House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Lower Grocery Prices Act
Official title: To prohibit certain uses of algorithmic decision systems to inform individualized prices for food, groceries, and agricultural commodities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chris Pappas D-NHWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 9, 2026 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8229.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 63, April 9, 2026, Page H2831):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 347 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8229, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8229
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 May 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8229, last updated May 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chris Pappas.
- H.R. 2954 (119th) Veterans’ Transition to Trucking Act of 2025
- H.R. 4413 (119th) End the Cyprus Embargo Act
- H.R. 8019 (119th) U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act
- H.R. 7802 (119th) DISCLOSE Act of 2026
- H.R. 1732 (119th) GUARD VA Benefits Act
- H.R. 4197 (119th) LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.