William Pryor: “I have a modification which I have sent to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be so modified. The…”

“I have a modification which I have sent to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment will be so modified. The amendment (No. 1703), as modified, is as follows: On page 190, between lines 14 and 155, insert the following: Sec. 522. Of the funds appropriated to the Federal Trade Commission by this Act, not less than $1,000,000 shall be used by the Commission to conduct an immediate investigation into nationwide gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; Provided, That the investigation shall include (1) any evidence of price-gouging by companies with total United States wholesale sales of gasoline and petroleum distillates for calendar 2004 in excess of $500,000,000 and by any retail distributor of gasoline and petroleum distillates against which multiple formal complaints (that identify the location of a particular retail distributor and provide contact information for the complainant) of price-gouging were filed in August or September, 2005, with a Federal or State consumer protection agency, (2) a comparison of, and an explanation of the reasons for changes in, profit levels of such companies during the 12-month period ending on August 31, 2005, and their profit levels for the month of September, 2005, including information for particular companies on a basis that does not permit the identification of any company to which the information relates, (3) a summary of tax expenditures (as defined in section 3(3) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control…”