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HRES 624 97th Congress House Energy Economics and Public Finance Energy prices Natural gas Petroleum and petroleum products Price regulation

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the unacceptable rise in the price of natural gas to consumers.

Introduced: December 8, 1982 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Dec 10, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.
Dec 10, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power.
Dec 8, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 8, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should: (1) more rigorously review requested pipeline rate hikes and contracts to insure that natural gas price increases are just and reasonable; (2) review the regulations implementing the Purchased Gas Adjustment provision of the Natural Gas Policy Act, so as to insure that price increases more closely reflect market conditions; and (3) report to Congress on the steps it has taken to eliminate market distortions caused by the enforcement of take-or-pay contracts in the natural gas industry.

What's happening now December 10, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Dec 8, 1982
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 624: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the unacceptable rise in the price of natural gas to consumers.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-624/
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"H. Res. 624: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the unacceptable rise in the price of natural gas to consumers.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-624/.
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H. Res. 624, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-624/.
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