H.R. 6264 · 116th Congress
Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act
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This bill creates a new criminal offense for price gouging during a state of emergency.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 12, 2020
Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act
This bill creates a new criminal offense for price gouging during a state of emergency.
Specifically, in a location that has received a state of emergency declaration, the bill prohibits the sale of certain goods or services—those vital and necessary for consumer health, safety, and welfare—at an unconscionably excessive price (e.g., a price higher than the average price during the 30-day period before the emergency declaration was made).
A violator is subject to fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act
Latest action (Mar 12, 2020): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 12, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.