HR8229-119

In Committee

Lower Grocery Prices Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 9, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Lower Grocery Prices Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Education, Trade.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HA899CB8D21C44F65ACF35865687E1BC9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lower Grocery Prices Act.
  • Section H4918543AA53B4D37AFB688228917C0C4: 2. Prohibition on surveillance-based price setting for food, groceries, and agricultural commodities A person may not engage in surveillance-based price...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Lower Grocery Prices Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Education, Trade

Primary Purpose

This bill, Lower Grocery Prices Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Education Trade

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 9, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 9, 2026

Mr. Pappas introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Education Trade
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Commission" §H4918543AA53B4D37AFB688228917C0C4

the Federal Trade Commission. The term genetic information— means, with respect to an individual, information about— any genetic test

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