3.0.0 3081 2019-11-15T21:59:02Z 2019-11-15T21:59:02Z Senate S S 2008-06-04 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-04T21:14:02Z 2008-06-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-06-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5042-5043) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N Commerce Antitrust law Cartels Commodity exchanges Department of Justice Energy Energy prices Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Futures trading Gasoline Government Operations and Politics Petroleum industry Price discrimination Restrictive trade practices Commerce

00 2008-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-16T14:55:31Z Directs the Attorney General to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine all issues relating to the application of federal antitrust laws to the petroleum markets, including the existence and effects of: (1) price gouging in the sales of gasoline; (2) international oil cartels; (3) collusive behavior in restricting petroleum production; (4) anticompetitive price discrimination; and (5) anticompetitive manipulation in futures markets or other trading exchanges relating to petroleum.

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