(2) process may be served without regard to the 
territorial limits of the district or of the State in 
which the civil action is instituted; and 
(3) a person who participated with the defend-
ant in an alleged violation that is being litigated in 
the civil action may be joined in the civil action with-
out regard to the residence of the person. 
(f) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE FEDERAL 
ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Federal Trade Commission 
has instituted a civil action or an administrative action 
for violation of this Act, no State attorney general, or offi-
cial or agency of a State, may bring an action under this 
subsection during the pendency of that action against any 
defendant named in the complaint of the Federal Trade 
Commission or the other agency for any violation of this 
Act alleged in the complaint. 
(g) ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW.—Nothing con-
tained in this section shall prohibit an authorized State 
official from proceeding in State court to enforce a civil 
or criminal statute of such State. 
SEC. 6. LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE. 
Amounts collected in fines and penalties under sec-
tions 3 or 4 of this Act shall be deposited in a separate 
fund in the treasury to be known as the Consumer Relief 
Trust Fund. To the extent provided for in advance in ap-
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propriations Acts fund shall be used to provide assistance 
under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
administered by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
SEC. 7. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
(a) OTHER AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL TRADE COM-
MISSION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit 
or affect in any way the Federal Trade Commission’s au-
thority to bring enforcement actions or take any other 
measure under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 41 et seq.) or any other provision of law. 
(b) STATE LAW.—Nothing in this Act preempts any 
State law. 
SEC. 8. MARKET TRANSPARENCY FOR CRUDE OIL, GASO-
LINE, AND PETROLEUM DISTILLATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Trade Commission 
shall facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale 
of crude oil and essential petroleum products at wholesale, 
having due regard for the public interest, the integrity of 
those markets, fair competition, and the protection of con-
sumers. 
(b) MARKETPLACE TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—In car-
rying out this section the Federal Trade Commission 
shall provide by rule for the dissemination, on a 
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timely basis, of information about the availability 
and prices of wholesale crude oil, gasoline, and pe-
troleum distillates to the Federal Trade Commission, 
States, wholesale buyers and sellers, and the public. 
(2) PROTECTION
OF
PUBLIC
FROM
ANTI-
COMPETITIVE ACTIVITY.—In determining the infor-
mation to be made available under this section and 
time to make the information available, the Federal 
Trade Commission shall seek to ensure that con-
sumers and competitive markets are protected from 
the adverse effects of potential collusion or other 
anticompetitive behaviors that can be facilitated by 
untimely public disclosure of transaction-specific in-
formation. 
(3) PROTECTION OF MARKET MECHANISMS.— 
The Federal Trade Commission shall withhold from 
public disclosure under this section any information 
the Commission determines would, if disclosed, be 
detrimental to the operation of an effective market 
or jeopardize system security. 
(c) INFORMATION SOURCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(b), the Federal Trade Commission may— 
(A) obtain information from any market 
participant; and 
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(B) rely on entities other than the Com-
mission to receive and make public the informa-
tion, subject to the disclosure rules in sub-
section (b)(3). 
(2) PUBLISHED
DATA.—In carrying out this 
section, the Federal Trade Commission shall con-
sider the degree of price transparency provided by 
existing price publishers and providers of trade proc-
essing services, and shall rely on such publishers and 
services to the maximum extent possible. 
(3) ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS.—The 
Federal Trade Commission may establish an elec-
tronic information system if it determines that exist-
ing price publications are not adequately providing 
price discovery or market transparency. Nothing in 
this section, however, shall affect any electronic in-
formation filing requirements in effect under this 
Act as of the date of enactment of this section. 
(4) DE
MINIMUS
EXCEPTION.—The Federal 
Trade Commission may not require entities who 
have a de minimus market presence to comply with 
the reporting requirements of this section. 
(d) COOPERATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.— 
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(1) 
MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDERSTANDING.— 
Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall conclude a 
memorandum of understanding with the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission and other appropriate 
agencies (if applicable) relating to information shar-
ing, which shall include provisions— 
(A) ensuring that information requests to 
markets within the respective jurisdiction of 
each agency are properly coordinated to mini-
mize duplicative information requests; and 
(B) regarding the treatment of proprietary 
trading information. 
(2) CFTC JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit or affect the exclusive 
jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 1 et seq.). 
(e) RULEMAKING.—Within 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission 
shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish such 
rules as the Commission determines to be necessary and 
appropriate to carry out this section. 
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