Amendments to the Natural Gas Act: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on S. 734 And, S. 1028, Bills to Amend the Natural Gas Act Approved June 21, 1938, as Amended, Apr.29 and July 1, 1947

Front Cover
Considers legislation to reassert state jurisdiction and limit FPC regulatory powers over natural gas use, sales, and transportation, and to establish right of eminent domain for natural gas pipeline construction by qualified companies. Includes Independent Petroleum Association of America brief "Natural Gas Investigation" (p. 169-210)

From inside the book

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 65 - said: That considerations of conservation are material to the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act is not open to question. (Citing the Hope case.) We are deeply cognizant of the necessity for conservation of the country's irreplaceable natural-gas resources.
Page 211 - natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use, find their origin in the fact that the Commission has receded from its holding in the Columbian Fuel Corporation case by assuming jurisdiction to regulate production and gathering activities and the facilities used
Page 207 - determination the court shall review the whole record or such portions thereof as may be cited by any party, and due account shall be taken of the rule of prejudicial error.
Page 122 - The basic purpose of the present legislation is to occupy this field in which the Supreme Court has held that the States may not act." "The bill takes no authority from State Commissions, and is so drawn as to complement and in no manner usurp State regulatory authority, and contains provisions for cooperative action with State regulatory bodies.
Page 4 - shall conform as nearly as may be with the practice and procedure in similar action or proceeding in the courts of the State where the property is situated : Provided, That United States district courts shall only have jurisdiction of cases when the amount claimed by the owner of the property to be condemned exceeds $3,000.
Page 91 - basic purpose' of Congress in passing the Natural Gas Act was 'to occupy this field in which the Supreme Court has held that the States may not act' " (citing several cases) (p. 4). Under the alleged cloak of protection that 'the natural-gas industry would ostensibly
Page 4 - shall conform as nearly as may be with the practice and procedure in similar action or proceeding in the courts of the State where the property is situated : Provided, That United States district courts shall only have jurisdiction of cases when the amount claimed by the owner of the property to be condemned exceeds $3,000.
Page 11 - amount of $3,000. The bill further provides that the practice and procedure in any condemnation suit shall conform as nearly as may be with the practice and procedure in a similar action in the State courts where the property is located.
Page 4 - of such pipe line or pipe lines, it may acquire the same by the exercise of the right of eminent domain in the district court of the United
Page 127 - left to the state regulatory bodies. Congress contemplated a harmonious, dual system of regulation of the natural gas industry—federal and state regulatory bodies operating side by side, each active in its own sphere. (Emphasis supplied) And, again in the Colorado Interstate Gas Co. {Canadian River Gas Company) Case, 324 US 602-3, the Court in referring to Sec.

Bibliographic information