3.0.0 2222 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z Senate S S 2012-03-21 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-21T21:10:46Z 112 4391 HR 2012-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Related bill CRS 112 4457 HR 2012-05-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Identical bill CRS 2012-03-21 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2012-03-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-03-21 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2012-03-21 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-03-21 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2012-03-21 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2012-03-21 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2012-03-21 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2012-03-21 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2012-03-22 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-03-22 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2012-03-27 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-03-27 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-03-27 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2012-03-27 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2012-03-28 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2012-05-14 False Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Commodities markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Oil and gas Finance and Financial Sector

00 2012-03-21 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-24T21:37:34Z Instructs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use its authority (including emergency powers) to: (1) to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control that is serving as a platform for the trading of energy futures or swaps; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations, 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.

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