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117th Congress > House > Vote 676
Clerk session vote number: 229
Sponsor: SCHRIER, Kim (D-WA)
Description: Demings of Florida Part C Amendment No. 1
Bill summary: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act
This bill prohibits any person from selling, during a proclaimed energy emergency, a consumer fuel at a price that (1) is unconscionably excessive, and (2) indicates that the seller is exploiting the emergency to increase prices unreasonably. The President may issue a proclamation of such an emergency that specifies the consumer fuel and geographic area covered and how long the proclamation applies.
The bill provides for enforcement of these provisions
by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. Civil penalties collected by the commission through such enforcement must be used to provide assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Bill titles: To protect consumers from price-gouging of consumer fuels, and for other purposes.
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