[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8493

   To establish the Task Force to Stop Price Gouging, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2024

  Ms. Craig introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
 Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish the Task Force to Stop Price Gouging, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Task Force to Stop Price Gouging Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. TASK FORCE TO STOP PRICE GOUGING.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a task force (to be known 
as the ``Task Force to Stop Price Gouging'') to address unfair and 
illegal pricing issues affecting consumers in the United States.
    (b) Members.--The task force established by subsection (a) shall be 
comprised of the following:
            (1) Representatives of the Department of Justice, appointed 
        by the Attorney General.
            (2) Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, 
        appointed by the Chair of the Commission.
            (3) Representatives of the Department of Agriculture, 
        appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
    (c) Duties.--The task force established by subsection (a) shall 
carry out the following:
            (1) Investigate, and publish legislative recommendations 
        with respect to, actions to--
                    (A) strengthen interagency efforts to address anti-
                competitive, unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent business 
                practices that increase prices for families in the 
                United States;
                    (B) prevent consolidation in the food sector; and
                    (C) counteract food price manipulation throughout 
                the supply chain.
            (2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, submit to Congress a 
        report that--
                    (A) describes interagency efforts to address anti-
                competitive, unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent business 
                practices that increase prices for families in the 
                United States;
                    (B) describes the effect of Federal Government 
                spending on food prices;
                    (C) describes actions taken to streamline Federal 
                Government spending with respect to the food sector to 
                strengthen the supply chain and support families in the 
                United States; and
                    (D) analyzes input costs with respect to producers, 
                manufacturers, and retailers.
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