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S 3205 110th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy Energy demand Energy prices Energy supplies Futures trading Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Petroleum Swaps (Finance)

Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008

Introduced: June 26, 2008 Introduced by: Cantwell, Maria Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Jun 26, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jun 26, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008 - Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to: (1) curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations or unwarranted changes in prices, or other unlawful activity that is causing major market disturbances that prevent the market from accurately reflecting the forces of supply and demand for energy commodities.

What's happening now June 26, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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  • HR 6377 Identical bill Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3205: Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3205/
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"S. 3205: Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3205/.
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S. 3205, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3205/.
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