Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 1507 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 1507 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 93-627, Sec. 8, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2136; Pub. L. 98-
419, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 1608; Pub. L. 104-324,
title V, Sec. 507, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3927; Pub. L. 107-295,
title I, Sec. 106(d), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2087.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Interstate Commerce Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act
Feb. 4, 1887, ch. 104, 24 Stat. 379, as amended. Part I of the Act,
which was classified to chapter 1 (Sec. 1 et seq.) of former Title
49, Transportation, was repealed by Pub. L. 95-473, Sec. 4(b), Oct.
17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1467, the first section of which enacted
subtitle IV (Sec. 10101 et seq.) of Title 49. For distribution of
former sections of Title 49 into the revised Title 49, see Table at
the beginning of Title 49.
The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is act June 21,
1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, as amended, which is classified
generally to chapter 15B (Sec. 717 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce
and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
section 717w of Title 15 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 107-295 added subsecs. (d) and
(e).
1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-324, Sec. 507(a), inserted "and
shall accept, transport, or convey without discrimination all oil
delivered to the deepwater port with respect to which its license
is issued," after "subtitle IV of title 49,".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-324, Sec. 507(b), substituted "A
licensee is not discriminating under this section and" for "A
licensee under this chapter shall accept, transport, or convey
without discrimination all oil delivered to the deepwater port with
respect to which its license is issued. However, a licensee".
1984 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-419 substituted provision that a
deepwater port and a storage facility serviced directly by that
deepwater port shall operate as a common carrier under applicable
provisions of part I of the Interstate Commerce Act and subtitle IV
of title 49 except as provided by subsec. (b), for provision that
such port and such facilities were subject to regulations as a
common carrier in accordance with the Interstate Commerce Act, as
amended, for purposes of chapter 39 of title 18 and former sections
1 to 27 of title 49.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-419 inserted provisions enumerating
conditions under which a licensee is not subject to common carrier
regulations under subsec. (a). Provisions dealing with enforcement,
suspension, or termination proceedings, were redesignated as
subsec. (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-419 redesignated a portion of provisions
of subsec. (b) as subsec. (c), and in subsec. (c) as so
redesignated substituted provisions authorizing the Secretary to
commence proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, or to suspend or revoke licenses of noncomplying
licensees, in the event of noncompliance with this section, for
provisions which had authorized the Secretary to commence
proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission or to suspend
or terminate licenses of noncomplying licensees as provided in
section 1511 of this title, in the event of noncompliance by a
licensee with its obligations as a common carrier.