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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1766 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1766

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

                                 An Act

 
 To enhance cooperation between the Federal Trade Commission and State 
  Attorneys General to combat unfair and deceptive practices, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``FTC Collaboration Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE PRACTICES COOPERATION STUDY.
    (a) In General.--
        (1) Study required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
    the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 
    conduct a study on facilitating and refining existing efforts with 
    State Attorneys General to prevent, publicize, and penalize frauds 
    and scams being perpetrated on individuals in the United States.
        (2) Requirements of study.--In conducting the study, the 
    Commission shall examine the following:
            (A) The roles and responsibilities of the Commission and 
        State Attorneys General that best advance collaboration and 
        consumer protection.
            (B) The policies, procedures, and mechanisms that 
        facilitate cooperation and communications across the 
        Commission.
            (C) How resources should be dedicated to best advance such 
        collaboration and consumer protection.
            (D) The accountability mechanisms that should be 
        implemented to promote collaboration and consumer protection.
        (3) Consultation and public comment.--In producing the study 
    required in paragraph (1), the Commission shall--
            (A) consult with--
                (i) the National Association of State Attorneys 
            General;
                (ii) public interest organizations dedicated to 
            consumer protection;
                (iii) relevant private sector entities; and
                (iv) any other Federal or State agency that the Federal 
            Trade Commission considers necessary; and
            (B) provide opportunity for public comment and advice 
        relevant to the production of the study.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the 
completion of the study required pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, and make publicly available on the 
website of the Commission, a report that contains the following:
        (1) The results of the study.
        (2) Recommended best practices to enhance collaboration efforts 
    between the Commission and State Attorneys General with respect to 
    preventing, publicizing, and penalizing fraud and scams.
        (3) Quantifiable metrics by which enhanced collaboration can be 
    measured.
        (4) Legislative recommendations, if any, to enhance 
    collaboration efforts between the Commission and State Attorneys 
    General to prevent, publicize, and penalize fraud and scams.
    (c) Commission Defined.--In this section, the term ``Commission'' 
means the Federal Trade Commission.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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