COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention Act
This bill makes it unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a consumer good or service during a public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) 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.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-07 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
| 2020-04-07 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |