Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008
To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes.
Other Bill Titles (8 more)5/20/2008--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 - Title I: Amendment to Sherman Act - No Oil Producing and Exporting Cart... moreSee Full Bill Text
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| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| May 15, 2008 | May 20, 2008 |
Latest Vote
| May 20, 2008Roll call number 332 in the House | |||
| Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 6074 Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act | |||
| Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 2/3 (66%) | Percentage of 'aye' votes: 74% | Result: Passed | |
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In the News
May 27, 2008 OPEC in the dock?
Case in point: Last week, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted HR 6074, a bill that would allow the US attorney general to sue OPEC under the ...
May 21, 2008 House Passes OPEC Antitrust Legislation
The US House of Representatives passed legislation (HR 6074) on Tuesday, May 20 known as NOPC that would amend antitrust law to allow legal action against ...
Source: Helicopter Association International, VA
May 21, 2008 US House Passes Legislation To Sue OPEC Over Oil Price Fixing
The Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 (HR 6074) incorporates the "No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007" or NOPEC provisions as passed ...
Blog Coverage
October 01, 2008 Young on High Energy Prices
[VOTED NO on HR 6074, Vote #332, 5/20/08]. Young opposed repealing tax breaks for the oil industry. In 2007, Young voted against shifting certain revenue from royalties and tax incentives from oil and gas companies into a reserve fund ...
Source: Drop Don (Young)
September 30, 2008 CA-03: Durston for Congress hitting the airwaves
Lungren voted no on HR 6074, the Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act, a bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support (324-84) to prevent the oil industry from gouging consumers at the pump. He also voted no on April 20, 2007, ...
July 04, 2008 Will USA really sue OPEC states?
The US House has just passed HR 6074, colourfully titled the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels ... from: Leohuberh [Juniorprofessor] tags: Oil, Opec credit points: 151 timelimit: 18.07.2008 17:11 to the question.











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Boy this is a lot of gall! From the makers of the cartel and corporation a bill that says "hey, you can't do that to US!". Maybe the EU should try to pass a bill called NOCORP.... NOMCD
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