US Congress House Bill 4996 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-08-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Energy Markets Emergency Act - Directs 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 on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded; and (2) eliminate excessive speculation, price distortion, sudden or unreasonable fluctuations, or 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.

Energy Markets Emergency Act

Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]

Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2014-06-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

SB2548 (Related) 2014-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4996/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4996/BILLS-113hr4996ih.pdf