for each fiscal year to provide the financial assistance described in section 4261(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1431(d) ) (as added by this section) (including necessary administrative and operating expenses relating to such assistance). U Consumer Protection and Telecommunications Provisions I COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention 101. Short title This title may be cited as the COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention Act . 102. Prevention of price gouging (a) In general For the duration of a public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) as a result of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID–19), including any renewal thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale a good or service at a price that— (1) is unconscionably excessive