United States · Bill · S
S. 394 (112th)
NOPEC
Introduced
17 February 2011
Last action
—
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 26.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2011 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States. Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act. States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act. Prohibits any private right of action. Amends the federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
6 official files
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 7 April 2011
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 7 April 2011
Reported to Senate without amendment
summary · EN · 7 April 2011
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 February 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 February 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 17 February 2011
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/394
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/394