S. 1420: Energy Markets Act of 2015
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S. 1420: Energy Markets Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-21 · Energy · Latest: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Energy Markets Act of 2015
Plain summary
Energy Markets Act of 2015 This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to direct the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the Department of Energy to develop and implement a plan to collect, in cooperation with the Commodity Futures Trade Commission, information identifying all oil inventories and other physical oil assets owned by the 50 largest traders of oil contracts (including derivative contracts). The EIA shall also collect, and update annually, information quantifying the commercial storage capacity for oil and natural gas in the United States. A Financial Market Analysis Office is established in the EIA to analyze the financial aspects of energy markets. A Working Group on Energy Markets is also established to: investigate the effect of increased financial investment in energy commodities on energy prices and the energy security of the United States, recommend to the President and Congress laws to prevent excessive speculation in energy commodity markets in order to prevent or minimize the adverse impact of excessive speculation on energy prices, and review energy security implications of developments in international energy markets. The Working Group shall also: (1) identify the factors that affect crude oil and refined petroleum products prices; and (2) review and assess existing statutory authorities for the regulation of markets critical to U.S. energy security, as well as the need for additional authority to regulate markets critical to it.
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Energy Markets Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] reported raising $985,139 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1420.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1420 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114