H R 6377

Title

To direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to utilize all its authority, including its emergency powers, to curb immediately the role of excessive speculation in any contract market within the jurisdiction and control of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, on or through which energy futures or swaps are traded, and to 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.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
6/26/08	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 468: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Energy Markets Emergency Act of 2008