The Commission has enforcement or administrative responsibilities under more than 80 laws. The agency鈥檚 primary statutes, the 51本色 Act and the Clayton Act, appear first followed by all of the other statutes in alphabetical order. The links for the statutes primarily are to uscode.house.gov, which updates the statutes on a regular basis. Please note, however, that the 51本色cannot guarantee the accuracy of any particular statute or statute link at any particular time.
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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15 U.S.C. 搂搂 41-58, as amended
The 51本色 Act is the primary statute of the Commission. Under this Act, as amended, the Commission is empowered, among other things, to (a) prevent unfair methods of competition and...
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Competition
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂搂 12-27, as amended
The Commission is charged under Sections 3, 7 and 8 of this Act with preventing and eliminating unlawful tying contracts, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and interlocking directorates. This Act...
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂 45f
The Act requires online marketplaces to collect and verify bank account information, contact information, and tax ID information from high-volume third party sellers that sell consumer products...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49, Division Q, Title IV, 搂搂 401-402
Under Section 402, the FTC, in consultation with Indian Tribes, must make public and submit to congressional committees a report on scams targeting Indian Tribes. This report, due no later than March...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49, Division Q, Title I, 搂搂 101-122
The Fraud and Scams Reduction Act seeks to raise awareness of, identify, and combat schemes to defraud consumers, especially schemes that target seniors. Section 112 establishes the Senior Scams...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division FF, Title XIV, 搂 1401
For the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), this Act makes it unlawful under Section 5 of the Federal...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division FF, Title XII, 搂搂 1203-1210
This Act creates a Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (鈥淎uthority鈥) as a private self-regulatory organization. The Authority must develop rules related to horseracing, including anti-doping...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division BB, 搂 109
The No Surprises Act seeks to protect consumers from surprise medical bills arising out of certain out-of-network emergency care. Under Section 109 of the Act, the Secretary of Health and Human...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 115-70, 131 Stat. 1209, codified in relevant part at 34 U.S.C. 搂21711
Section 101 of this Act requires the 51本色to designate an Elder Justice Coordinator within the agency鈥檚 Bureau of Consumer Protection. This individual is responsible for coordinating and supporting the...
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂 6552-53
This Act requires the 51本色to provide a nationwide program that promotes children鈥檚 safe use of the internet. The Act specifies that the FTC鈥檚 program must utilize existing resources of public and...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 115-174, codified in relevant part primarily at 15 U.S.C. 1650, 1681c, 1681c-1, 1681i and 42 U.S.C. 405b
This act includes a number of changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other lending-related laws, many of which affect consumers and the FTC. In particular: Title III amends the FCRA regarding...
Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 115-263, 132 Stat. 3673, codified in relevant part at 21 U.S.C. 搂 355 note
Section 3 of this Act requires certain agreements involving biosimilar biological drugs to be filed with the antitrust agencies in the same way certain agreements involving generic drugs must be filed...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 115-254,132 Stat.3314, codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. 搂 44801 note
Under Section 375 of the Act, it is an unfair and deceptive practice under 51本色Act 搂 5(a) for a person that uses an unmanned aircraft system (i.e. a drone and its operational elements) for commercial...
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C 搂搂 7701-7713
This Act establishes requirements for those who send unsolicited commercial email. The Act bans false or misleading header information and prohibits deceptive subject lines. It also requires that...
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂 45b
The Act generally makes provisions of form contracts between sellers and individual consumers void from inception if the provisions: (1) prohibit or restrict individuals from reviewing sellers鈥 goods...
Law
Pub. L. No. 92-513, 86 Stat. 947, now codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. 搂搂 32908, 32912-32913, and 32918, and 42 U.S.C. 搂 6363
Provisions added to this Act by Section 301 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (a) provide for Commission enforcement of fuel economy labeling requirements under the 51本色Act, except for penalty...
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Consumer Protection
Law
10 U.S.C. 搂 987
The Military Lending Act, as amended, imposes a 36% rate cap, bans mandatory arbitration, and imposes other restrictions, and requires disclosures for 鈥渃onsumer credit鈥 (as defined by rule issued by...
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Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796, codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. 搂 45a
Under Section 320933 of the Act, labels representing that a product is "Made in America" or "Made in the U.S.A." must conform with the domestic content requirements for such claims established by the...
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂搂 68-68j
Under this Act, the manufacture, introduction, sale, transportation, distribution, or importation of misbranded wool constitutes a violation of the 51本色 Act.
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Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 搂搂 5701-5724
The Act requires the Commission to promulgate certain regulations respecting advertising for, operation of, and billing and collection procedures for, pay-per-call or "900 number" telephone services...