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

Bill: 114-s-1216
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2015-05-06
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Energy prices

Energy storage, supplies, demand

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to require that civil penalties for violations of the Act be assessed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in accordance with the guidelines which it apply regarding civil penalties for violations under the Federal Power Act (under which a court may review de novo the law and the facts involved).</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1216 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 A BILL To amend the Natural Gas Act to modify a provision relating to civil penalties.

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 ) .