,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bg1        
#bjba,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,doggett7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to impose natural gas trading  
limits during emergencies4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,gas ,consumer ,emergency ,market       
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,identification  
of beneficiaries of dramatic increases  
in natural gas prices in relation to    
,winter ,storm ,uri  7a7 ,study ,the    
,commodity ,futures ,trading ,commission
 shall conduct a study designed to      
reveal who benefitted from the dramatic 
increases in natural gas prices on the  
spot market and day-ahead markets in    
relation to ,winter ,storm ,uri4  7b7   
,report to the ,congress ,within #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,commodity ,futures      
,trading ,commission shall submit to the

 ,congress a written report that        
contains the results of the study       
required by subsection 7a7 and includes 
recommendations on how to address       
similar circumstances which may arise in
 the future4  #c4 ,rulemaking to require
 imposition of natural gas trading      
limits in the spot and day-ahead markets
 during emergency ,the ,commodity       
,futures ,trading ,commission shall     
conduct a rulemaking requiring all      
facilities on or through which natural  
gas is traded on the spot market and the
 day-ahead market to impose limits on   
trading in natural gas during an        
emergency declared by an agency or      
instrumentality of the ,federal         
,government1 to prevent market          
distortions4  #d4 ,prohibition on       
natural gas price gouging on spot or    
day-ahead market during emergency ,the  
,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#a et seq47 is amended by inserting     
after section #dt the following3  #du4  
,prohibition on natural gas price       

gouging on spot or day-ahead market     
during emergency  7a7 ,in general ,if   
the ,commission finds1 after notice and 
opportunity for hearing1 that1 during an
 emergency declared by an agency or     
instrumentality of the ,federal         
,government1 a person has sold or       
offered for sale1 or has attempted to   
sell or offer for sale1 in or affecting 
interstate or foreign commerce1 on any  
spot or day-ahead market1 any quantity  
of natural gas for a price that exceeds 
such baseline price as the ,commission  
may establish by rule1 regulation or    
order1 the ,commission may subject the  
person to a civil penalty4  7b7 ,amount 
of penalty ,the amount of a civil       
penalty imposed on a person under       
subsection 7a7 shall be not more than   
#a1jjj1jjj per day4  4