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[CITE: 15USC717i]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                        CHAPTER 15B--NATURAL GAS
 
Sec. 717i. Periodic and special reports


(a) Form and contents of reports

    Every natural-gas company shall file with the Commission such annual 
and other periodic or special reports as the Commission may by rules and 
regulations or order prescribe as necessary or appropriate to assist the 
Commission in the proper administration of this chapter. The Commission 
may prescribe the manner and form in which such reports shall be made, 
and require from such natural-gas companies specific answers to all 
questions upon which the Commission may need information. The Commission 
may require that such reports shall include, among other things, full 
information as to assets and liabilities, capitalization, investment and 
reduction thereof, gross receipts, interest due and paid, depreciation, 
amortization, and other reserves, cost of facilities, cost of 
maintenance and operation of facilities for the production, 
transportation, or sale of natural gas, cost of renewal and replacement 
of such facilities, transportation, delivery, use, and sale of natural 
gas. The Commission may require any such natural-gas company to make 
adequate provision for currently determining such costs and other facts. 
Such reports shall be made under oath unless the Commission otherwise 
specifies.

(b) Unlawful conduct

    It shall be unlawful for any natural-gas company willfully to 
hinder, delay, or obstruct the making, filing, or keeping of any 
information, document, report, memorandum, record, or account required 
to be made, filed, or kept under this chapter or any rule, regulation, 
or order thereunder.

(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, Sec. 10, 52 Stat. 826.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Federal Power Commission terminated and functions, personnel, 
property, funds, etc., transferred to Secretary of Energy (except for 
certain functions transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) 
by sections 7151(b), 7171(a), 7172(a), 7291, and 7293 of Title 42, The 
Public Health and Welfare.
    For transfer of functions of Federal Power Commission, with certain 
reservations, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 9 of 
1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1265, set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 42 section 7177.
