NOPEC

3.0.0 394 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z 2023-01-11T13:20:26Z Senate S S 2011-02-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-04-07T19:33:00Z Markup by 2011-04-07T18:22:14Z Referred to 2011-02-17T21:10:43Z NOPEC 112 1346 HR 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. Related bill CRS 2011-04-07 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 26. Calendars 2011-04-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2011-04-07 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-04-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2011-02-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S890) IntroReferral 2011-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S889-890) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. N G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2011-02-17 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-02-17 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2011-02-17 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-02-17 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-02-17 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-02-17 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-03-17 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-09 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2011-05-09 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-05-26 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-06-08 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-06-09 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-06-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2012-03-06 False Commerce Competition and antitrust Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Government liability International law and treaties Oil and gas Commerce

00 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-28T17:20:32Z 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 to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act. Prohibits any private right of action.

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

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80 2011-04-07 Reported to Senate without amendment 2011-04-15T19:40:38Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act. Prohibits any private right of action.

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

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NOPEC Display Title NOPEC Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced NOPEC Short Titles as Introduced No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate NOPEC S Senate Short Titles as Reported to Senate No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 S Senate Reported to Senate 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s394rs/xml/BILLS-112s394rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s394is/xml/BILLS-112s394is.xml 2011-04-07 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 26. 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.