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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")...

Lanham Trade-Mark Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
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.

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...

Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act

Mission
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 109–347, 120 Stat. 1952 (2006), codified in relevant part at 31 U.S.C. §§ 5361- 5367
This Act prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting, as defined, from knowingly accepting credit, electronic fund transfers, checks, or any other payment involving a financial institution...

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...