HR8698-119

In Committee

Lower Prices at the Pump Act

119th Congress Introduced May 7, 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

The bill expands a compliance mandate, price control, definition change provision: 2, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and defines introduces a definition change provision: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term retail, with respect to the sale of gasoline or any other petroleum. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, price controls, and appropriations. The main policy areas are Defense, Healthcare, Energy, and Trade.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a compliance mandate, price control, definition change provision: 2.
  • Expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3.
  • Defines introduces a definition change provision: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term retail, with respect to the sale of gasoline or any other petroleum...
  • Creates introduces a preemption provision: 5. Effect on other laws Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit or affect in any way the authority of the Commission to bring an enforcement action or take any other...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a compliance mandate, price control, definition change provision: 2, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and defines introduces a definition change provision: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term retail, with respect to the sale of gasoline or any other petroleum.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Healthcare, Energy, Trade

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a compliance mandate, price control, definition change provision: 2, expands a appropriation, compliance mandate, tariff provision: 3, and defines introduces a definition change provision: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term retail, with respect to the sale of gasoline or any other petroleum.

Policy Domains

Defense Healthcare Energy Trade

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
May 7, 2026

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

May 7, 2026

Introduced in House

May 7, 2026

Ms. McDonald Rivet (for herself and Ms. Schrier) introduced the …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Healthcare Energy Trade
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Commission" §H450FDE109E4C4522A0A21134BE3F981A

the Federal Trade Commission. The term retail, with respect to the sale of gasoline or any other petroleum distillate, includes— any sale to an end user, such as a motorist

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