Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022 This bill generally makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale a good or service at an unconscionably excessive price during an exceptional market shock. The bill also provides additional funding to the Federal Trade Commission.
AppropriationsBusiness expensesBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityCivil disturbancesConflicts and warsConsumer affairsCorporate finance and managementElectric power generation and transmissionEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Government information and archivesInflation and pricesLabor-management relationsMilitary operations and strategyNatural disastersRetail and wholesale tradesSecuritiesState and local government operations
Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022
USA117th CongressS-4214| Senate
| Updated: 5/12/2022
Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022 This bill generally makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale a good or service at an unconscionably excessive price during an exceptional market shock. The bill also provides additional funding to the Federal Trade Commission.
AppropriationsBusiness expensesBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityCivil disturbancesConflicts and warsConsumer affairsCorporate finance and managementElectric power generation and transmissionEmergency medical services and trauma careEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Government information and archivesInflation and pricesLabor-management relationsMilitary operations and strategyNatural disastersRetail and wholesale tradesSecuritiesState and local government operations