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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "15 U.S.C. § 717t–1"
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description: "Civil penalty authority"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "15B"
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chapter_name: "NATURAL GAS"
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section: "717t–1"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 717t–1"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s717t–1"
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confidence: "official"
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---
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# 15 U.S.C. § 717t–1 - Civil penalty authority
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## Text
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(a) In general Any person that violates this chapter, or any rule, regulation, restriction, condition, or order made or imposed by the Commission under authority of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000,000 per day per violation for as long as the violation continues.
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(b) Notice The penalty shall be assessed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for public hearing.
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(c) Amount In determining the amount of a proposed penalty, the Commission shall take into consideration the nature and seriousness of the violation and the efforts to remedy the violation.
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(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, § 22, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 314(b)(1)(B), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 691.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 22 of act June 21, 1938, was renumbered section 24 and is classified to section 717u of this title.
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