Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5239
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2016-05-13
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to regulate common carriers subject to the Communications Act of 1934.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5239 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2016 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade Commission to enforce such Act against certain common carriers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act of 2016 . 2. Authority of Federal Trade Commission over certain common carriers Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 44 ) is amended by striking the undesignated paragraph relating to the definition of the term Acts to regulate commerce and inserting the following: Acts to regulate commerce means subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. .