COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
Latest action · Apr 7, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 7, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a consumer good or service during a public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates that the seller is using the circumstances related to the public health emergency to increase prices unreasonably.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 7, 2020 to Sep 1, 2020; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Apr 7, 2020 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 7, 2020 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Apr 7, 2020 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Apr 7, 2020 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 7, 2020 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Apr 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 10, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 7, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2020Introduced in House
- Apr 7, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 67, April 7, 2020, page H1879.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48213 | Marketing and Pricing in the U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Archived | Report | Oct 4, 2024 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6379 | Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020 | Related bill | Mar 23, 2020 |
| HR 6450 | Price Gouging Prevention Act | Related bill | Apr 3, 2020 |
| HR 6800 | The Heroes Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit price gouging in connection with the public health emergency resulting from COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 7, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
