[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1216 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1216

 To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to civil 
                               penalties.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to civil 
                               penalties.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DE NOVO REVIEW OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER THE NATURAL GAS ACT.

    Section 22(b) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717t-1(b)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, in 
accordance with the same provisions as are applicable under section 
31(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 823b(d)) in the case of civil 
penalties assessed under section 31 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823b)''.
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