3.0.0 4780 2023-01-14T22:48:15Z 2023-01-14T22:48:15Z House H HR 2004-07-08 108 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-12T21:19:34Z Referred to 2004-07-08T14:01:10Z A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. 108 2624 S 2004-07-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7838) Identical bill CRS 2004-07-12 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2004-07-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N Foreign Trade and International Finance Africa (Sub-Saharan) Cartels Commerce Dispute settlement East Asia Energy Energy prices Energy supplies Export controls Free trade Indonesia International Affairs International agencies Kuwait Latin America Middle East and North Africa Natural gas Nigeria Nontariff trade barriers OPEC countries Petroleum Price fixing Qatar Restrictive trade practices Trade negotiations United Arab Emirates Venezuela Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2004-07-08 Introduced in House 2004-10-22T14:47:59Z Requires the President to initiate consultations with Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela to seek their elimination of any action that limits the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product, sets or maintains the price of any such product, or otherwise is an action in restraint of trade with respect to such products when such action constitutes an act, policy, or practice that is unjustifiable and burdens and restricts U.S. commerce.

Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to: (1) initiate World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute proceedings if the consultation is not successful with respect to any such country; and (2) take appropriate action regarding the country under U.S. trade remedy laws.

]]> To require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. Display Title To require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. Official Title as Introduced To require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anti-competitive practices against certain oil exporting countries. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2004-07-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4780ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4780ih.xml 2004-07-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.