Senate Bill 3647
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Prevent Emergency and Disaster Profiteering Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 7, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3647
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
May 7, 2020
05/07/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
05/07/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:42:43 PM