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H.R.5510: FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act of 2016
About This Bill
- Introduced June 16, 2016
- Latest Major Action Dec. 13, 2016
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FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide additional factors for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider before it may declare acts or practices to be unlawful on the ground that they are unfair and likely to cause substantial injury to consumers. Trivial or merely speculative injury or harm must be considered unlikely to cause substantial injury. But the FTC...
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| Date | Description |
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| Dec. 13, 2016 |
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.
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| Dec. 13, 2016 |
Committee on the Judiciary discharged. |
| Dec. 13, 2016 |
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-875, Part I.
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| June 23, 2016 |
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
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| June 16, 2016 |
Referred to House Judiciary
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| June 16, 2016 |
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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| June 16, 2016 |
Introduced in the House by Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas) |