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Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 12, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4214: Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4214/
"S. 4214: Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4214/.
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