S. 3081 would establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force within the Department of Justice.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogDirects the Attorney General to establish a Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force in the Department of Justice (DOJ) to examine all issues relating to edit the wikiapplication of federal antitrust laws to the petroleum markets, including the existence and beeffects of: (1) price gouging in the first to provide a detailed summarysales of the bill!)gasoline; (2) international oil cartels; (3) collusive behavior in restricting petroleum production; (4) anticompetitive price discrimination; and (5) anticompetitive manipulation in futures markets or other trading exchanges relating to petroleum.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 6/4/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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