SEC. 4. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMANDS.
(a) SECTION 20(a).—Section 20(a) (15 U.S.C. 57b–
1(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘unfair or de-
ceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce
(within the meaning of section 5(a)(1))’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘act or practice or method of
competition declared unlawful by a law administered
by the Commission’’;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘unfair or de-
ceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce
(within the meaning of section 5(a)(1))’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘acts or practices or methods of
competition declared unlawful by a law administered
by the Commission’’; and
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘unfair or de-
ceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce
(within the meaning of section 5(a)(1))’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘act or practice or method of
competition declared unlawful by a law administered
by the Commission’’.
(b) SECTION 20(c).—Section 20(c)(1) (15 U.S.C.
57b–1(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘unfair or deceptive acts
or practices in or affecting commerce (within the meaning
of section 5(a)(1))’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘any act
or practice or method of competition declared unlawful by
a law administered by the Commission’’.
(c) SECTION 20(j).—Section 20(j) (15 U.S.C. 57b–
1(j)) is amended by inserting immediately before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, any proceeding under section 11(b)
of the Clayton Act, or any adjudicative proceeding under
any other provision of law’’.
SEC. 5. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES.
The Federal Trade Commission Act is amended by
redesignating sections 24 and 25 as sections 25 and 26,
respectively, and by inserting after section 23 the follow-
ing:
‘‘SEC. 24. (a) The Commission shall not have any au-
thority to conduct any study, investigation, or prosecution
of any agricultural cooperative for any conduct which, be-
cause of the provisions of the Act entitled ‘An Act to au-
thorize association of producers of agricultural products’,
approved February 18, 1922 (7 U.S.C. 291 et seq., com-
monly known as the Capper-Volstead Act), is not a viola-
tion of any of the antitrust Acts or this Act.
‘‘(b) The Commission shall not have any authority
to conduct any study or investigation of any agricultural
marketing orders.’’.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 25 (15 U.S.C. 57c) (as so redesignated by
section 5) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 25. To carry out the functions, powers, and
duties of the Commission there are authorized to be appro-
priated $88,000,000 for fiscal year 1993, $92,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994, and $99,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.’’.
SEC. 7. ACTION OF COMMISSION RESPECTING CERTAIN
PROCEEDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Trade Commission
shall not have any authority to use any funds which are
authorized under section 25 to be appropriated to carry
out the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et
seq.) for fiscal years 1993, 1994, or 1995 for the purpose
of submitting statements to, appearing before, or interven-
ing in the proceedings of, any Federal or State agency
unless the Commission notifies the Committee on Energy
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate of such action as soon as possible.
(b) NOTICE.—The notice required by subsection (a)
with respect to Federal Trade Commission action shall in-
clude—
(1) the name of the agency involved,
(2) the date of such action, and
(3) a concise statement regarding the nature
and purpose of such action.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections
(b) and (c), the amendments made by this Act and this
Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) SECTION 2.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
section 2 shall apply only with respect to cease and
desist orders issued under section 5 of the Federal
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) after the date
of enactment of this Act.
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—The amendment made by
section 2 shall not be construed to affect in any
manner a cease and desist order which was issued
before the date of enactment of this Act. Such
amendment shall not be construed to affect in any
manner a cease and desist order issued after the
date of enactment of this Act, if such order was is-
sued pursuant to remand from a court of appeals or
the Supreme Court of an order issued by the Fed-
eral Trade Commission before the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) SECTION 4.—The amendments made by section
4 shall apply only with respect to compulsory process is-
sued after the date of enactment of this Act.