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# 15 U.S.C. § 717w - Short title

## Text

This chapter may be cited as the “Natural Gas Act.”

(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, § 26, formerly § 24, 52 Stat. 833; renumbered § 26, Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 314(b)(1)(A), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 690.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title of 1988 AmendmentPub. L. 100–474, § 1, Oct. 6, 1988, 102 Stat. 2302, provided that: “This Act [amending section 717f of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 717f of this title] may be cited as the ‘Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1988’.”