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S 2222 112th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Commodities markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Oil and gas

A bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets.

Introduced: March 21, 2012 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Mar 21, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 21, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Instructs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use its authority (including emergency powers) to: (1) to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within its jurisdiction and control that is serving as a platform for the trading of energy futures or swaps; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations, 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 March 21, 2012

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 14, 2012
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 21, 2012
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 21, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2222: A bill to require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2222/
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