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The Commission has enforcement or administrative responsibilities under more than 80 laws. The agency’s primary statutes, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission 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 FTC cannot guarantee the accuracy of any particular statute or statute link at any particular time.

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U.S. SAFE WEB Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-455, 120 Stat. 3372, extended by Pub. L. No. 116-173, 134 Stat. 837, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 41 et seq.
This Act, amending the FTC Act, provides the FTC with a number of tools to improve enforcement regarding consumer protection matters, particularly those with an international dimension, including...
Statutes

Fur Products Labeling Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 69-69j
This Act requires that articles of apparel made of fur be labeled, invoiced, and advertised, among other things, with the true English name of the animal from which the fur was taken, and whether the...
Statutes

Fair Credit Billing Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. 1666-1666j
This Act, amending the Truth in Lending Act, requires prompt written acknowledgment of consumer billing complaints and investigation of billing errors by creditors. The amendment prohibits creditors...
Statutes

Hobby Protection Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2106
This Act, amended by the Collectible Coin Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 113-288, 128 Stat. 3281, prohibits manufacturing or importing imitation political items, and manufacturing, importing, or selling...
Statutes

Consumer Leasing Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 1667-1667f
This Act, amending the Truth in Lending Act, regulates personal property leases that exceed four months in duration and that are made to consumers for personal, family, or household purposes. The Act...
Statutes

College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 106-420, 114 Stat. 1867, codified in relevant part at 20 U.S.C. § 1092d
This Act requires the FTC, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Education to jointly submit a report to Congress each year on fraud in the offering of college education financial assistance...
Statutes

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-6506
This Act protects children's privacy by giving parents tools to control what information is collected from their children online. The Act requires the Commission to promulgate regulations requiring...
Statutes

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. 109-8 No. 109-8, 119 Stat. 23, §§ 1301-1309, codified in relevant part to 15 U.S.C. §§1637-1638,1664 and 1665b
This Act amends the Truth in Lending Act in various respects, including requiring certain disclosures. Some of its disclosure requirements were superseded by later amendments to the Truth in Lending...
Statutes

Better Online Ticket Sales Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. § 45c
The Act prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ticket issuer. The Act also prohibits selling or offering to...
Statutes

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sections 3012 and 4001

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. § 280j note and 42 U.S.C. § 300u-10
This Act to reform health care provides for the FTC to participate in the Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality and the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, both...
Statutes

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 95-372, 92 Stat. 629, codified in relevant part at 43 U.S.C. §§1337, 1344
Section 205(b) of this Act directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commission, to conduct antitrust reviews and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior respecting the...
Statutes

Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 103-325, 108 Stat. 2190, codified to various parts of Truth in Lending Act, particularly 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-02, §§1639-41
The Act, amending the Truth in Lending Act, establishes disclosure requirements and prohibits equity stripping and other abusive practices in connection with high-cost mortgages. The Dodd-Frank Act...
Statutes

Home Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 100-709, 102 Stat. 4725, codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1637, 1647, and 1665b
This Act, amending the Truth in Lending Act, requires creditors to provide certain disclosures for open-end credit plans secured by the consumer's dwelling and imposes substantive limitations on such...
Statutes

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 106-102, 113 Stat. 1338, codified in relevant part primarily at 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801-6809, §§ 6821-6827
Title V, subtitle A, of this Act (15 U.S.C. § 6801 et seq.) requires the FTC, along with the Â鶹´«Ã½ banking agencies and other regulators, to issue regulations ensuring that financial institutions...
Statutes

Energy Policy Act of 2005

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, codified in relevant part primarily at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6294, 7545, 16471
Under this Act, the Commission is required to: (a) issue regulations for energy efficiency labeling of a number of household appliances and plumbing fixtures, if specified conditions are met (Section...
Statutes

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 110-140, 121 Stat. 1492, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. § 17021 and §§ 17301-17305
Section 205 of the Act (42 U.S.C. § 17021) requires the Commission to issue rules for the labeling of biodiesel or biodiesel blend fuel sold at retail. Sections 811-815 of this Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 17301...
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