Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025
The Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2025 prohibits selling goods or services at grossly excessive prices during exceptional market shocks like natural disasters, energy shortages, or public health emergencies. It creates a presumption of violation when companies with "unfair leverage" (revenue over $1 billion, dominant market position, or other factors) increase prices beyond normal market fluctuations. The law requires public companies to disclose detailed pricing information in SEC filings during these emergencies, including explanations for price increases and how costs affected pricing. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general would enforce the law, with civil penalties up to 5% of a company's revenue for violations. The bill also appropriates $1 billion to fund FTC enforcement efforts.
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Introduction
Jul 2025
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Introduced Jul 17, 2025
Last action Jul 17, 2025
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Jul 17, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jul 17, 2025
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1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
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Janice D. Schakowsky
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Angie Craig
DDemocratic
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Christopher R. Deluzio
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Greg Casar
DDemocratic
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
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Jerrold Nadler
DDemocratic
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Jonathan L. Jackson
DDemocratic
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Judy Chu
DDemocratic
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Maggie Goodlander
DDemocratic
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