2013 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 60 - NATURAL GAS POLICY (§§ 3301 - 3432)
Subchapter V - ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW (§§ 3411 - 3418)
Section 3411 - General rulemaking authority

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 60 - NATURAL GAS POLICY
SUBCHAPTER V - ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW
Sec. 3411 - General rulemaking authority
Containssection 3411
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 95-621, title V, §501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396; Pub. L. 101-60, §3(b)(4), July 26, 1989, 103 Stat. 159.
Statutes at Large References92 Stat. 3396
103 Stat. 159
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 95-621, Public Law 101-60

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General rulemaking authority - 15 U.S.C. § 3411 (2013)
§3411. General rulemaking authority (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.

(Pub. L. 95–621, title V, §501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396; Pub. L. 101–60, §3(b)(4), July 26, 1989, 103 Stat. 159.)

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1989 AMENDMENT

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.

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