# Summary
The Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act seeks to protect consumers from unjustified fuel price increases by strengthening oversight of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and biofuel markets. The bill expands existing anti-manipulation laws to cover a broader range of transportation fuels and increases civil penalties for violations from $1 million to $2 million per violation. It establishes a new Transportation Fuel Monitoring and Enforcement Unit within the Federal Trade Commission to continuously collect and analyze market data from oil companies, identify suspicious trading patterns or price manipulation, and share information with other federal agencies. The bill also requires the Department of Energy to conduct detailed surveys of energy companies about crude oil and fuel production, refining, storage, and sales, with results published publicly in specific geographic regions to help consumers and policymakers spot market problems. The legislation authorizes necessary funding through fiscal year 2031 and requires the FTC to report within 90 days on its past enforcement actions related to fuel market manipulation.
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