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H.R.4913
Sponsor: Rep Kind, Ron(introduced 7/20/2000)
Latest Major Action: 7/20/2000 Referred to House committee
Title: To establish a system for the reimbursement of fines levied and collected due to illegal practices engaged in by participants in the petroleum industry to injured consumers based on the consumers' distance from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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7/20/2000:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
7/20/2000--Introduced.

Got Gas? Act - Authorizes the Department of Justice to develop a consumer reimbursement system of fines levied and collected from participants in the petroleum industry as a result of any finding of anti-competitive, collusive, or other illegal behavior occurring during marked gasoline price increases in the Upper Midwest region during June 2000. Requires such compensation to be distributed based upon injured consumers' distance from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with the amount decreasing as such distance increases.