3.0.0 6377 2022-02-27T13:49:45Z 2022-02-27T13:49:45Z House H HR 2008-06-26 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-06-26T14:01:40Z Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 110 3205 S 2008-06-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Identical bill CRS 2008-07-08 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864. Calendars 2008-07-07 Senate Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2008-06-26 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2008-06-26 17:37:34 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 17:37:33 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 19 (Roll no. 468). (text: CR H6103-6104) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 468 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll468.xml House 110 2008-06-26T21:37:33Z 2 2008-06-26 17:37:33 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 19 (Roll no. 468).(text: CR H6103-6104) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 468 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll468.xml House 110 2008-06-26T21:37:33Z 2 2008-06-26 17:30:17 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6143-6144) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 13:01:51 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 12:13:10 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6377. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 12:13:08 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6103-6110) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 12:12:12 Mr. Peterson (MN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 N V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2008-06-26 True E000226 Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2008-06-26 True B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2008-06-26 True C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2008-06-26 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2008-06-26 True S001045 Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] BART STUPAK D MI 1 2008-06-26 True L000557 Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] JOHN LARSON D CT B. 1 2008-06-26 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2008-06-26 True M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2008-06-26 True M001164 Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] Tim Mahoney D FL 16 2008-06-26 True B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2008-06-26 True M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2008-06-26 True H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2008-06-26 True M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 2008-06-26 True B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2008-06-26 True K000365 Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] Steve Kagen D WI 8 2008-06-26 True H001043 Rep. Hodes, Paul W. [D-NH-2] Paul Hodes D NH W. 2 2008-06-26 True D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2008-06-26 True S001171 Rep. Shuler, Heath [D-NC-11] Heath Shuler D NC 11 2008-06-26 True P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2008-06-26 True F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2008-06-26 True L000043 Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22] NICK LAMPSON D TX 22 2008-06-26 True Finance and Financial Sector Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy Energy demand Energy prices Energy supplies Futures trading Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Petroleum Swaps (Finance) Finance and Financial Sector 00 2008-06-26 Introduced in House 2008-06-30T18:07:53Z Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to: (1) curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities.

]]> 81 2008-06-26 Passed House without amendment 2008-06-30T18:08:04Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to: (1) curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities.

]]> Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 Short Titles as Passed House Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 H House Display Title Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities. Placed on Calendar Senate 2008-07-08T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6377eh/xml/BILLS-110hr6377eh.xml Considered and Passed House 2008-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6377cph/xml/BILLS-110hr6377cph.xml 2008-07-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 864. 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.