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H.R. 6074: Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008

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H.R. 6074: Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-15 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 744.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 332 (2008): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR6074 (2008-05-20), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 744. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 - Title I: Amendment to Sherman Act - No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 or NOPEC - (Sec. 102) Amends the Sherman Act to make it illegal for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States, to: (1) limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum); (2) set or maintain the price of petroleum; or (3) otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum. Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act. States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act. (Sec. 103) Makes an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act. Title II: Creation of Department of Justice Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force - (Sec. 201) Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force to: (1) develop, coordinate, and facilitate the implementation of DOJ investigative and enforcement policies related to petroleum industry antitrust issues under federal law; and (2) report annually to Congress on DOJ investigatory and enforcement efforts related to petroleum industry antitrust issues, and on issues related to the application of federal antitrust laws to the market for petroleum. Title III: Study by the Government Accountability Office - (Sec. 301) Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a study evaluating the effects of mergers addressed in covered petroleum merger consent decrees on competition in the markets involved, including the effectiveness of divestitures required in such decrees in preserving competition in those markets; and (2) report study results to Congress and DOJ. Directs the Attorney General to refer such report to the Task Force, which shall consider whether any further enforcement action is warranted to protect or restore competition in any market affected by a transaction to which any covered merger consent decree relates.

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Official text

Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] · 19 cosponsors

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Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), André Carson (D-IN), Peter Welch (D-VT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6074 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110