3.0.0 3030 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z Senate S S 2004-12-07 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-12-07T21:18:42Z 2004-12-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-12-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11900) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-12-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N Commerce Consumer complaints Consumer protection Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Deceptive advertising Executive reorganization Federal Trade Commission Fraud Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Informers Public service advertising Restrictive trade practices Science, Technology, Communications Commerce 00 2004-12-07 Introduced in Senate 2005-01-07T20:07:43Z Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advocacy Act - Establishes within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) an Office of Consumer Advocacy and Outreach to protect minority consumers, disabled consumers, and other targeted consumers from unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

Requires the head of the Office to: (1) assist law enforcement personnel in investigating unfair or deceptive acts or practices that affect such consumers and in increasing the amount of information available about such conduct through the Consumer Sentinel or equivalent database system; (2) provide such consumers with information regarding the detection of unfair or deceptive acts or practices; (3) administer a program permitting the anonymous reporting of information concerning unfair or deceptive acts or practices that affect such consumers; (4) carry out a program of monetary rewards for reports of such conduct if such reports result in civil penalties; and (5) carry out a public awareness campaign in Spanish.

]]> Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advocacy Act Display Title Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advocacy Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy and Outreach within the Federal Trade Commission to protect consumers from certain unfair or deceptive acts or practices, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advocacy Act Introduced in Senate 2004-12-07T05:00:00Z 2004-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.