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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Cartels</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6762</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3081 A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-03:/action/159182</id>
    <updated>2008-06-03T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3044 Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3044/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/157553</id>
    <updated>2008-05-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6074 Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6074/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/action/157483</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2991 Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2991/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/action/156551</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2976 OPEC Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2976/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-05:/action/156275</id>
    <updated>2008-05-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2964 OPEC Accountability Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2964/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-30:/action/152137</id>
    <updated>2008-04-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the United States Trade Representative to pursue a complaint of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141586</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 18, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-140.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/action/141065</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 18, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/140723</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 17, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/action/141064</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T19:00:00Z</updated>
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An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging, to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 17, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2950 Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection, and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2950/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-27:/action/120544</id>
    <updated>2007-06-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.500 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in opposition to efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to the world market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and nonmarket price or as an instrument of political pressure.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr500/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/action/119082</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in opposition to efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to establish a cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to the world market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and nonmarket price or as an instrument of political pressure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2264 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2264/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-09:/action/111889</id>
    <updated>2007-05-09T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.875 SAFE Energy Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s875/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-13:/action/96528</id>
    <updated>2007-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve energy security of the United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and production, and improving international arrangements to secure the global oil supply, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.879 No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s879/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-13:/action/96536</id>
    <updated>2007-03-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1500 Gasoline Price Stabilization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1500/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-12:/action/96304</id>
    <updated>2007-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the stabilization of prices for gasoline, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.768 Fuel Economy Reform Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s768/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-05:/action/95663</id>
    <updated>2007-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.767 Fuel Economy Reform Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s767/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-05:/action/95661</id>
    <updated>2007-03-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to increase fuel economy standards for automobiles and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1050 A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1050/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-13:/action/93366</id>
    <updated>2007-02-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.473 Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s473/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-31:/action/92466</id>
    <updated>2007-01-31T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve the prohibitions on money laundering, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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