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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 887 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study |
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| 6 | 6 | | on grocery costs to United States consumers, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | YAN(for himself, Mr. LAWLER, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to |
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| 15 | 15 | | conduct a study on grocery costs to United States con- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sumers, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lower Grocery Prices 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON GROCERY COSTS TO U.S. CON-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SUMERS. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) S |
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| 25 | 25 | | TUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | States shall conduct a study on the changes in the Con-9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 887 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | sumer Price Index for food at home for the 20-year period 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, including 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | such other relevant economic metrics as may be necessary 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to assess the impact of food at home costs on United 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | States consumers. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | committees of Congress that contains— 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) the Comptroller General’s findings from the 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | study conducted under subsection (a); and 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) the Comptroller General’s recommendations 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to help lower food at home costs for United States 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | consumers. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) A |
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| 46 | 46 | | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Congress’’ means the following committees: 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) The Committee on Energy and Commerce 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of the House of Representatives. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) The Committee on Financial Services of the 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | House of Representatives. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) The Committee on Finance of the Senate. 22 |
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