Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 70 / Friday, April 11, 1997 / Notices 17831

1Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and

Order are available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, H–130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580.

1Copies of the Complaint and the Decision and

Order are available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, H–130, 6th Street and

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20580.

manufacturer from misrepresenting the

total amount due at lease inception,

requires the manufacturer to provide

consumers with clear, readable, and

understandable cost information in their

car lease and financed purchase

advertising, requires advertisements that

reference an initial payment or state that

no initial payment is due to clearly and

conspicuously disclose, as applicable,

that the deal is a lease, and to disclose

the fact that an extra charge may be

imposed at the end of the lease based on

the residual value of the car. The

consent order also prohibits the

respondent from misrepresenting the

existence or amount of any balloon

payment or the annual percentage rate

for the advertised loans.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued

February 6, 1997.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Medine, FTC/S–4429,

Washington, D.C. 20580. (202) 326–

3224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Thursday, December 5, 1996, there was

published in the Federal Register, 61 FR

64524, a proposed consent agreement

with analysis In the Matter of General

Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi

Motor Sales of America, Inc., for the

purpose of soliciting public comment.

Interested parties were given sixty (60)

days in which to submit comments,

suggestions or objections regarding the

proposed form of the order.

No comments having been received,

the Commission has ordered the

issuance of the complaint in the form

contemplated by the agreement, made

its jurisdictional findings and entered

an order to cease and desist, as set forth

in the proposed consent agreement, in

disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interpret

or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; 82

Stat. 146, 147; 15 U.S.C. 45, 1601, et seq.; 15

U.S.C. 1667–1667e; 12 CFR 226)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9369 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Docket No. C–3716]

Phaseout of America, Inc., et al.;

Prohibited Trade Practices, and

Affirmative Corrective Actions

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Consent order.

SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged

violations of federal law prohibiting

unfair or deceptive acts or practices and

unfair methods of competition, this

consent order requires, among other

things, the New York-based firms to

send a postcard to identifiable past

purchasers of PhaseOut, a purported

stop-smoking device, notifying them of

the Commission’s action. The order also

requires the respondents to have

scientific substantiation for claims that

PhaseOut or any other smokingcessation product reduces the amount of

nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide

smokers receive. In addition, the

consent order prohibits the respondents’

misrepresentations concerning any test,

study or endorsement.

DATES: Complaint and Order issued

February 12, 1997.1

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shira Modell, FTC/S–4002, Washington,

DC 20580, (202) 326–3116.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Thursday, December 5, 1996, there was

published in the Federal Register, 61 FR

64526, a proposed consent agreement

with analysis In the Matter of PhaseOut

of America, Inc., et al., for the purpose

of soliciting public comment. Interested

parties were given sixty (60) days in

which to submit comments, suggestions

or objections regarding the proposed

form of the order.

No comments having been received,

the Commission has ordered the

issuance of the complaint in the form

contemplated by the agreement, made

its jurisdictional findings and entered

an order to cease and desist, as set forth

in the proposed consent agreement, in

disposition of this proceeding.

(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets

or applies sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended;

15 U.S.C. 45, 52)

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9370 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

[GSA Bulletin FTR 25]

Federal Travel Regulation; Promoting,

Encouraging, and Facilitating the Use

of Firesafe Accommodations

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide

Policy, GSA.

ACTION: Notice of bulletin.

SUMMARY: The attached bulletin informs

Federal agencies of responsibilities for

complying with the Hotel and Motel

Fire Safety Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–

391, 104 Stat. 747 (codified as amended

in scattered sections of 15 U.S.C. and 5

U.S.C.), as amended by section 1614 of

the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 1997, Pub. L. 104–201,

110 Stat. 2739, to save lives and protect

property by promoting fire and life

safety in hotels, motels, and all places

of public accommodation affecting

commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This bulletin is effective

March 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Groat, General Services Administration,

Office of Governmentwide Policy

(MTT), Washington, DC 20405; e-mail,

jane.groat@gsa.gov; telephone (202)

501–1538.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subsection 4(a) of Pub. L. No. 101–391,

104 Stat. 747 (codified at 5 U.S.C.

5707a), authorizes the Administrator of

General Services, among other things, to

take appropriate actions to encourage

employees traveling on official business

to stay at places of public

accommodation that meet the

requirements of fire prevention and

control guidelines, and require, with

limited exception, agencies to use

‘‘approved accommodations’’ for

conferences. Section 5 of Pub. L. 101–

391 required each agency to achieve an

adequate ‘‘approved accommodations

percentage’’ beginning in Fiscal Year

1995. Further, section 5 of the law

required the Comptroller General of the

United States to conduct an audit of the

compliance of agencies with the

established requirements and to submit

a report to Congress describing the

results of such audit. Section 1614 of

the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 1997 (Pub. L. 104–201,

110 Stat. 2739) repealed the ‘‘approved

accommodations’’ data collection and

reporting requirement, as well as the

requirement for the Comptroller General

to conduct an audit. The law did not,

however, repeal the Hotel and Motel

Fire Safety Act provisions that authorize

the Administrator of General Services to

encourage employees traveling on

official business to lodge at ‘‘approved

accommodations’’ or require, with

limited exception, agencies to use

‘‘approved accommodations’’ for

conferences.