[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6618 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6618

  To require complete displays of the retail price of transportation 
                                 fuel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2008

Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require complete displays of the retail price of transportation 
                                 fuel.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    The Act may be cited as the ``Stop Deceptive Advertising of Gas 
Prices Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETE DISPLAYS OF THE RETAIL PRICE OF 
              TRANSPORTATION FUEL.

    (a) In General.--In each place (including on a sign, label, or 
advertisement) where a covered retailer publically displays a price 
that the retailer charges consumers for purchases of transportation 
fuel, the retailer shall display the price charged for purchases of 
such fuel made with cash and the price charged for purchases of such 
fuel made with another form of payment (including processing fees 
charged to consumers for purchases made with a credit card, charge 
card, debit card, or another non-cash method of payment).
    (b) Treatment of an Incomplete Display of Fuel Prices.--The failure 
to comply with subsection (a) shall be treated as an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce within the meaning 
of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45). The 
Federal Trade Commission shall enforce this Act in the same manner, by 
the same means, and with the same jurisdiction as though all applicable 
terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were 
incorporated into and made a part of this Act.
    (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act, the following 
definitions apply:
            (1) Charge card.--The term ``charge card'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 127(c)(4)(E) of the Truth in Lending 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 1637).
            (2) Credit card.--The term ``credit card'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 103(k) of the Truth in Lending Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 1602(k)).
            (3) Debit card.--The term ``debit card'' means any card or 
        other device issued by a financial institution (as defined in 
        section 903(8) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
        1693a(8))) to a consumer for use in initiating electronic fund 
        transfers (as defined in section 903(6) of such Act) from the 
        account of the consumer at such financial institution for the 
        purpose of transferring money between accounts or obtaining 
        money, property, labor, or services.
            (4) Transportation fuel.--The term ``transportation fuel'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 211(o)(1)(L) of the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545) as amended by Public Law 110-
        140.
            (5) Covered retailer.--The term ``covered retailer'' means 
        a person, partnership, or corporation that--
                    (A) sells transportation fuel to the general public 
                for ultimate consumption; and
                    (B) charges consumers a different price for 
                transportation fuel purchased with cash compared to the 
                price for such fuel purchased with another form of 
                payment.
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