Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024
Latest action · Feb 16, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2024 to Oct 29, 2024; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 15, 2024 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Apr 20, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | May 14, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 16, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Jun 4, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Sep 6, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Oct 29, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Feb 15, 2024 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2024 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2024 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
- Feb 15, 2024Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2024Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6151 | Paul Tonko D-NY | Nov 20, 2024 |
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. 170, no. 30, February 15, 2024, page H680.
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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3803 | Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024 | Related bill | May 22, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make price gouging unlawful, to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2024
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2024Introduced 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.
