Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4966 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4966 To prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 12, 2025 Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Mr. Casar, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Tran, Ms. Simon, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Carson, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Jayapal, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PRICE GOUGING. (a) Prohibition.--An operator of a retail food store may not sell or offer for sale an item at a grossly excessive price. (b) Affirmative Defense.--An operator of a retail food store does not sell or offer for sale an item at a grossly excessive price in violation of subsection (a) if the retail food store demonstrates to the Commission that the increase in the price of the item involved is directly attributab