15 USC § 3432 - Effect on State laws

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s3432"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 3432 - Effect on State laws"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "3432"
section_name: "Effect on State laws"
chapter_number: 60
chapter_name: "NATURAL GAS POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "COORDINATION WITH NATURAL GAS ACT; MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–621, title VI, § 602, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3411; Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(8), July 26, 1989, 103 Stat. 159.)"
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# § 3432. Effect on State laws

**(a)** **Authority to prescribe maximum lawful prices** Nothing in this chapter shall affect the authority of any State to establish or enforce any maximum lawful price for the first sale of natural gas produced in such State.

**(b)** **Common carriers** No person shall be subject to regulation as a common carrier under any provision of Federal or State law by reason of any transportation—

**(1)** pursuant to any order under section 3362(c) or section 3363(b), (c), (d), or (i) of this title; or

**(2)** authorized by the Commission under section 3371(a) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–621, title VI, § 602, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3411; Pub. L. 101–60, § 3(b)(8), July 26, 1989, 103 Stat. 159.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989—Subsec. (a).  struck out “lower” after “prescribe” in heading and struck out before period at end “which does not exceed the applicable maximum lawful price, if any, under subchapter I of this chapter”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .