# 119-hr-8135: Cost-of-living Emergency Act 119-hr-8135, Cost-of-living Emergency Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8135 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-8135 - Congress: 119 - Title: Cost-of-living Emergency Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-03-27 - Sponsor: Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA) - Cosponsors: 1 - Policy area: Housing and Community Development - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **This bill would declare a 180-day national cost-of-living emergency and create a coordinated federal effort to analyze, monitor, and try to **reduce cost burdens on households** for food, housing, utilities, transportation, and medical services.** It would set up executive leadership and advisory bodies, authorize targeted use of the Defense Production Act to stabilize supplies, and create a bipartisan Congressional Cost-of-Living Commission to produce legislative recommendations. - Households: Requires a quarterly State of Household Budgets report tracking purchasing power, real wage growth after housing and health costs, household debt burdens, and regional affordability to inform policy and oversight. - Consumers and markets: Creates an emergency enforcement framework and a Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission Joint Task Force to investigate and act on price gouging, price manipulation, supply constraints, and anticompetitive practices during the emergency. - Supply and Congress: Allows agencies to use the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production and stabilize prices after evidentiary certification and planning. It also forms a 12-member bipartisan Commission required to hold at least 6 hearings and deliver reports with legislative language for Congress to consider. ## Cosponsors (1) - Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Loans for small manufacturers: benefit, medium. If enacted, small and medium businesses would be eligible for loans and loan guarantees under sections 301 and 302 of the Defense Production Act to modernize facilities that produce basic household necessities. Support would be available during the 180‑day emergency. The bill does not set exact loa… - Stronger price enforcement and transparency: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Attorney General and the FTC Chair would create a Joint Task Force on Consumer Costs to monitor price increases and investigate anticompetitive practices. The Task Force would report within 60 days and then every 90 days, share evidence with state attorneys general, and make a publi… - Government buys to lower prices: benefit, medium. If enacted, the President would be able to use Title III of the Defense Production Act to expand U.S. production of basic household necessities during the 180‑day emergency. Agencies would have to make a strategic plan within 15 days and certify in writing that a contract, loan, or purchase will lo… - Bipartisan Cost of Living Commission: benefit, low. If enacted, Congress would create a bipartisan 12‑member Cost‑of‑Living Commission. Members and two co‑chairs must be appointed within 14 days. The Commission must hold at least six hearings and vote on a final report with findings, recommendations, and draft legislative text not later than 180 day… - White House cost cutting council: benefit, low. If enacted, the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers would set up a White House Cost Cutting Council within 7 days and appoint Special Advisors for groceries, housing, utilities, health care, transportation, and wages. Each advisor would lead weekly task forces, send weekly reports, and hold r… ## Related bills - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act - 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act - 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act ## Sources - [119-hr-8135 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8135) ## Related - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-5658: Child Care for Every Community Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5658) - [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8135 (as of 2026-09-21).