A bill to clarify the definition of abuse in the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Natural Gas Policy Act to define the term "abuse" to include not only misrepresentation but also include imprudence on the part of the company and any pipeline company-producer contract which materially prevents the pipeline from responding to changes in customer demand or other market forces. Sets forth contract clauses which if found in a producer-pipeline contract will give rise to a rebuttable presumption that a contract materially prevents a pipeline from responding to changes in customer demand or other market forces.…