Amendment109th Congress
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the language of the bill with the text of the "Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act of 2005".
- Amendment Number
- 589
- Description
- Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the language of the bill with the text of the "Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act of 2005".
- Purpose
- An amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in House Report 109-245 to give explicit authority to the FTC to define price gouging; to preserve the FTC's existing civil penalty authority and authorize new civil penalties of up to three times the amount of unjust profits gained by companies who engage in price gouging; and to increase our nation's refinery capacity by establishing a federal Strategic Refinery Reserve which would build upon the success of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) by creating a natural extension of the SPR--a refinery reserve.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Oct 7, 2005
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Stupak amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 199 - 222 (Roll no. 517).
- Latest Action Time
- 13:31:26
- Submitted Date
- Oct 7, 2005
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Dec 5, 2020