United States · Bill · S
S. 2781 (107th)
A bill to amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to extend certain protections to franchised refiners or distributors of lubricating oil.
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
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
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
24 July 2002
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7311)
Source: IntroReferral
24 July 2002
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 24 July 2002 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 July 2002
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 July 2002
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 July 2002
Sponsors
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- · sseg00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2781
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2781
- us · 107-s-2781 · source updated 24 March 2026