---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 717t–1"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "717t–1"
heading: "Civil penalty authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/717t-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 15B — Natural Gas"
---

# §717t–1. Civil penalty authority

- (a) **In general—** Any [person](/usc/15/717a.md?p=1) 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.
- (b) **Notice—** The penalty shall be assessed by the Commission after notice and opportunity for public hearing.
- (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.

## Source credit

(June 21, 1938, ch. 556, § 22, as added Pub. L. 109–58, title III, § 314(b)(1)(B), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 691.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 22 of act June 21, 1938, was renumbered section 24 and is classified to section 717u of this title.