Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§3375 Filing of contracts and agreements

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 60— - NATURAL GAS POLICY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS › Part Part B— - Other Authorities and Requirements › § 3375

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission can require first buyers under new, successor, or rollover gas contracts to file the contract and any related or existing agreements.

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Title 15, §3375

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The Commission may, by rule or order, require any first sale purchaser of natural gas under a new contract, a successor to an existing contract, or a rollover contract to file with the Commission a copy of such contract, together with all ancillary agreements and any existing contract applicable to such natural gas.

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1989—Pub. L. 101–60, in section catchline, substituted “Filing of contracts and agreements” for “Contract duration; filing of contracts and agreements”, and in text, struck out subsec. (a) designation, heading “Contract duration”, and text relating to power of Commissioner to specify minimum duration of contracts for purchase of natural gas and requiring nondiscriminatory exercise of such authority, and struck out subsec. (b) designation and heading “Filing of contracts and ancillary agreements”. 1988—Pub. L. 100–439, § 2(b)(1), struck out “right of first refusal;” after “Contract duration;” in section catchline. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–439, § 1, struck out last sentence which directed that provisions of par. (1) did not apply to contracts of natural gas subject to requirements of par. (3). Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100–439, § 1, struck out par. (3) which related to contracts for purchase of natural gas produced from reservoirs on Outer Continental Shelf. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 100–439, § 2(a), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to certain rights of first refusal with respect to certain natural gas committed or dedicated to interstate commerce on November 8, 1978.

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15 U.S.C. § 3375

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73