of natural gas. Directs the Emergency Coordination, utilizing the existing organization and facilities of the Federal Power Commission and the Federal Energy Administration, to establish procedures to transfer natural gas from one interstate pipeline to another in order to alleviate shortages of natural gas. Stipulates that the authority granted under this title shall expire April 30, 1977.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 January 1977

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