15 U.S.C. § 780: Office of Private Grievances…

Summary

The Administrator must set up and run an Office of Private Grievances and Redress led by a director to get and review petitions and to recommend actions to the Administrator. Anyone harmed by an order, rule, or regulation from the Administrator can ask for special redress or extra relief, in addition to any other remedies. Each year the Administrator must tell the Secretary how many grievances were filed, what was done, and what relief was given, and must sometimes recommend to Congress changes to better help people hurt by energy shortages and to share burdens more fairly.

Title 15, §780

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(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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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 section 7151(a) and 7293 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

§780 Office of Private Grievances and Redress