§ 715 Purpose of chapter
§ 715a Definitions
§ 715b Interstate transportation of contraband oil forbidden
§ 715c Suspension of operation of section 715b of this title
§ 715d Enforcement of chapter
§ 715e Penalties for violation of chapter
§ 715f Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law; procedure
§ 715g Refusal of carrier to accept shipment without certificate of clearance; certificate as justifying acceptance of shipment
§ 715h Hearings and investigation by boards; appointment of board and employees
§ 715i Restraining violations
§ 715j “President” as including agencies, officers and employees
§ 715k Saving clause
§ 715m Cooperation between Secretary of the Interior and Federal and State authorities

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 15A - Interstate Transportation of Petroleum Products

  • Attorney General: means the Attorney General of the United States. See 26 USC 7701
  • continental United States: means the States of the United States and the District of Columbia. See 12 USC 221
  • contraband oil: means petroleum which, or any constituent part of which, was produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage under the laws of a State or under any regulation or order prescribed thereunder by any board, commission, officer, or other duly authorized agency of such State, or any of the products of such petroleum, except petroleum or any of its constituent parts, title to which has been acquired by a State pursuant to its laws. See 15 USC 715a
  • Corporation: includes any corporation, joint-stock company, partnership, association, business trust, organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not, receiver or receivers, trustee or trustees of any of the foregoing, but shall not include municipalities as hereinafter defined. See 15 USC 715k
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • employee: shall include a full-time life insurance salesman who is considered an employee for the purpose of chapter 21. See 26 USC 7701
  • foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See 26 USC 7701
  • Interstate commerce: means commerce between any point in a State and any point outside thereof, or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof, but only insofar as such commerce takes place within the United States. See 15 USC 715k
  • person: as used in this chapter includes an officer or employee of a corporation, or a member or employee of a partnership, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs. See 26 USC 7343
  • Person: includes an individual or a corporation. See 15 USC 715k
  • petroleum products: includes any article produced or derived in whole or in part from petroleum or any product thereof by refining, processing, manufacturing, or otherwise. See 15 USC 715a
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See 26 USC 7701
  • Secretary of the Treasury: means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, and shall not include any delegate of his. See 26 USC 7701
  • State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See 26 USC 7701
  • State: means a State admitted to the Union, the District of Columbia, and any organized Territory of the United States. See 15 USC 715k
  • taxpayer: means any person subject to any internal revenue tax. See 26 USC 7701
  • United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See 26 USC 7701
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • whoever: include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals. See 1 USC 1