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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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Petroleum Marketing Practices Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. 95–297, 92 Stat. 333, codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. §§ 2821-2824
Subchapter II of this Act authorizes the Commission to enforce, and further define, requirements for the calculation and posting of gasoline octane ratings by gasoline distributors and retailers.
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Lanham Trade-Mark Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
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Pub. L. 87–772, 76 Stat. 769; codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. § 1064
Section 14 of this Act authorizes the Commission, under certain conditions, to apply to the Patent and Trademark Office for the cancellation of registered trademarks.
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Defense Production Act of 1950

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 81–774, 123 Stat. 2006, codified in relevant part at 50 U.S.C. § 4558
Section 708 of the Act requires the Commission and the Department of Justice to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on voluntary agreements among industry members...
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Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Act

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 96-283, 94 Stat. 553, codified in relevant part at 30 U.S.C. § 1413
Under Section 103(d) of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce must provide the Attorney General and the Federal Trade...
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Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 111-31, 123 Stat. 1776, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1331-1340 (Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act), 15 U.S.C. §§ 4401-4408 (Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act), 21 U.S.C. §§ 387-387u (Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act)
This Act, amending the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act, as well as the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act and the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, provides the...
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Health Information Technology ("HITECH") Provisions of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Title XIII, Subtitle D

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 111-5, 123 Stat. 115, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. § 17937 and 17953
This Act directs the FTC to issue a rule requiring certain entities that obtain consumers' personal information but are not subject to the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act ("HIPAA")...
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Titles X and XIV

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, codified in relevant part at 12 U.S.C. § 5301, §§ 5481-5603, and in laws amended (Title X); and 12 U.S.C. § 5481 note, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 note, § 1602, and § 1631 et seq. (Title XIV)
Title X of this Act creates a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection within the Federal Reserve Board as a new supervisor for certain financial firms and as a rulemaker and enforcer against...
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Statutes

Webb-Pomerene Act

Mission
Competition
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 61-68
Under this Act, the Commission is responsible for receiving certain filings from export trade associations organized under the Act; investigating association operations that may adversely affect...
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Truth in Lending Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1667f, as amended
This Act (Title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) authorizes the Commission to enforce compliance by most non-depository entities with a variety of statutory provisions. Among other...
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