3.0.0 1346 2019-11-15T21:34:59Z 2022-05-20T16:27:20Z House H HR 2011-04-04 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. CHABOT:H.R. 1346.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article 1,Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power . . . Toregulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the severalStates, and with the Indian Tribes.[Page H2292]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee Referred to 2011-08-25T19:34:45Z Referred to 2011-04-04T16:00:12Z NOPEC 112 394 S 2011-04-07 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 26. Related bill CRS 2011-08-25 hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. Committee 2011-04-04 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-04-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-04-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 N Commerce Competition and antitrust Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Government liability International law and treaties Oil and gas Commerce 00 2011-04-04 Introduced in House 2011-04-18T19:50:16Z No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 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 judgments 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 (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 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.

]]> NOPEC Short Titles as Introduced NOPEC Short Titles as Introduced No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 Display Title NOPEC Official Title as Introduced To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. Introduced in House 2011-04-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1346ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1346ih.xml 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. 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.