3.0.0 879 2023-01-11T19:46:01Z 2023-01-11T19:46:01Z Senate S S 2007-03-14 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2008-05-21T18:52:11Z Reported by 2007-05-22T20:33:55Z Markup by 2007-04-25T16:23:40Z Referred to 2007-03-14T19:17:12Z S. Rept. 110-68 Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 110 6074 HR 2008-05-21 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 744. Related bill CRS Companion bill Senate NOPEC 110 2264 HR 2007-05-23 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169. Identical bill CRS Companion bill Senate Related bill House 2008-05-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2007-05-22 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160. Calendars 2007-05-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-68. Committee 2007-05-22 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-68. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-04-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2007-03-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3135-3136) IntroReferral 2007-03-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3134-3135) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-03-14 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-03-14 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2007-03-14 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-03-14 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-03-14 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-03-14 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2007-03-14 True 2008-06-10 D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-03-14 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-03-14 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-03-14 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-04-26 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-05-09 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-05-24 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2008-05-06 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2008-06-12 False 2007-05-07T04:00:00Z S. 879, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/18630 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007 </p> 2007-05-07T04:00:00Z S. 879, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18630 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2007 Commerce Antitrust law Cartels Crime and Law Enforcement Energy Energy prices Energy supplies Foreign Trade and International Finance Government liability (International law) International Affairs Law OPEC countries Petroleum industry Privileges and immunities Restrictive trade practices Commerce 00 2007-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-03T19:06:04Z No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States.

Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.

States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.

Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.

Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.

]]> No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced NOPEC Reported to Senate 2007-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s879rs/xml/BILLS-110s879rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2007-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s879is/xml/BILLS-110s879is.xml 2008-05-21 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. 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.