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Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act

USA116th CongressS-3574| Senate 
| Updated: 3/24/2020
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 24, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 24, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Commerce

Civil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDisaster relief and insuranceInflation and pricesRetail and wholesale tradesState and local government operations

Ending Price-Gouging During Emergencies Act

USA116th CongressS-3574| Senate 
| Updated: 3/24/2020
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.
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Timeline
Mar 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Mar 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 24, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 24, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Thomas Tillis

Thomas Tillis

Republican Senator

North Carolina

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Commerce

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Civil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDisaster relief and insuranceInflation and pricesRetail and wholesale tradesState and local government operations