[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2283 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2283

  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

                              May 10, 2007

 Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Ackerman, 
Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Space, and Mr. 
    Shays) 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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