De novo review of civil penalties under the Natural Gas Act

Section 22(b) of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717t–1(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:, in accordance with the same provisions as are applicable under section 31(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 823b(d)) in the case of civil penalties assessed under that section of that Act (16 U.S.C. 823b).