I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10338 
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 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Mr. CORREA introduced the following bill; which was referred 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 2024’’. 
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 goods do not deceive customers. 
(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. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
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(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 packaging that 
was used for any prior version of the same or sub-
stantially 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. 
(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 manufacturer of a consumer product may not en-
gage in deceptive downsizing with respect to such con-
sumer product. 
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