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H.R. 7688: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

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H.R. 7688: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-05-06 · Commerce · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-05-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 4 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 229 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR7688 (2022-05-19), Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

Plain 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. Additionally, the commission must investigate whether the price of gasoline is being manipulated through reducing refinery capacity or other manipulative practices. The commission also must establish a Transportation Fuel Monitoring and Enforcement Unit to collect, monitor, and analyze crude oil and transportation fuel market data. The bill further includes specified transportation fuels within the prohibitions against (1) manipulative market practices, and (2) reporting false price information. It also increases the penalty for violations of those prohibitions. Finally, the Energy Information Administration must survey energy companies to facilitate transparent and competitive crude oil and transportation fuel markets.

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Official text

Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Josh Harder (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Darren Soto (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), John Garamendi (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] reported raising $3.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr7688 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117