A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 110th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 4, 2008

Directs the Attorney General to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine all issues relating to the application of federal antitrust laws to the petroleum markets, including the existence and effects of: (1) price gouging in the sales of gasoline; (2) international oil cartels; (3) collusive behavior in restricting petroleum production; (4) anticompetitive price discrimination; and (5) anticompetitive manipulation in futures markets or other trading exchanges relating to petroleum.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.

Latest action (Jun 4, 2008): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 4, 2008

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.