A bill to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to reform and improve the regulation of oil pipelines, and for other purposes.
Department of Energy Organization Act Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to transfer from the Secretary of Energy to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) functions relating to the transportation of oil by pipelines, except that FERC's authority to determine rates for the transportation of oil by pipeline shall be limited to determining rates for the trans-Alaska pipeline.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Introduced in Senate
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred jointly to Senate Committees on Commerce; Energy and Natural Resources by unanimous consent.
Subcommittee on Energy Regulation. Hearings held.
Committee on Commerce. Hearings held.
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