US Congress Senate Bill 4385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on July 30 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) authority to prohibit unfair or deceptive commercial practices associated with the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. In prohibiting such practices, the FTC must consider whether the practice (1) involves goods or services explicitly advertised as related to the COVID-19 emergency, (2) involves goods or services for which consumer demand significantly increased shortly before or during the emergency, or (3) relates to the federal or state response to the emergency.The bill further specifies procedures for the FTC and the states to enforce such prohibitions.

Stopping COVID Scams Act of 2020

Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB7750 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4385/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4385/BILLS-116s4385is.pdf