§ 3411. — General rulemaking authority.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC3411]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 60--NATURAL GAS POLICY
SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REVIEW
Sec. 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, Sec. 501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3396; Pub. L.
101-60, Sec. 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.
