118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 259Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

A bill to ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases.

Commerce
Introduced Feb 2, 2023
Last action Feb 7, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Feb 2, 2023
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Referred
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Committee
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Senate
Feb 7, 2023
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House floor
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill expands prohibitions against manipulating fuel markets, establishes a body within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to monitor fuel markets to ensure competitiveness, and addresses related issues. Prohibitions against the manipulation of wholesale fuel markets or reporting false (or misleading) information shall apply to actions related to crude oil and transportation fuel (defined in this bill to include gasoline, distillate fuels, jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel). Currently, such prohibitions only apply to crude oil, gasoline, and petroleum distillates. The bill further expands the prohibition on reporting false information to include such information that (1) concern...

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Timeline · 3 actions
Feb 7, 2023
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.