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[CITE: 15USC715a]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 15A--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
 
Sec. 715a. Definitions

    As used in this chapter--
        (1) The term ``contraband oil'' means petroleum which, or any 
    constituent part of which, was produced, transported, or withdrawn 
    from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced, 
    transported, or withdrawn from storage under the laws of a State or 
    under any regulation or order prescribed thereunder by any board, 
    commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of such State, 
    or any of the products of such petroleum, except petroleum or any of 
    its constituent parts, title to which has been acquired by a State 
    pursuant to its laws.
        (2) The term ``products'' or ``petroleum products'' includes any 
    article produced or derived in whole or in part from petroleum or 
    any product thereof by refining, processing, manufacturing, or 
    otherwise.
        (3) The term ``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, or from 
    any place in the United States to a foreign country, but only 
    insofar as such commerce takes place within the United States.
        (4) The term ``person'' includes an individual, partnership, 
    corporation, or joint-stock company,

(Feb. 22, 1935, ch. 18, Sec. 2, 49 Stat. 30; Pub. L. 89-644, Oct. 13, 
1966, 80 Stat. 890.)


                               Amendments

    1966--Pub. L. 89-644 inserted provisions in par. (1) exempting 
petroleum or any of its constituent parts, title to which has been 
acquired by a State pursuant to its laws.
