Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 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.
What just happenedMay 7, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateMay 7, 2020
- May 7, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - May 7, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate