US Congress House Bill 6472 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on April 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a consumer good or service during a public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) 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.

COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]
Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2020-04-07	House	Introduced in House

HB6379 (Related) 2020-03-23 - Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, 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.
HB6450 (Related) 2020-04-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HB6800 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
HR967 (Similar To) 2020-05-15 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6472/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6472/BILLS-116hr6472ih.pdf