15 U.S.C. § 717j : US Code - Section 717J: State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas

Search 15 U.S.C. § 717j : US Code - Section 717J: State compacts for conservation, transportation, etc., of natural gas

(a) Assembly of pertinent information; report to Congress
In case two or more States propose to the Congress compacts
dealing with the conservation, production, transportation, or
distribution of natural gas it shall be the duty of the Commission
to assemble pertinent information relative to the matters covered
in any such proposed compact, to make public and to report to the
Congress information so obtained, together with such
recommendations for further legislation as may appear to be
appropriate or necessary to carry out the purposes of such proposed
compact and to aid in the conservation of natural-gas resources
within the United States and in the orderly, equitable, and
economic production, transportation, and distribution of natural
gas.
(b) Assembly of information relative to operation of compact;
report to Congress
It shall be the duty of the Commission to assemble and keep
current pertinent information relative to the effect and operation
of any compact between two or more States heretofore or hereafter
approved by the Congress, to make such information public, and to
report to the Congress, from time to time, the information so
obtained, together with such recommendations as may appear to be
appropriate or necessary to promote the purposes of such compact.
(c) Availability of services, etc., of other agencies
In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the Commission
shall, so far as practicable, avail itself of the services,
records, reports, and information of the executive departments and
other agencies of the Government, and the President may, from time
to time, direct that such services and facilities be made available
to the Commission.