I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6124 
To prohibit the manipulation of rent prices in the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2025 
Ms. BALINT (for herself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. CASAR, 
Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. GOODLANDER, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. 
SALINAS, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the manipulation of rent prices in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Rent Fixing Act 
of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
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(2) COORDINATING FUNCTION.—The term ‘‘co-
ordinating function’’ means— 
(A) collecting historical or contempora-
neous prices, supply levels, or lease or rental 
contract termination and renewal dates of resi-
dential dwelling units, either directly or indi-
rectly, from 2 or more rental property owners; 
(B) analyzing or processing the informa-
tion described in subparagraph (A) using a sys-
tem, software, or process that uses the same or 
a similar formula or methodology, including by 
using that information to train an algorithm to 
predict rental prices, lease renewal terms, or 
ideal occupancy levels; and 
(C) recommending rental prices, lease re-
newal terms, or occupancy levels to 2 or more 
rental property owners. 
(3) COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘coordinator’’ 
means any person that performs a coordinating 
function for any rental property owner, including a 
rental property owner performing a coordinating 
function for their own benefit. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given the term in subsection (a) of the first 
section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12). 
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(5) RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT.—The term 
‘‘residential dwelling unit’’— 
(A) means any house, apartment, accessory 
unit, manufactured home, manufactured hous-
ing community lot, or other unit used as a resi-
dence; and 
(B) does not include inpatient medical 
care, licensed long-term care, and detention or 
correctional facilities. 
(6) RENTAL
PROPERTY
OWNER.—The term 
‘‘rental property owner’’ means any individual, cor-
poration, partnership, association, joint-stock com-
pany, trust, or unincorporated organization, includ-
ing an organization not organized to carry on busi-
ness for its own profit or that of its members, that 
owns real property and leases or rents such property 
or any portion thereof. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory 
or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL CONDUCT. 
(a) CONSPIRACY.—It shall be unlawful for a rental 
property owner, in or affecting commerce, or any agent 
or subcontractor thereof, to knowingly subscribe to, con-
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tract with, or otherwise exchange anything of value in re-
turn for the services of a coordinator, and such action 
shall be deemed to be an unlawful method of competition 
in violation of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 45) and a per se violation of section 1 
of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1). 
(b) COORDINATION.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person, in or affecting commerce, to perform a coordi-
nating function, and such action shall be deemed to be 
an unlawful method of competition in violation of section 
5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) 
and a per se violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1). 
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.—A violation 
of this Act shall also constitute an unfair method of 
competition under section 5 of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), and if the Commis-
sion has reason to believe that a person violated this 
Act, the Commission— 
(A) may commence a civil action, in its 
own name by any of its attorneys designated by 
it for such purpose, to recover a civil penalty 
and seek other appropriate relief; and 
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(B) shall have jurisdiction to enforce this 
Act against an organization not organized to 
carry on business for its own profit or that of 
its members. 
(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 
the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers and duties as though all applicable terms of 
the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), Clayton Act 
(15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.), and Antitrust Civil Process 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) were incorporated into 
and made a part of this Act. 
(3) STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL.—Any attor-
ney general of a State shall enforce this Act in the 
same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction, powers and duties as though all 
applicable terms of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 
et seq.) and the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) 
were incorporated into and made a part of this Act. 
(b) CIVIL ACTIONS BY INJURED PERSONS .— 
(1) CIVIL
ACTION
AUTHORIZED.—Any person 
who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act may bring 
a civil action in an appropriate district court of the 
United States, without respect to the amount in con-
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troversy, to recover an amount described in para-
graph (2). 
(2) AWARD AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The court shall award 
the plaintiff threefold the damages sustained by 
the plaintiff and the reasonable cost of litiga-
tion, including a reasonable attorney fee. 
(B) INTEREST ON DAMAGES.—Pursuant to 
a motion by plaintiff promptly made, the court 
may award simple interest on actual damages 
sustained by the plaintiff for the period begin-
ning on the date of service of the pleading of 
the plaintiff setting forth a claim under this Act 
and ending on the date of judgment, or for any 
shorter period therein. 
(3) INVALIDITY OF PRE-DISPUTE ARBITRATION 
AGREEMENTS
AND
PRE-DISPUTE
JOINT
ACTION 
WAIVERS.—At the election of the plaintiff in an ac-
tion authorized under paragraph (1), a pre-dispute 
arbitration agreement or pre-dispute joint action 
waiver relating to a violation of this Act shall be in-
valid or unenforceable. 
SEC. 5. STANDARDS OF PLEADING. 
In a civil action alleging a violation of sections 1 or 
3(a) of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, 3(a)), including 
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an action brought by the United States, a State attorney 
general, or the Federal Trade Commission under section 
5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45), 
a complaint need not allege facts tending to exclude the 
possibility of independent action and shall not be dis-
missed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond 
doubt that the claimant can prove no set of facts in sup-
port of their claim which would entitle them to relief. 
SEC. 6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) ANTITRUST LAWS.—Nothing in this Act, or any 
amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to impair 
or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws, 
and the unlawful conduct set forth in this Act is in addi-
tion to and not instead of conduct prohibited by the anti-
trust laws. 
(b) STATE LAWS.—Nothing in this Act may be con-
strued to preempt, annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any 
person subject to the provisions of this Act from complying 
with the laws of any State, except to the extent that those 
laws are inconsistent with any provision of this Act, and 
then only to the extent of the inconsistency. For purposes 
of this section, a State law is not inconsistent with this 
Act if the protection such law affords any person greater 
than the protection provided by this Act. 
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SEC. 7. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, or the application of such 
a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be 
unconstitutional, the remaining provisions of this Act, and 
the application of such provisions to any person or cir-
cumstance shall not be affected thereby. 
Æ 
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