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Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022

Introduced: May 12, 2022 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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May 12, 2022
Referred 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.
May 12, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022

This bill generally makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale a good or service at an unconscionably excessive price during an exceptional market shock.

The bill also provides additional funding to the Federal Trade Commission.

What's happening now May 12, 2022

Referred 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4214 Related bill Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 22
All 22 Democratic 14
D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · May 27, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 24, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 24, 2022
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · May 17, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · May 17, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 16, 2022
Jones, Mondaire
· May 16, 2022
Newman, Marie
· May 16, 2022
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 16, 2022
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · May 13, 2022
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 13, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· May 13, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 13, 2022
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 13, 2022
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 13, 2022
Bowman, Jamaal
· May 12, 2022
Cicilline, David
· May 12, 2022
Demings, Val
· May 12, 2022
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · May 12, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 12, 2022
Porter, Katie
· May 12, 2022
RUSH, BOBBY
· May 12, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7736: Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7736/
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"H.R. 7736: Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7736/.
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H.R. 7736, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-7736/.
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