[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3964 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3964

  To prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise 
       agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2005

 Ms. Slaughter (for herself and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit anticompetitive provisions in gasoline dealer franchise 
       agreements that dictate the wholesale source of gasoline.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate Gas Price Discrimination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GASOLINE FRANCHISE CONDITIONS.

    (a) Amendment.--Title I of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2801-2806) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

                       ``limitation on conditions

    ``Sec. 107. No franchise may include as a condition a limitation on 
the source from which a franchisee may obtain motor fuel, except that 
the franchisee may be required to obtain only motor fuels with respect 
to which the franchisor, or the refiner that supplies the franchisor, 
owns or controls a trademark.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the Petroleum 
Marketing Practices Act is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 106 the following new item:

``Sec. 107. Limitation on conditions.''.
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