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H.R. 2985 (RH) - American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 107th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- November 9, 2001
- Actions
- Mr. Bass (for himself, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Towns, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Castle, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Doyle, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Filner, and Mr. Schrock) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Additional sponsors: Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Ney, and Mr. Forbes, Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Bill Number
- H.R. 2985
- Bill Version
- Reported in House (RH)
- Short Title
- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
- Full Title
- To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
- Sponsors
- Charles F. Bass(NH); Ralph M. Hall(TX)
- Cosponsors
- Nathan Deal (GA); Cliff Stearns (FL); Edolphus Towns (NY); Danny K. Davis (IL); Bart Gordon (TN); Constance A. Morella (MD); Michael N. Castle (DE); James T. Walsh (NY); Michael F. Doyle (PA); Sue W. Kelly (NY); Bob Filner (CA); Edward L. Schrock (VA); Robert W. Ney (OH); J. Randy Forbes (VA)
- Committees
- Committee on Energy and Commerce (Standing)
- Report Number
- H. Rept.107-276
- United States Code References
- 15 U.S.C. 45
and
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42 U.S.C. 5121et seq.
50 U.S.C. 1601et seq.