3.0.0 847 2018-02-03T20:29:05Z 2018-02-05T15:22:57Z Senate S S 2005-04-19 109 2005-04-20 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81. Calendars 2005-04-19 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2005-04-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2005-04-19 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-06-06 False Energy Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Consumer protection Energy prices Gasoline Governmental investigations OPEC countries Petroleum industry Petroleum reserves Profit Public Lands and Natural Resources Restrictive trade practices Strategic materials Energy 00 2005-04-19 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-14T20:43:07Z Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) directly confront and challenge the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to increase oil production immediately; and (2) direct the Federal Trade Commission and Attorney General to exercise vigorous oversight over the oil markets to protect the people of the United States from price gouging and unfair practices at the gasoline pump.

Declares that from the date of enactment of this Act until 30 days afterward: (1) deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) shall be suspended; and (2) one million barrels of oil per day shall be released from the SPR.

Provides for the release of one million barrels of oil per day from the SPR for an additional 30 days if it is necessary to: (1) lower the burden of gasoline prices on the domestic economy; and (2) circumvent OPEC efforts to reap windfall crude oil profits.

]]> A bill to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits. Display Title A bill to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits. Official Title as Introduced A bill to lower the burden of gasoline prices on the economy of the United States and circumvent the efforts of OPEC to reap windfall oil profits. Placed on Calendar Senate 2005-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s847pcs/xml/BILLS-109s847pcs.xml 2005-04-20 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 81. 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.