section. Any person who violates such sub-
section shall be subject to the penalties and en-
titled to the privileges and immunities provided 
in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed in any way to limit the 
authority of the Commission under any other provi-
sion of law. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT BY STATE ATTORNEYS GEN-
ERAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the chief law en-
forcement officer of a State, or an official or 
agency designated by a State, has reason to be-
lieve that any person has violated or is violating 
subsection (a), the attorney general, official, or 
agency of the State, in addition to any author-
ity it may have to bring an action in State 
court under its laws, may bring a civil action in 
any appropriate United States district court or 
in any other court of competent jurisdiction, in-
cluding a State court, to— 
(i) enjoin further such violation by 
such person; 
(ii) enforce compliance with such sub-
section; 
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(iii) obtain civil penalties; and 
(iv) obtain damages, restitution, or 
other compensation on behalf of residents 
of the State. 
(B) NOTICE AND INTERVENTION BY THE 
FTC.—The attorney general of a State shall 
provide prior written notice of any action under 
subparagraph (A) to the Commission and pro-
vide the Commission with a copy of the com-
plaint in the action, except in any case in which 
such prior notice is not feasible, in which case 
the attorney general shall serve such notice im-
mediately upon instituting such action. The 
Commission shall have the right— 
(i) to intervene in the action; 
(ii) upon so intervening, to be heard 
on all matters arising therein; and 
(iii) to file petitions for appeal. 
(C) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE 
FEDERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commis-
sion has instituted a civil action for violation of 
this section, no State attorney general, or offi-
cial or agency of a State, may bring an action 
under this paragraph during the pendency of 
that action against any defendant named in the 
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complaint of the Commission for any violation 
of this section alleged in the complaint. 
(D) 
RELATIONSHIP
WITH
STATE-LAW 
CLAIMS.—If the attorney general of a State has 
authority to bring an action under State law di-
rected at acts or practices that also violate this 
section, the attorney general may assert the 
State-law claim and a claim under this section 
in the same civil action. 
(4) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section 
shall preempt or otherwise affect any State or local 
law. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) GOOD
OR
SERVICE.—The term ‘‘good or 
service’’ means a good or service offered in com-
merce, including— 
(A) food, beverages, water, ice, a chemical, 
or a personal hygiene product; 
(B) any personal protective equipment for 
protection from or prevention of contagious dis-
eases, filtering facepiece respirators, medical 
equipment and supplies (including medical test-
ing supplies), a drug as defined in section 
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