Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020 This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a designated good or service at a price that is unconscionably excessive during a federally-declared emergency or disaster. The Department of Health and Human Services may designate a list of necessary goods or services during an emergency period and establish a margin over which an increase in the average price of such goods or services is deemed unconscionably excessive.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce
Civil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesState and local government operations
Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-3647| Senate
| Updated: 5/7/2020
Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020 This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a designated good or service at a price that is unconscionably excessive during a federally-declared emergency or disaster. The Department of Health and Human Services may designate a list of necessary goods or services during an emergency period and establish a margin over which an increase in the average price of such goods or services is deemed unconscionably excessive.
Civil actions and liabilityConsumer affairsDisaster relief and insuranceEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment information and archivesInfectious and parasitic diseasesInflation and pricesState and local government operations