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Key Votes
HR 6074 - Prohibiting Foreign States or Associations from Forming a Group to Control Oil - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Peter Welch voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Read statements Peter Welch made in this general time period.
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Legislation - Placed on Calendar (Senate) - May 21, 2008
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (324-84) - May 20, 2008(Key vote)
Title: Prohibiting Foreign States or Associations from Forming a Group to Control Oil
Vote Result
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Vote to pass a bill that makes it illegal for foreign states or associations to form a group to control oil, and allows the Department of Justice to enforce antitrust policies related to oil production.
- Amends the Sherman Act to make it illegal for foreign states to enter into agreements with any group or person that would limit the production, set prices, or restrict the trade of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (Sec. 102).
- Declares that any foreign state violating this act is not immune under the doctrine of sovereign immunity from being tried or convicted in a US court of law (Sec. 102, 103).
- Establishes a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice to investigate and enforce petroleum industry issues including (Sec. 201):
- Price gouging;
- Restricting refinery capacity;
- Anticompetitive market control; and
- Unilateral actions to withhold the supply of petroleum products to inflate prices (Sec. 201).
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 15, 2008
Title: Prohibiting Foreign States or Associations from Forming a Group to Control Oil
Sponsors
- Steven L. 'Steve' Kagen (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Michael A. Arcuri (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Bruce Braley (IA - D) (Out Of Office)
- André D. Carson (IN - D)
- Kathy Castor (FL - D)
- Keith Maurice Ellison (MN - D)
- John Hall (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Maurice D. Hinchey (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Mazie K. Hirono (HI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Paul W. Hodes (NH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr. (GA - D)
- Gerald 'Jerry' McNerney (CA - D)
- Patrick J. Murphy (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Janice D. 'Jan' Schakowsky (IL - D)
- Brad J. Sherman (CA - D)
- Betty Sutton (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- Nicola S. 'Niki' Tsongas (MA - D)
- Timothy J. 'Tim' Walz (MN - D)
- Peter F. Welch (VT - D)
- Charles A. 'Charlie' Wilson Jr. (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
