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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 55G-JUNE 21, 1938 "Mulcipality." (3) "Municipality" means a city, county, or other political subdi- vision or agency of a State. "state. " (4) "State" means a State admitted to the Union, the District of Columbia, and any organized Territory of the United States. "Naturalgas." (5) "Natural gas" means either natural gas unmixed, or any mix- ture of natural and artificial gas. "Natural-gas corn- (6) "Natural-gas company" means a person engaged in the trans- portation of natural gas in interstate commerce, or the sale in interstate commerce of such gas for resale. "Interstate corn (7) "Interstate commerce" means commerce between any point in a State and any point outside thereof, or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof, but only insofar as such commerce takes place within the United States. "State commis- (8) "State commission" means the regulatory body of the State or n. municipality having jurisdiction to regulate rates and charges for the sale of natural gas to consumers within the State or municipality. "Commission" and (9) "Commission" and "Commissioner" means the Federal Power Commission, and a member thereof, respectively. EXPORTATION OR IMPORTATION OF NATURAL GAS Exportation or im- portation of natural gas. Issuance of orders by Commission upon application. Rates and charges. Undue preferences or advantages. Unreasonable dif- ference in rates, etc. Schedules and con- tracts. SEC. 3. After six months from the date on which this Act takes effect no person shall export any natural gas from the United States to a foreign country or import any natural gas from a foreign country without first having secured an order of the Commission authorizing it to do so. The Commission shall issue such order upon application, unless, after opportunity for hearing, it finds that the proposed exportation or importation will not be consistent with the public interest. The Commission may by its order grant such appli- cation, in whole or in part, with such modification and upon such terms and conditions as the Commission may find necessary or appropriate, and may from time to time, after opportunity for hear- ing, and for good cause shown, make such supplemental order in the premises as it may find necessary or appropriate. RATES AND CHARGES; SCHEDULES; SUSPENSION OF NEW RATES SEC. 4. (a) All rates and charges made, demanded, or received by any natural-gas company for or in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and all rules and regulations affecting or pertaining to such rates or charges, shall be just and reasonable, and any such rate or charge that is not just and reasonable is hereby declared to be unlawful. (b) No natural-gas company shall, with respect to any transporta- tion or sale of natural gas subject to the jurisdiction of the Commis- sion, (1) make or grant any undue preference or advantage to any person or subject any person to any undue prejudice or disadvantage, or (2) maintain any unreasonable difference in rates, charges, service, facilities, or in any other respect, either as between localities or as between classes of service. (c) Under such rules and regulations as the Commission may pre- scribe, every natural-gas company shall file with the Commission, within such time (not less than sixty days from the date this Act takes effect) and in such form as the Commission may designate, and shall keep open in convenient form and place for public inspection, sched- ules showing all rates and charges for any transportation or sale sub- ject to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and the classifications, practices, and regulations affecting such rates and charges, together with all contracts which in any manner affect or relate to such rates, charges, classifications, and services. 822 [52 STAT.

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