Stop PG&E Price Gouging During Emergencies Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2596.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 62, April 13, 2023, Page H1727):
  Article 1 , Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit utility companies from price gouging natural gas during and in the year following a major disaster declaration.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2596, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2596

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 15, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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