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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 13, 2007
Oil and Gas Traders Oversight Act of 2007 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prescribe reporting and recordkeeping requirements for positions involving energy commodities (a commodity or the derivatives of a commodity used primarily as a source of energy).
Directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to subject to the requirements of this Act a contract, agreement, or transaction for future delivery in an energy commodity.
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Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D–CA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1921-1922)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1920-1921)
Introduced in Senate
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