The Commission has enforcement or administrative responsibilities under more than 80 laws. The agency’s primary statutes, the Federal 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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15 U.S.C. §§ 4401-4408
This Act, as amended by the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, requires manufacturers, packagers, and importers of smokeless tobacco products to place one of four statutorily...
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Competition
Consumer Protection
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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...
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Consumer Protection
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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 Some of its disclosure requirements were superseded by later amendments to the Truth in Lending...
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Competition
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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...
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Consumer Protection
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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...
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Consumer Protection
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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...
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Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. No. 115-271, 132 Stat. 4082, codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. § 45d
Section 8023 of this Act authorizes the Commission to seek civil penalties for unfair or deceptive acts or practices with respect to any substance use disorder treatment service or substance use...
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