HR 4106 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

NOPEC

Introduced Apr 1, 2004 Originated House Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

Latest action · Apr 2, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E508)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 1, 2004
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2004 or NOPEC - Amends the Sherman Act to declare it to be illegal and a violation of the Act for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation or joint action, to limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum), to set or maintain the price of petroleum, or to otherwise take any action in restraint of trade for petroleum, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States.

Denies a foreign state engaged in such conduct sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgements of U.S. courts in any action brought to enforce this Act.

States that no U.S. court shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a determination on the merits in an action brought under this Act.

Authorizes the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to bring an action in U.S. district court to enforce this Act.

Amends the Federal judicial code to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state in an action brought under this Act.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 1, 2004.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Apr 1, 2004
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Apr 1, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Apr 1, 2004

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 2, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E508)
Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E508	John Conyers, Jr. D-MI	Apr 2, 2004

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2270	NOPEC	Identical bill	Apr 22, 2004

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal.
Short Titles as Introduced: NOPEC; No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2004

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House

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