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Crimes Against Charitable Americans Act of 2001

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Section 1011 of the USA Patriot Act, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272, codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. § 6102 and § 6106
Section 1011 amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to cover “charitable solicitations.” It requires the FTC to expand the scope of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to cover...

Packers and Stockyards Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Aug. 15, 1921, ch.64, 42 Stat. 159, codified in relevant part at 7 U.S.C. §§ 181-229, in particular, § 227
Section 406 of this Act (7 U.S.C. § 227) provides the Commission with jurisdiction over transactions in poultry products and margarine; and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, and livestock...

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...

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...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sections 3012 and 4001

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
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...