To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of the exception for common carriers.

Bill: 115-hr-1754
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-28
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Competition and antitrust

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate activities of common carriers insofar as the activities are not regulated by the Federal Communications Commission under the Communications Act of 1934 or by the Surface Transportation Board or the Department of Transportation under interstate transportation laws.</p> <p>Under current law, these common carriers are exempt from the FTC's authority based merely on their status as common carriers. The bill continues to prohibit the FTC from regulating common carriers insofar as they are subject to communications and transportation laws, but allows the FTC to regulate other activities of common carriers under its authority to investigate and prevent unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1754 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 28, 2017 Mr. Latta (for himself and Mr. Olson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of the exception for common carriers.

1. Clarification of scope of common carrier exception The Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 5(a)(2), by inserting insofar as they are after common carriers ; and (2) in section 6— (A) by inserting insofar as they are after common carriers each place it appears; and (B) by inserting insofar as it is after common carrier each place it appears.