,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #idh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjai,mr4 ,chabot 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4   
,nadler1 and ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,sherman ,act to make oil-producing and 
exporting cartels illegal4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,no
 ,oil ,producing and ,exporting ,cartels
 ,act of #bjai or ,,nopec4  #b4 ,sherman
 act ,the ,sherman ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#a et seq47 is amended by adding after  
section #g the following3  #g;,a4 ,oil  
producing cartels  7a7 ,in general ,it  
shall be illegal and a violation of this
 ,act for any foreign state1 or any     
instrumentality or agent of any foreign 
state1 to act collectively or in        
combination with any other foreign      
state1 any instrumentality or agent of  
any other foreign state1 or any other   

person1 whether by cartel or any other  
association or form of cooperation or   
joint action--  7#a7 to limit the       
production or distribution of oil1      
natural gas1 or any other petroleum     
product2  7#b7 to set or maintain the   
price of oil1 natural gas1 or any       
petroleum product2 or  7#c7 to otherwise
 take any action in restraint of trade  
for oil1 natural gas1 or any petroleum  
product1  when such action1 combination1
 or collective action has a direct1     
substantial1 and reasonably foreseeable 
effect on the market1 supply1 price1 or 
distribution of oil1 natural gas1 or    
other petroleum product in the ,united  
,states4  7b7 ,inapplicability of       
defenses ,no court of the ,united       
,states shall decline1 based on the act 
of state1 foreign sovereign compulsion1 
or political question doctrines to make 
a determination on the merits in an     
action brought under this section4  7c7 
,enforcement ,the ,attorney ,general of 
the ,united ,states shall have the sole 

authority to bring an action to enforce 
this section4 ,any such action shall be 
brought in any district court of the    
,united ,states as provided under the   
antitrust laws4  4  #c4 ,no sovereign   
immunity in oil cartel cases ,title #bh 
of the ,united ,states ,code is         
amended-- 7#a7 in section #afje7;a7--   
7,a7 in paragraph 7#e7 by striking or   
after the semicolon1  7,b7 in paragraph 
7#f7 by striking the period and         
inserting 2 or1 and  7,c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7#g7 in which   
the action is brought under section     
#g;,a of the ,sherman ,act4  1 and  7#b7
 in section #afaj7;a7-- 7,a7 in         
paragraph 7#g7 by striking the period at
 the end and inserting 1 or1 and  7,b7  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#h7 the judgment relates to a claim    
that is brought under section #g;,a of  
the ,sherman ,act4  4  #d4 ,severability
 ,if any provision of this ,act 7or of  
an amendment made by this ,act7 is held 
invalid the remainder of this ,act 7or  

of the amendment7 shall not be affected 
thereby4