S. 3081 · 110th Congress

A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
John Kerry
Introduced
2008-06-04
Latest action
2008-06-04 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Directs the Attorney General to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine all issues relating to the application of federal antitrust laws to the petroleum markets, including the existence and effects of: (1) price gouging in the sales of gasoline; (2) international oil cartels; (3) collusive behavior in restricting petroleum production; (4) anticompetitive price discrimination; and (5) anticompetitive manipulation in futures markets or other trading exchanges relating to petroleum.