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 PUBLIC LAW 94-586—OCT. 22, 1976

90 STAT. 2915

Policy and Conservation Act, except that in addition to the require- 42 USC 6212. ments of such Acts, before any Alaska natural gas in excess of 1,000 Mcf per day may be exported to any nation other than Canada or Mexico, the President must make and publish an express finding that Presidential such exports will not diminish the total quantity or quality nor finding, publication. increase the total price of energy available to the United States. EQUAL ACCESS TO EACILITIES

SEC. 13. (a) There shall be included in the terms of any certificate, 15 USC 719k. permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorization issued or granted pursuant to the directions contained in section 9 of this Act, a provision that no person seeking to transport natural gas in the Alaska natural gas transportation system shall be prevented from doing so or be discriminated against in the terms and conditions of service on the basis of degree of ownership, or lack thereof, of the Alaska natural gas transportation system. (b) The State of Alaska is authorized to ship its royalty gas on the approved transportation system for use within Alaska and, to the extent its contracts for the sale of royalty gas so provide, to withdraw such gas from the interstate market for use within Alaska; the Federal Power Commission shall issue all authorizations necessary to effectuate such shipment and withdrawal subject to review by the Commission only of the justness and reasonableness of the rate charged for such transportation. ANTITRUST LAWS

SEC. 14. Nothing in this Act, and no action taken hereunder, shall 15 USC 719/ imply or effect an amendment to, or exemption from, any provision of the antitrust laws. AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 15. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated beginning 15 USC 719ni. in fiscal year 1978 and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Federal inspector appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate under section 7. SEPARABILITY

SEC. 16. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof, 15 USC 719n. is held invalid, the remainder of this Act shall not be affected thereby. CIVIL RIGHTS

SEC. 17. All Federal officers and agencies shall take such affirmative Discrimination, action as is necessary to assure that no person shall, on the grounds prohibition. of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex, be excluded from receiv- 15 USC 7190. ing, or participating in any activity conducted under, any certificates, permit, right-of-way, lease, or other authorization granted or issued pursuant to this Act. The appropriate Federal officers and agencies Rules. shall promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and may enforce this section, and any rules promulgated under this section through agency and department provisions and rules which shall be similar to those established and in effect under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 42 USC 2000d.

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