Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act This bill creates a new criminal offense for price gouging during a state of emergency. Specifically, in a location that has received a state of emergency declaration, the bill prohibits the sale of certain goods or services—those vital and necessary for consumer health, safety, and welfare—at an unconscionably excessive price (e.g., a price higher than the average price during the 30-day period before the emergency declaration was made). A violator is subject to fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Consumer affairsDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth care costs and insuranceHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and prices
Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act
USA116th CongressHR-6264| House
| Updated: 3/12/2020
Preventing Pandemic Profiting Act This bill creates a new criminal offense for price gouging during a state of emergency. Specifically, in a location that has received a state of emergency declaration, the bill prohibits the sale of certain goods or services—those vital and necessary for consumer health, safety, and welfare—at an unconscionably excessive price (e.g., a price higher than the average price during the 30-day period before the emergency declaration was made). A violator is subject to fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
Consumer affairsDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth care costs and insuranceHealth technology, devices, suppliesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and prices