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 92 STAT. 3356

PUBLIC LAW 95-621—NOV. 9, 1978 (32) M I L E. — The term "mile" means a statute mile of 5,280 feet. (33) UNITED STATES.—The term "United States" means the several States and includes the Outer Continental Shelf. (34) STATE.—The term " State " means each of the several States and the District of Columbia. (35)

OUTER CONTINENTAL S H E L F. — The term " O u t e r

Conti-

nental Shelf" has the same meaning as such term has under section 2 (a) of the Outer Continental Shelf L and s Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 (a)). (36) PRUDHOE BAY U N I To r ALASKA.—The term " P m d h o e B a y

U n i t of Alaska" means the geographic area subject to the voluntary unit agreement approved by the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska on June 2, 1977, and referred to as the 'affected a r e a " i n Conservation Order No. 145 of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Committee, Division of Oil and G a s Conservation, Department of Natural Resources of the State of Alaska, as such order was in effect on June 1, 1977, and determined without regard to any adjustments in the description of the affected area permitted to be made under such order. (37) ANTITRUST LAWS.—The term "Federal antitrust laws'" means the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12, 13, 14-19, 20, 21, 22-27), the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), sections 73 and 74 of the Wilson Tariff Act (15 U.S.C. 8-9), and the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13,13a, 13b, and 21a).

TITLE I—WELLHEAD PRICING Subtitle A—Wellhead Price Controls SEC. 101. INFLATION ADJUSTMENT; OTHER GENERAL PRICE CEILING RULES. 15 USC 3311.

(a) A N N U A L INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.—

(1) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of this title, the annual inflation adjustment factor applicable for any month shall be the sum of— (A) a factor equal to one h u n d r e d t h of the quarterly percent change in the G N P implicit price deflator; plus (B) a correction factor of 1.002. (2)

QUARTERLY PERCENT CHANGE I N THE G N P IMPLICIT PRICE

DEFLATOR.—For purposes of paragraph (1) — (A) IN GENERAL.—The term "quarterly percent change i n the G N P implicit price deflator", when used with respect to any month, means the quarterly percent change in the G N P implicit price deflator, computed and published a s a n annual rate by the Department of Commerce, for the most recent calendar quarter for which such quarterly percent change has been so published a t least 8 days before the beginning of such month. (B) M O N T H S BEFORE E N ACT M E N T. — For purposes of a p p l y -

ing such term w i t h respect to any month i n any calendar quarter which ends before the date of the enactment of this Act and for which a quarterly percent change i n the G N P implicit price deflator has been published by the Department

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