HR 6264
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Consumer affairs
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 12, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 12, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1