An Act to amend section 1 of the Natural Gas Act
PL 83-323 (H.R.5976), enacted 03/27/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 32a-MAR. 27, 1954 
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may waive the requirement of a permit for construction if it finds 
that the public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served 
thereby: Provided, 
however, That such waiver shall apply only to 
stations whose construction is begun subsequent to the effective date 
of the waiver." 
Approved March 26, 1954. 
March 27, 1954 
p . 79] 
Public Law 322 
CHAPTER 114 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the State of Kentucky 
to acquire non-Federal cave properties within the authorized boundaries of 
Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of Kentucky, and for other purposes. 
Kentucky. 
U. S. 
authority 
to a c q u i r e 
cave 
properties. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 
of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the State of Kentucky 
for the purpose of arranging for the eventual acquisition by the 
United States of the Great Onyx Cave and the Crystal Cave within 
the authorized boundaries of Mammoth Cave National Park. 
The 
Secretary shall deposit to the credit of a special receipt account that 
portion of the annual admission, guide, and elevator fee receipts 
from the said park which exceeds the annual amount available to 
the park for management, guide, and protection purposes, which 
funds so deposited may be expended thereafter in payment for the 
purchase of said cave properties. 
The Secretary is further authorized 
to enter into such contracts and agreements as he may determine to be 
necessary to effectuate the acquisition of the cave properties as author-
ized herein. 
Approved March 27, 1954. 
March 27, 1954 
[H. R. 5976] 
Public Law 323 
CHAPTER 115 
AN ACT 
To amend section 1 of the Natural Gas Act. 
Natural Gas Act, 
amendment. 
52 Stat. 821. 
S t a t e jurisdic-
tion. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 1 of 
the Natural Gas Act (15 U. S. C. 717), as amended, is amended by 
adding thereto a new subsection (c), as follows: 
"(c) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person 
engaged in or legally authorized to engage in the transportation in 
interstate commerce or the sale in interstate commerce for resale, of 
natural gas received by such person from another person within or 
at the boundary of a State if all the natural gas so received is 
ultimately consumed within such State, or to any facilities used by 
such person for such transportation or sale, provided that the rates 
and service of such person and facilities be subject to regulation by a 
State commission. The matters exempted from the provisions of this 
Act by this subsection are hereby declared to be matters primarily of 
local concern and subject to regulation by the several States. A certi-
fication from such State commission to the Federal Power Commission 
that such State commission has regulatory jurisdiction over rates and 
service of such person and facilities and is exercising such jurisdiction 
shall constitute conclusive evidence of such regulatory power or 
jurisdiction." 
Approved March 27, 1954.