FTC Integrity Act

Bill: 117-s-3311
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2021-12-02
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>FTC Integrity Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits votes on motions cast by commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission from having any effect after they leave the Commission if the voting has not closed before end of the commissioners' last day of service. The bill applies retroactively to any vote taken on or after January 1, 2021.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3311 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 2, 2021 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Blunt , Mr. Thune , Mr. Lee , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Johnson , and Mr. Cruz ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to establish procedures for the treatment of votes by departed Commissioners.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FTC Integrity Act . 2. Treatment of votes by departed FTC Commissioners (a) In general The first section of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 ) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following new sentence: Any vote by a Commissioner on a motion before the Commission for which voting has not closed as of the end of the last day of the Commissioner’s service on the Commission shall have no effect after such date. . (b) Retroactive effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to any vote taken by a Commissioner on or after January 1, 2021.