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Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-3647| Senate 
| Updated: 5/7/2020
Cory A. Booker

Cory A. Booker

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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
May 7, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • May 7, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2020
    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.
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Timeline
May 7, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • May 7, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 7, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cory A. Booker

Cory A. Booker

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Commerce

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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