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S. 3044 · 110th Congress

Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

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Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 20, 2008

Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming.

Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares it unlawful for a supplier to sell crude oil, gasoline, petroleum distillates, or biofuel at an unconscionably excessive price in an area for which the President declares that an energy emergency exists. Grants the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) authority to enforce this Act.

Authorizes the President to declare a federal energy emergency if the well-being of U.S. citizens is at risk because of a shortage or imminent shortage of adequate supplies of crude oil, gasoline, petroleum distillates, or biofuel because of: (1) a disruption in the national distribution system; or (2) significant pricing anomalies in the national energy markets for such products.

Authorizes state attorneys general to bring civil actions to enforce this Act. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations.

Directs the Secretaries of Energy and the Interior to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until December 31, 2008.

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to make it illegal for any foreign state to act with another foreign state to: (1) limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product; (2) set or maintain prices for such products; or (3) otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for such products. Denies sovereign immunity or act of state doctrine protections for foreign states who engage in such such illegal conduct.

Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to: (1) determine that foreign boards of trade subject to CFTC jurisdiction regulate and provide information on off-shore oil trading; and (2) set a substantial increase in margin levels for all oil futures trades, contracts, or transactions.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008

Latest action (Jun 11, 2008): Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5472-5517)

Policy area: Energy · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 20, 2008

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Latest vote · Senate · Jun 10, 2008

Ending debate (cloture) — Cloture Motion Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKNay
Ted StevensRAKNay
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALNay
Blanche LincolnDARYea
Mark PryorDARYea
John McCainRAZNot Voting
Jon KylRAZNay
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Ken SalazarDCOYea
Wayne AllardRCONay
Christopher DoddDCTYea
Joseph LiebermanIDCTYea
Joseph BidenDDEYea
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
Mel MartinezRFLNay
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Daniel AkakaDHIYea
Daniel InouyeDHIYea
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIAYea
Larry CraigRIDNay
Mike CrapoRIDNay
Barack ObamaDILNot Voting
Richard DurbinDILYea
Evan BayhDINYea
Richard LugarRINNay
Pat RobertsRKSNay
Sam BrownbackRKSNay
Jim BunningRKYNay
Mitch McConnellRKYNay
David VitterRLANay
Mary LandrieuDLANay
John KerryDMAYea
Ted KennedyDMANot Voting
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Benjamin CardinDMDYea
Olympia SnoweRMEYea
Susan CollinsRMEYea
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Amy KlobucharDMNYea
Norm ColemanRMNYea
Claire McCaskillDMOYea
Kit BondRMONay
Roger WickerRMSNay
Thad CochranRMSNay
Jon TesterDMTYea
Max BaucusDMTYea
Elizabeth DoleRNCNay
Richard BurrRNCNay
Byron DorganDNDYea
Kent ConradDNDYea
Ben NelsonDNEYea
Chuck HagelRNENay
John SununuRNHNay
Judd GreggRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJYea
Frank LautenbergDNJYea
Jeff BingamanDNMYea
Pete DomeniciRNMNay
Harry ReidDNVNay
John EnsignRNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Hillary ClintonDNYNot Voting
George VoinovichROHNay
Sherrod BrownDOHYea
Jim InhofeROKNay
Thomas CoburnROKNay
Gordon SmithRORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Arlen SpecterRPANay
Bob CaseyDPAYea
Jack ReedDRIYea
Sheldon WhitehouseDRIYea
Jim DeMintRSCNay
Lindsey GrahamRSCNot Voting
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Bob CorkerRTNNay
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Kay HutchisonRTXNay
Orrin HatchRUTNay
Robert BennettRUTNay
Jim WebbDVAYea
John WarnerRVAYea
Bernie SandersIVTYea
Patrick LeahyDVTYea
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Herb KohlDWIYea
Russell FeingoldDWIYea
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
Robert ByrdDWVNot Voting
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay