3.0.0 3202 2017-12-15T00:30:18Z 2017-12-15T00:30:18Z Senate S S 2008-06-26 110 2008-06-27 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 854. Calendars 2008-06-26 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6287-6290) Calendars 2008-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2008-06-26 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2008-06-26 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2008-06-26 True B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. 2008-06-26 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2008-06-26 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-06-26 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2008-06-26 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2008-06-26 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2008-06-26 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2008-06-26 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-06-26 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2008-06-26 True C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2008-06-26 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2008-06-26 True C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2008-06-26 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2008-06-26 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2008-06-26 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-06-26 True D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI 2008-06-26 True E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2008-06-26 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2008-06-26 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2008-06-26 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2008-06-26 True G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH 2008-06-26 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2008-06-26 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-06-26 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2008-06-26 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-06-26 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2008-06-26 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2008-06-26 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2008-06-26 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-06-26 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2008-06-26 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2008-06-26 True S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2008-06-26 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-06-26 True S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-06-26 True S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-06-26 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2008-06-26 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-06-26 True V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-06-26 True W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2008-06-26 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2008-06-26 True Energy Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Appropriations Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity exchanges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Department of the Interior Derivative securities Economics and Public Finance Electric batteries Electric vehicles Energy prices Energy research Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Futures trading Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government publicity Government trust funds Government vehicles Governmental investigations Independent regulatory commissions Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas leases Oil shales Oil well drilling Open space lands Petroleum in submerged lands Public Lands and Natural Resources Recruiting of employees Research and development Science, Technology, Communications Swaps (Finance) Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Water conservation Energy 00 2008-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-18T21:48:18Z Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prescribe procedures for petition, by the governor of a state with a new producing area within the offshore administrative boundaries beyond the state's submerged land, to make the new producing area available for oil and gas leasing.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit specified percentages of outer Continental Shelf revenues into: (1) the general fund of the Treasury; and (2) into a special account in the Treasury for disbursal to both new producing states and to the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, to repeal the prohibition against funding: (1) regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public lands; or (2) an oil shale lease sale.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) expand and accelerate research and development efforts for advanced batteries; and (2) implement a direct loan program for up to 30% of the costs of advanced battery production.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the federal government should implement policies to increase federal purchases of plug-in electric drive vehicles.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to study jointly and report to Congress on the international regime for regulating trading in energy commodity futures and derivatives.

Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the CFTC from permitting a foreign board of trade to provide to participants subject to CFTC jurisdiction direct access to electronic trading and order matching unless specified requirements are met.

Directs the CFTC to: (1) promulgate rules for routine reporting requirements for index traders and swap dealers in energy and agricultural transactions; and (2) disaggregate and make public monthly information on the positions and value of index funds and other passive, long-only positions in the energy and agricultural futures markets.

Instructs the CFTC to report to certain congressional committees on: (1) the scope of commodity index trading in the futures markets; (2) whether classification of index traders and swap dealers in the futures markets can be improved for regulatory and reporting purposes; and (3) whether index trading activity is adversely impacting the price discovery process in the futures markets and whether different practices and controls should be required.

Instructs the CFTC to hire additional employees.

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