3.0.0 3920 2022-12-29T22:33:29Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2022-03-24 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-24T19:42:33Z Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act 117 7463 HR 2022-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2022-03-24 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2022-03-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2022-04-07 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2022-04-07 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2022-05-11 False Commerce Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Energy prices Energy storage, supplies, demand Fraud offenses and financial crimes Motor fuels Oil and gas Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Retail and wholesale trades State and local government operations Commerce 00 2022-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-12T20:42:03Z Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act

This bill prohibits any person from selling, during a proclaimed international crisis affecting the oil markets, gasoline at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates that the seller is taking unfair advantage of the crisis to increase prices unreasonably. The President may issue a proclamation of such a crisis that specifies the geographic area covered and how long the proclamation applies.

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

]]> Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act Display Title Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3920is/xml/BILLS-117s3920is.xml 2022-03-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.