About the bill
Would such a judicial case bring down your tab at the pump?
Context
Gas prices are up more than 50 percent over the past year. As of this writing, AAA reports that the national average is $3.04 per gallon, versus $1.97 a year ago.
A good deal of that is due to rising demand, as people once again work from offices rather than at home, attend school in person rather than virtually, and everything from restaurants to entertainment venues reopen at full capacity.
Other causes, though, lie overseas. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a 13-member coalition of nations in the Middle East, Africa, and South America which controls about 79 percent of the world’s oil reserves. They deliberately cut production in March and April. (Although two …
Sponsor and status
117th Congress (2021–2023)
This bill was introduced on May 5, 2022, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
3 Cosponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“As Biden Searches for Solution to Climbing Oil Prices that He Helped Create, Grassley Presses Admin to hold OPEC Accountable”
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Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]
(Sponsor)
on Nov 24, 2021
“Judiciary Committee Advances U.S. Attorney, Bipartisan Competition Legislation”
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Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
on May 5, 2022
“As Oil Prices Surge, Grassley Seeks DOJ Engagement on Bipartisan NOPEC Bill”
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Sen. Charles “Chuck” Grassley [R-IA]
(Sponsor)
on Oct 26, 2021
History
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Jul 16, 2018
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 3214 (115th). |
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Feb 7, 2019
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Earlier Version —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 370 (116th). |
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Mar 25, 2021
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Introduced
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May 5, 2022
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Ordered Reported
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Mar 7, 2023
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 678. |
S. 977 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 977. This is the one from the 117th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 117th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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