§ 780. — Office of Private Grievances and Redress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC780]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 16B--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 780. Office of Private Grievances and Redress
(a) Establishment; director; statement of purpose
The Administrator shall establish and maintain an Office of Private
Grievances and Redress, headed by a director, to receive and evaluate
petitions filed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and
to make recommendations to the Administrator for appropriate action.
(b) Petition for special redress, relief, or other extraordinary
assistance; nature of remedy
Any person, adversely affected by any order, rule, or regulation
issued by the Administrator in carrying out the functions assigned to
him under this chapter, may petition the Administrator for special
redress, relief, or other extraordinary assistance, apart from, or in
addition to, any right or privilege to seek redress of grievances
provided in section 766 of this title.
(c) Statement for annual report; recommendations to Congress
The Administrator shall submit to the Secretary for inclusion in the
annual report required by section 7267 of title 42 a statement on the
nature and number of the grievances which have been filed, and the
action taken and relief provided, pursuant to this section; and he shall
make recommendations to the Congress from time to time concerning
legislative or administrative actions which may be taken to better
assist persons adversely affected by the energy shortages and to
distribute more equitably the burdens resulting from any measures
adopted, or actions taken, by him.
(Pub. L. 93-275, Sec. 21, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 112; Pub. L. 96-470,
title II, Sec. 203(h), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2244.)
Amendments
1980--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-470 substituted ``submit to the
Secretary for inclusion in the annual report required by section 7267 of
title 42 a statement'' for ``report quarterly to the Congress''.
Transfer of Functions
Federal Energy Administration terminated and functions vested by law
in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless
otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare.
