Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Federal Trade Commission

Bill Introduced: S.3260 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009

2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3252 Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2008

2008-07-10T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2860 Fair Value and Independent Appraisal Act

2008-04-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to diminish predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, to improve appraisal oversight, to ensure mortgage appraiser independence, to provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5769 SMASH Act of 2008

2008-04-10T00:00:00Z

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to explicitly prohibit the sending of a text message containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the national do-not-call registry.

Bill Introduced: S.2831 Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008

2008-04-08T00:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2793 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act

2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe a rule prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.

Bill Enacted: H.R.3541 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the "Do-not-call" Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

February 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-187.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.3541 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

To amend the "Do-not-call" Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

February 15, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Signed by President: S.781 Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.

February 15, 2008: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: S.781 Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

A bill to extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.

February 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-188.

Bill Sent To President: S.781 Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

A bill to extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.

February 13, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3541 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2008-02-12T00:00:00Z

To amend the "Do-not-call" Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

February 12, 2008: Presented to President.

Bill Sent To President: S.781 Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

2008-02-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect Do-Not-Call Registry fees to fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.

February 06, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3541 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2008-02-06T00:00:00Z

To amend the "Do-not-call" Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

February 06, 2008: Cleared for White House.

Bill Introduced: S.2459 A bill to authorize appropriations for research and enforcement activities of the Federal Trade Commission related to misleading mortgage advertisements.

2007-12-12T00:00:00Z

A bill to authorize appropriations for research and enforcement activities of the Federal Trade Commission related to misleading mortgage advertisements.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4298 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

2007-12-05T00:00:00Z

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4125 To amend the Hobby Protection Act to require that imitation Civil War items be clearly marked as copies.

2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

To amend the Hobby Protection Act to require that imitation Civil War items be clearly marked as copies.

Bill Introduced: S.2096 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2007-09-26T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3541 Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

2007-09-17T00:00:00Z

To amend the "Do-not-call" Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3525 FACT Act Rulewriting Improvement Act of 2007

2007-09-14T00:00:00Z

To require rapid implementation of guidelines and regulations regarding the accuracy of consumer information furnished to consumer reporting agencies that were required to be established by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 and have not been implemented, to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall take the lead in implementation of the guidelines and regulations, and for other purposes.