3.0.0 694 2023-01-15T23:03:27Z 2023-01-15T23:03:27Z Senate S S 2003-03-24 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-03-24T20:39:57Z A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to monitor and investigate gasoline prices under certain circumstances. 108 2631 S 2004-07-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623. Identical bill CRS 2003-03-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2003-03-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4328) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Energy Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Energy prices Energy supplies Federal-state relations Gasoline Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Petroleum industry Petroleum refineries Petroleum reserves Price fixing Public Lands and Natural Resources Public meetings Restrictive trade practices Strategic materials Energy 00 2003-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-18T20:02:35Z Requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the retail price of gasoline in a State to determine if it is being artificially manipulated if, based on weekly data published by the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy, the average price of regular grade gasoline has increased 20 percent or more for at least seven days during any three-month period.

Requires the Commission to: (1) report investigation results to Congress; (2) present such results in a public hearing in the affected State; and (3) cooperate with the Attorney General of the affected State to take appropriate action if it finds market manipulation.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy, within two weeks of notification by the Commission that such increase in gasoline prices is not due to market manipulation, to decide if the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should be used to assure adequate supplies of gasoline.

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