# 117-hr-7688: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

117-hr-7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA); status Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7688
- Congress: 117
- Title: Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act
- Status: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 373.
- Introduced: 2022-05-06
- Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 16
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (16)

- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2022-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2022-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP), 2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2022-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Recommit | Failed | 201 | 220 |
| 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Passage | Passed | 217 | 207 |

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 117-hr-5727: Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2021
- 117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Build…
- 117-hr-5441: PAST Act of 2022
- 117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021

## Sources
- [117-hr-7688 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7688)

## Related
- [117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2471)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-5727: Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5727)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-5441: PAST Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5441)
- [117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4)
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