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Bart Stupak: “I am in its current form, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2005
I am in its current form, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Motion to Recommit With Instructions Mr. Stupak moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3402 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Add at the end the following: TITLE XI--GAS PRICE GOUGING SEC. 1101. GAS PRICE GOUGING. (a) Offense.--Chapter 89 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 1822. Gas price gouging ``(a) Prohibition.--During any time of national disaster, it shall be unlawful for any person to offer to sell crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, or petroleum distillates at a price that-- ``(1) is unconscionably excessive; or ``(2) indicates the seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances to increase prices unreasonably.…
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