H.R. 7688 (117 th ): Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act

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To protect consumers from price-gouging of consumer fuels, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor and status

Kim Schrier

Sponsor. Representative for Washington's 8th congressional district. Democrat.

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on May 19, 2022 but was never passed by the Senate.

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The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next.

H.R. 7688 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 7688. This is the one from the 117 th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 117 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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