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S. 2781 (107th)

A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil.

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Introduced

24 July 2002

Last action

24 July 2002 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7311)

Sponsors

Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV]

Subjects

Energy

Source updated

24 March 2026

Energy

Summary

Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to extend to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil the protections granted to independent wholesale and retail petroleum franchisees from arbitrary and unfair termination or non-renewal of their franchise relationships with petroleum companies.

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Timeline

  1. 24 July 2002

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7311)

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 24 July 2002

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7311)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 24 July 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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Introduced in Senate (text)

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