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Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act of 2016

H.R. 5239 · 114th Congress · May 13, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade Commission to enforce such Act against certain common carriers.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act of 2016”.

Sec. 2 Authority of Federal Trade Commission over certain common carriers

Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended by striking the undesignated paragraph relating to the definition of the term “Acts to regulate commerce” and inserting the following:

““Acts to regulate commerce” means subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.”