3.0.0 3574 2022-02-09T01:57:11Z 2022-02-09T10:05:35Z Senate S 2020-03-24 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-24T18:30:23Z 2020-03-24 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N Commerce Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Disaster relief and insurance Inflation and prices Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Commerce 00 2020-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-27T19:11:21Z Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act

This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a designated consumer good or service during a public health emergency at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive and (2) indicates that the seller is using the circumstances related to the public health emergency to increase prices unreasonably. The Federal Emergency Management Agency may issue proclamations designating necessary goods and services to which these prohibitions apply.

The bill requires enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and imposes enhanced civil and criminal penalties for violations of prohibitions. It also authorizes a state attorney general to bring a civil action to enforce the prohibitions of this bill.

]]> Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act Display Title Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect consumers from price-gouging during emergencies. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3574is/xml/BILLS-116s3574is.xml 2020-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.