Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, CONSUMER PROTECTION NEWS: House Commerce panel to mark up FTC bills, (Jun 7, 2016)
By Lynn Stanton,TRDaily
The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on commerce, manufacturing, and trade has scheduled a markup later this week to consider four bills related to the FTC, including the draft FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act, which will incorporate eight previously introduced bills.
The bills incorporated into the FTC Process and Transparency Reform Act are the Technological Innovation through Modernizing Enforcement (TIME) Act (H.R. 5093); the Start Taking Action on Lingering Liabilities (STALL) Act (H.R. 5097); the FTC Robust Elderly Protections and Organizational Requirements to Track Scams (REPORTS) Act (H.R. 5098); the Clarifying Legality and Enforcement Action Reasoning (CLEAR) Act (H.R. 5109); the Statement on Unfairness Reinforcement and Emphasis Act (SURE) Act (H.R. 5115); the Freeing Responsible and Effective Exchanges (FREE) Act (H.R. 5116); the Solidifying Habitual and Institutional Explanations of Liability and Defenses (SHIELD) Act (H.R. 5118); and the Revealing Economic Conclusions for Suggestions (RECS) Act (H.R. 5136).
Also on the markup agenda are the Consumer Review Fairness Act (H.R. 5111), to "prohibit gag clauses preventing consumers from publishing truthful reviews and authorize the FTC and states to enforce the Act with civil penalties"; the Reinforcing American-Made Products Act (H.R. 5092), to "establish that the FTC’s authority over Made in USA labeling is the single, national standard, preventing a patchwork of laws around the nation"; and the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act (H.R. 5104), to "empower the FTC to stop software used to buy up swaths of event tickets over defense measures put in place by ticket sellers."
The markup will begin with opining statements on Wednesday, June 8, at 5 p.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It will reconvene with debate, consideration of amendments, and votes on Thursday, June 9, at 10 a.m. in the same location.
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