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Legal Library: Statutes

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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Federal Trade Commission Act

Mission

Competition

Consumer Protection

Law

15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58, as amended

The Federal Trade Commission Act is the primary statute of the Commission. Under this Act, as amended, the Commission is empowered, among other things, to (a) prevent unfair methods of competition and...

Safe Web Act (194.69 KB)

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Clayton Act

Mission

Competition

Law

15 U.S.C. §§ 12-27, as amended

The Commission is charged under Sections 3, 7 and 8 of this Act with preventing and eliminating unlawful tying contracts, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and interlocking directorates. This Act...

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act ("TAKE IT DOWN Act")

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. 119-12

The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the publication of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions. It also requires covered platforms to: (1) create a process for consumers to notify covered platforms of...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ12/PLAW-119publ12.pdf

Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (“PADFAA”)

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. 118-50

The statute makes it unlawful for a data broker to sell, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, disclose, provide access to, or otherwise make available personally identifiable sensitive data of a...

Text of the Protecting Americans' Data Against Foreign Adversaries Act (68.97 KB)

INFORM Consumers Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

15 U.S.C. § 45f

The Act requires online marketplaces to collect and verify bank account information, contact information, and tax ID information from high-volume third party sellers that sell consumer products...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49, Division Q, Title IV, §§ 401-402

Under Section 402, the FTC, in consultation with Indian Tribes, must make public and submit to congressional committees a report on scams targeting Indian Tribes. This report, due no later than March...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr2471/BILLS-117hr2471enr.pdf

Fraud and Scam Reduction Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49, Division Q, Title I, §§ 101-122

The Fraud and Scams Reduction Act seeks to raise awareness of, identify, and combat schemes to defraud consumers, especially schemes that target seniors. Section 112 establishes the Senior Scams...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr2471/BILLS-117hr2471enr.pdf

COVID-19 Consumer Protection Act of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division FF, Title XIV, § 1401

For the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), this Act makes it unlawful under Section 5 of the Federal...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr133/BILLS-116hr133enr.pdf

Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division FF, Title XII, §§ 1203-1210

This Act recognizes the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) as a private self-regulatory organization. The Authority must develop rules related to horseracing, including anti-doping...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr133/BILLS-116hr133enr.pdf

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm

No Surprises Act of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, Division BB, § 109

The No Surprises Act seeks to protect consumers from surprise medical bills arising out of certain out-of-network emergency care. Under Section 109 of the Act, the Secretary of Health and Human...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr133/BILLS-116hr133enr.pdf

Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 115-70, 131 Stat. 1209, codified in relevant part at 34 U.S.C. §21711

Section 101 of this Act requires the FTC to designate an Elder Justice Coordinator within the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. This individual is responsible for coordinating and supporting the...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

15 U.S.C. § 6552-53

This Act requires the FTC to provide a nationwide program that promotes children’s safe use of the internet. The Act specifies that the FTC’s program must utilize existing resources of public and...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml;jsessionid=7F576D1F323BD62E579BAB23A5E5C31F

Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 115-174, codified in relevant part primarily at 15 U.S.C. 1650, 1681c, 1681c-1, 1681i and 42 U.S.C. 405b

This act includes a number of changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other lending-related laws, many of which affect consumers and the FTC. In particular: Title III amends the FCRA regarding...

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm

Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act

Mission

Competition

Law

Pub. L. No. 115-263, 132 Stat. 3673, codified in relevant part at 21 U.S.C. § 355 note

Section 3 of this Act requires certain agreements involving biosimilar biological drugs to be filed with the antitrust agencies in the same way certain agreements involving generic drugs must be filed...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

Pub. L. No. 115-254,132 Stat.3314, codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. § 44801 note

Under Section 375 of the Act, it is an unfair and deceptive practice under FTC Act § 5(a) for a person that uses an unmanned aircraft system (i.e. a drone and its operational elements) for commercial...

https://www.ftc.govhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act)

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

15 U.S.C §§ 7701-7713

This Act establishes requirements for those who send unsolicited commercial email. The Act bans false or misleading header information and prohibits deceptive subject lines. It also requires that...

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Consumer Review Fairness Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

15 U.S.C. § 45b

The Act generally makes provisions of form contracts between sellers and individual consumers void from inception if the provisions: (1) prohibit or restrict individuals from reviewing sellers’ goods...

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act

Law

Pub. L. No. 92-513, 86 Stat. 947, now codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. §§ 32908, 32912-32913, and 32918, and 42 U.S.C. § 6363

Provisions added to this Act by Section 301 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (a) provide for Commission enforcement of fuel economy labeling requirements under the FTC Act, except for penalty...

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Military Lending Act

Mission

Consumer Protection

Law

10 U.S.C. § 987

The Military Lending Act, as amended, imposes a 36% rate cap, bans mandatory arbitration, and imposes other restrictions, and requires disclosures for “consumer credit” (as defined by rule issued by...

https://www.ftc.govhttp://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml

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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