3.0.0 2480 2023-01-13T04:48:48Z 2023-01-13T04:48:48Z Senate S S 2006-03-29 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-03-30T00:27:24Z Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act 109 5762 HR 2006-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. Identical bill CRS 2006-03-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2006-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000382 Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] ROBERT BENNETT R UT F. N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-03-29 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2006-05-03 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2006-05-16 False Commerce Administrative procedure Consumer protection Contact lenses Electronic commerce Federal Trade Commission Government Operations and Politics Health Independent regulatory commissions Internet Law Mail-order business Pharmacies Science, Technology, Communications Commerce 00 2006-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-23T14:19:04Z Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens manufacturers to make the lenses available in a commercially reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner to: (1) prescribers and associated entities; and (2) alternative channels of distribution. (Excludes specified types of lenses, including lenses that are custom designed and manufactured for an individual patient and are not mass produced or marketed.)

Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to carry out this Act. Treats violations of this Act as unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

]]> Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act Display Title Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act with respect to the availability of contact lenses. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2006-03-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2480is/xml/BILLS-109s2480is.xml 2006-03-29 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.