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(1) extend a declaration under subsection (a) 
for a period of not more than 30 days; 
(2) extend such a declaration more than once; 
and 
(3) discontinue such a declaration before its ex-
piration. 
SEC. 607. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COM-
MISSION. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT.—This title shall be enforced by 
the Federal Trade Commission in the same manner, by 
the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as though 
all applicable terms of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
were incorporated into and made a part of this title. In 
enforcing section 603 of this Act, the Commission shall 
give priority to enforcement actions concerning companies 
with total United States wholesale or retail sales of crude 
oil, gasoline, and petroleum distillates in excess of 
$500,000,000 per year but shall not exclude enforcement 
actions against companies with total United States whole-
sale sales of $500,000,000 or less per year. 
(b) VIOLATION IS TREATED AS UNFAIR OR DECEP-
TIVE ACT OR PRACTICE.—The violation of any provision 
of this title shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act 
or practice proscribed under a rule issued under section 
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18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 
(c) COMMISSION ACTIONS.—Following the declara-
tion of an energy emergency by the President under sec-
tion 606 of this Act, the Commission shall— 
(1) maintain within the Commission— 
(A) a toll-free hotline that a consumer may 
call to report an incident of price gouging in the 
affected area; and 
(B) a program to develop and distribute to 
the public informational materials to assist resi-
dents of the affected area in detecting, avoid-
ing, and reporting price gouging; 
(2) consult with the Attorney General, the 
United States Attorney for the districts in which a 
disaster occurred (if the declaration is related to a 
major disaster), and State and local law enforcement 
officials to determine whether any supplier in the af-
fected area is charging or has charged an uncon-
scionably excessive price for crude oil, gasoline, or 
petroleum distillates in the affected area; and 
(3) conduct investigations as appropriate to de-
termine whether any supplier in the affected area 
has violated section 603 of this Act, and upon such 
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finding, take any action the Commission determines 
to be appropriate to remedy the violation. 
SEC. 608. ENFORCEMENT BY STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, as parens patriae, may 
bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an appro-
priate district court of the United States to enforce the 
provisions of section 603 of this Act, or to impose the civil 
penalties authorized by section 609 for violations of sec-
tion 603, whenever the attorney general of the State has 
reason to believe that the interests of the residents of the 
State have been or are being threatened or adversely af-
fected by a supplier engaged in the sale or resale, at retail 
or wholesale, or distribution of crude oil, gasoline or petro-
leum distillates in violation of section 603 of this Act. 
(b) NOTICE.—The State shall serve written notice to 
the Commission of any civil action under subsection (a) 
prior to initiating the action. The notice shall include a 
copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate the civil action, 
except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide 
such prior notice, the State shall provide such notice im-
mediately upon instituting the civil action. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE.—Upon receiving the 
notice required by subsection (b), the Commission may in-
tervene in the civil action and, upon intervening— 
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