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S. 3081 (110th)
A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.
Introduced
4 June 2008
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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10 August 2026
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.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 June 2008
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 June 2008
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 June 2008
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/3081
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/3081