3.0.0 2671 2023-03-08T19:58:48Z 2023-03-08T19:58:48Z House HR 2021-04-20 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 20, 2021)][House][Pages H1998-H1999]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ARMSTRONG:H.R. 2671.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H1999]]Article I, Section 8, clause 3 ``to regulate commerce withforeign nationa, and among the several states, and with theIndian tribes;'']]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2021-04-21T18:04:10Z Referred to 2021-04-20T14:02:50Z 2021-04-21 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Committee 2021-04-20 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2021-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-04-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000377 Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large] Kelly Armstrong R ND N Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commerce 00 2021-04-20 Introduced in House 2021-09-27T19:34:10Z Solidifying Habitual and Institutional Explanations of Liability and Defenses Act or the SHIELD Act

This bill provides that in any enforcement action the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must prove a violation of law and may not base the action solely on guidelines, policy statements, or similar guidance.

The bill provides that no guidelines, general statements of policy, or similar guidance issued by the FTC shall confer any rights or bind the FTC or any person, state, or locality to the approach recommended therein. Further, the bill authorizes a defendant in an enforcement action to offer any such guidelines, policy statements, or similar guidance as evidence of compliance with a provision of law that is enforced by the FTC.

]]> SHIELD Act Display Title SHIELD Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to specify certain effects of guidelines, general statements of policy, and similar guidance issued by the Federal Trade Commission. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced SHIELD Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Solidifying Habitual and Institutional Explanations of Liability and Defenses Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr2671ih/xml/BILLS-117hr2671ih.xml 2021-04-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. 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.