To amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Finance, Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers and Taxpayers Act or the MPACT Act.
- Section ide9d644d400fb434da89c96bd5408c84c: 2. Hearing on changed rates or charges Section 4(e) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717c(e)) is amended by striking the third and fourth sentences and...
- Section idafde466be0624a9c89c2bba874883c84: 3. Refunds Section 5 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717d) is amended— by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and inserting after subsection (a)...
- Section idf2fcde21b9d44a3babce8fd90d4bfee0: 4. Effect The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall not apply to any proceeding under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.) commenced before the date...
- Section id8b89d881143d4e49be4742aad424f733: 5. Study Not earlier than 3 years and not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall conduct a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Finance, Transportation
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Natural Gas Act to protect consumers from excessive rates, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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