Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 13, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1921-1922)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prescribe reporting and recordkeeping requirements for positions involving energy commodities (a commodity or the derivatives of a commodity used primarily as a source of energy).
Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to subject to the requirements of this Act a contract, agreement, or transaction for future delivery in an energy commodity.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2007 to Feb 26, 2007, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Feb 13, 2007 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 26, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Feb 26, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 13, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1921-1922)
- Feb 13, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1920-1921)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Business records
- Coal
- Commerce
- Commodity exchanges
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Diesel motor
- Electric power production
- Energy
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Futures trading
- Gasoline
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Heating
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Law
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Propane
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2007Introduced in Senate
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