Amendments to the Natural Gas Act: Hearings on S. 734 and S. 1028 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 12
... intent of the Congress and the orders of the Federal Power Commission can be readily and flippantly thwarted at the caprice of a recalcitrant or selfish private concern and thereby defeat a project which has been determined by the ...
... intent of the Congress and the orders of the Federal Power Commission can be readily and flippantly thwarted at the caprice of a recalcitrant or selfish private concern and thereby defeat a project which has been determined by the ...
Page 29
... of the Federal Power Commission and no judge of any court can misconstrue the obvious intent and language of the Congress in this bill . 64758-47- -3 With respect to the subject of production and gathering , AMENDMENTS TO NATURAL GAS ACT ...
... of the Federal Power Commission and no judge of any court can misconstrue the obvious intent and language of the Congress in this bill . 64758-47- -3 With respect to the subject of production and gathering , AMENDMENTS TO NATURAL GAS ACT ...
Page 40
... intent . On the contrary , the Natural Gas Act in its present form being only a little over 5 years old , it would be strange indeed if difficulties had not arisen in connection with the initial application and interpretation of the ...
... intent . On the contrary , the Natural Gas Act in its present form being only a little over 5 years old , it would be strange indeed if difficulties had not arisen in connection with the initial application and interpretation of the ...
Page 41
... intent of Congress as expressed in section 1 ( b ) of the act , to include the independent gas producer - and per- haps even to undertake the regulation of the oil industry as well- with the result that such producers are afraid to sell ...
... intent of Congress as expressed in section 1 ( b ) of the act , to include the independent gas producer - and per- haps even to undertake the regulation of the oil industry as well- with the result that such producers are afraid to sell ...
Page 45
... intent and the will of the Congress . SCOPE AND REACTIONS Under the wartime conditions then prevailing , there were unavoid- able delays in getting the investigation started , the energies of both the Commission and the interested ...
... intent and the will of the Congress . SCOPE AND REACTIONS Under the wartime conditions then prevailing , there were unavoid- able delays in getting the investigation started , the energies of both the Commission and the interested ...
Common terms and phrases
activities administrative amended application authority Chairman coal commerce clause Commis Commission's committee print common carrier Congress conservation consumers convenience and necessity cost decision delivery direct sales distributing companies E. H. Moore effect eminent domain Federal Power Act Federal Power Commission field price fuel gas for resale gas in interstate gas produced gasification hearings House committee independent producers Interstate and Foreign interstate commerce Interstate Commerce Act interstate pipe line intrastate IPAA June 21 jurisdiction legislation matter Miss ALPERN Natural Gas Act natural gas company natural-gas company natural-gas industry NELSON LEE Ohio oil and gas operations petroleum pipe-line companies Pittsburgh president procedure production and gathering production or gathering proposed provisions public convenience public interest purpose Railroad rates regulation regulatory result right of eminent Rizley bill sale of natural Senator MOORE sion statement statute supply Texas tion transportation of natural trillion cubic feet trunk transmission facilities
Popular passages
Page 126 - interstate commerce" means commerce between any point in a state and any point outside thereof, or between points within the same state but through any place outside thereof, or from any place in the United States to a foreign country, but only insofar as such commerce takes place within the United States. (4) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation, or joint-stock company.
Page 153 - But the authority of the federal government may not be pushed to such an extreme as to destroy the distinction, which the commerce clause itself establishes, between commerce "among the several States" and the internal concerns of a State.
Page 1 - The provisions of this act shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, and to natural-gas companies engaged in such transportation or sale, but shall not apply to any other transportation or sale of natural gas or to the local distribution of natural gas or to the facilities used for such distribution or to the production...
Page 125 - Federal regulation in matters relating to the transportation of natural gas and the sale thereof in interstate and foreign commerce is necessary in the public interest. (b) The provisions of this act shall apply to the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, to the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption...
Page 101 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 146 - If it be held that the term includes the regulation of all such manufactures as are intended to be the subject of commercial transactions in the future, it is impossible to deny that it would also include all productive industries that contemplate the same thing. The result would be that Congress would be invested, to the exclusion of the states, with the power to regulate, not only manufacture, but also agriculture, horticulture, stock raising, domestic fisheries, mining — in short, every branch...
Page 148 - Mining is not interstate commerce, but like manufacturing, is a local business, subject to local regulation and taxation. ... Its character in this regard is intrinsic, is not affected by the intended use or disposal of the product, is not controlled by contractual engagements, and persists even though the business be conducted in close connection with interstate commerce.
Page 102 - States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions ; — all to the end of developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of...
Page 153 - Undoubtedly the scope of this power must be considered in the light of our dual system of government and may not be extended so as to embrace effects upon interstate commerce so indirect and remote that to embrace them, in view of our complex society, would effectually obliterate the distinction between what is national and what is local and create a completely centralized government.
Page 144 - Story points out that if it were adopted "it is obvious that under color of the generality of the words, to 'provide for the common defence and general welfare,' the government of the United States is, in reality, a government of general and unlimited powers, notwithstanding the subsequent enumeration of specific powers.