I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5226 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations that 
prohibit the practice of deceptive downsizing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regu-
lations that prohibit the practice of deceptive downsizing, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deceptive Downsizing 
Prohibition Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Manufacturers of consumer products, in-
cluding food, are reducing the size of such products 
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while continuing to use packaging designed for the 
same or similar product of a larger size. 
(2) The practice of deceptive downsizing sub-
stantially harms consumers and reduces the pur-
chasing power of consumers. 
(3) Consumers frequently do not appreciate or 
recognize that the size of a consumer product has 
changed until after the purchase, if ever. 
(4) The trend toward producing consumer prod-
ucts of reduced size without reducing the price has 
driven inflation, causing substantial injury to con-
sumers that is not reasonably avoidable. 
(5) The Federal Government plays an essential 
role in protecting consumers from unfair or decep-
tive acts or practices, including ensuring manufac-
turers of consumer products do not deceive cus-
tomers. 
(6) This Act shall protect consumers by prohib-
iting manufacturers of consumer products from sell-
ing such products, regardless of price or cost, of re-
duced size in packaging previously used for the same 
or similar product of a larger size. 
(7) Consumers need clear, conspicuous, and 
easily understandable notice of a change in the size 
of a consumer product and simply including the re-
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duced size on the packaging without context or high-
lighting does not provide sufficient notice to con-
sumers to avoid a violation of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) CONSUMER
PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘con-
sumer product’’ has the same meaning given the 
term in section 101 of the Magnuson-Moss War-
ranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2301). 
(3) DECEPTIVE DOWNSIZING.—The term ‘‘de-
ceptive downsizing’’ means the practice of a manu-
facturer of a consumer product selling such a prod-
uct of reduced size using the same or substantially 
similar packaging that was used for any prior 
version of the same or substantially similar product 
that was of larger size. 
(4) LARGER
SIZE.—The term ‘‘larger size’’ 
means a consumer product of greater volume, size, 
mass, weight, or quantity relative to the consumer 
product that is the subject of the alleged deceptive 
downsizing. 
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(5) REDUCED SIZE.—The term ‘‘reduced size’’ 
means a reduction in volume, size, mass, weight, or 
quantity of a consumer product relative to any prior 
version of the same or substantially similar con-
sumer product. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON DECEPTIVE DOWNSIZING. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—A manufacturer of a consumer 
product may not engage in deceptive downsizing with re-
spect to such consumer product. 
(b) SAFE HARBOR.—A manufacturer of a consumer 
product shall not be liable for deceptive downsizing with 
respect to such consumer product in violation of sub-
section (a) if the manufacturer sells the consumer product 
in a reduced size using the same or substantially similar 
packaging as for the larger size of the consumer product 
and— 
(1) the manufacturer provides notice on the 
principal display panel of such packaging that the 
consumer product is of reduced size; and 
(2) such notice— 
(A) is conspicuous, clear, and easy for con-
sumers to read and understand; and 
(B) states the larger size of the consumer 
product and the reduced size of the consumer 
product. 
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SEC. 5. REGULATIONS RELATING TO PROHIBITION ON DE-
CEPTIVE DOWNSIZING. 
The Commission may promulgate, under section 553 
of title 5, United States Code, any regulations the Com-
mission determines necessary to carry out the provisions 
of this Act. 
SEC. 6. ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. 
(a) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRACTICES.— 
A violation of this Act shall be treated as a violation of 
section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or deceptive 
acts or practices. 
(b) POWERS
OF COMMISSION.—The Commission 
shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by the same 
means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties 
as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were 
incorporated into and made a part of this Act, and any 
person who violates this Act shall be subject to the pen-
alties and entitled to the privileges and immunities pro-
vided in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to limit the authority of the Commission 
under any other provision of law. 
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