1.This Act may be cited as the
Oil Consumer Protection Act of
2011
.
<enum>I</enum><header>Application of the
Sherman Act</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1365A00A5FC045178D1CA2598B75AC9E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>No Oil Producing and Exporting
Cartels Act of 2011</short-title></quote> or <quote><short-title>NOPEC</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H6A6E3E6B41154C439FBE837358FD9A21"><enum>102.</enum><header>Sherman
act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Sherman Act (15 U.S.C.
1 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 7 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H719CA73B371441F7B5C07BB7A08C8EEB" style="traditional">
<section id="HCE0DEA5164AB4D528E3CC274BD5F2602"><enum>7A.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H49C6007F3FB44AB2BAB316404C9507E0"><enum>(a)</enum><text>It shall be illegal and
a violation of this Act for any foreign state, or any instrumentality or agent
of any foreign state, to act collectively or in combination with any other
foreign state, any instrumentality or agent of any other foreign state, or any
other person, whether by cartel or any other association or form of cooperation
or joint action—</text>
<paragraph id="HED6916332E0142AE8593E9773C1F820A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to limit the
production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum
product;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE019D4DB6204F52AFB28520AE3D56FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to set or maintain
the price of oil, natural gas, or any petroleum product; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB2F6B578C1D487F8B21369DFA70DBC4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to otherwise take
any action in restraint of trade for oil, natural gas, or any petroleum
product;</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">when such
action, combination, or collective action has a direct, substantial, and
reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of
oil, natural gas, or other petroleum product in the United States.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H662A723A27F44AF8B6E6C439C64EDAA5"><enum>(b)</enum><text>A foreign state
engaged in conduct in violation of subsection (a) shall not be immune under the
doctrine of sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction or judgments of the courts
of the United States in any action brought to enforce this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3696F4EB2BF34C5E8DF2AEBBC0905649"><enum>(c)</enum><text>No court of the
United States shall decline, based on the act of state doctrine, to make a
determination on the merits in an action brought under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H55E1A698AC84473A9A30CFF6C107360A"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The Attorney
General of the United States may bring an action to enforce this section in any
district court of the United States as provided under the antitrust
laws.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HABD0AD984FB94DE5BE48F95BFC3BED07"><enum>103.</enum><header>Sovereign
immunity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1605(a) of
title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H54265F10C77A4F4EA9FEC428298CA9A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)
by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD72A5026A89F45C89E51742AD4AAD889"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)
by striking the period and inserting <quote>, or</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71E436BDF2864F889DDA4209E1AAF447"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05288A27C16C4F8883E39697A375CF32" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAB31DEDB11434668BD7239B6BA13C6A6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in which the
action is brought under section 7A of the Sherman
Act.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Application of
the Clayton Act</header>
<section id="HBABA357D25A94BB9B2F52ED0C707E612"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Oil and Gas Industry Antitrust
Act of 2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H03743CD0997A4BE6B72D7DC23688CA94"><enum>202.</enum><header>Prohibition on
unilateral withholding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H791D15787B354E55A3714C3F855B78BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 28 as section 29, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE745B8697E56482DBC1E6587C7386DF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
section 27 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCEAA5E56BD7D40B39BDA646C0D197550" style="OLC">
<section id="H5879CFDFF46D43BEA6EFA1B50A162442"><enum>28.</enum><header>Oil and natural
gas</header>
<subsection id="H20F738DA2F934A5EA0B29C0901C64E08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall be
unlawful for any person to refuse to sell, or to export or divert, existing
supplies of petroleum, gasoline, or other fuel derived from petroleum, or
natural gas with the primary intention of increasing prices or creating a
shortage in a geographic market.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5485063C61184C3BA53C76087F62E49B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
determining whether a person who has refused to sell, or exported or diverted,
existing supplies of petroleum, gasoline, or other fuel derived from petroleum
or natural gas has done so with the intent of increasing prices or creating a
shortage in a geographic market under subsection (a), the court shall consider
whether—</text>
<paragraph id="H6083413EAB034E8C972A224E816CDD4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cost of
acquiring, producing, refining, processing, marketing, selling, or otherwise
making such products available has increased; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71C21671B7224A86966DA28738121798"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the price obtained
from exporting or diverting existing supplies is greater than the price
obtained where the existing supplies are located or are intended to be
shipped.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB58DEEF3B4FF4CFEA564D36F87A28903"><enum>203.</enum><header>Review of
Clayton Act</header>
<subsection id="H337A21596D0247E68531936244704B6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission shall conduct a study, including a review of the report
submitted under section 4, regarding whether section 7 of the Clayton Act
should be amended to modify how that section applies to persons engaged in the
business of exploring for, producing, refining, or otherwise processing,
storing, marketing, selling, or otherwise making available petroleum, gasoline
or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural gas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H88ABDAAED6654D9691DFFE3BB9ED7D93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney
General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall submit a report
to Congress regarding the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a),
including recommendations and proposed legislation, if any.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H23072EC164AC4DDA8CAAABA35B2CF646"><enum>204.</enum><header>Study by the
Government Accountability Office</header>
<subsection id="H239061A401B0400EBDB7FC8B5FE64A30"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>covered consent decree</term> means a consent
decree—</text>
<paragraph id="H625E2831DCF6480BB9AF71E634C20EEA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to which either
the Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice is a party,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD4147FA610A496A8F366A4EB10A2BB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that was entered
by the district court not earlier than 10 years before the date of enactment of
this Act,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2187DA56B75747BA9DF1C6915C50D603"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that required
divestitures, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8FB8AEAA6564CD99D212A420C67B21C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that involved a
person engaged in the business of exploring for, producing, refining, or
otherwise processing, storing, marketing, selling, or otherwise making
available petroleum, gasoline or other fuel derived from petroleum, or natural
gas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H486E3BD179704EA1B2613ABB7328D8EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for
a study</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study
evaluating the effectiveness of divestitures required under covered consent
decrees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6DE8228D70584B85AE2C706903DECC75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement for
a Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress, the
Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice regarding the findings
of the study conducted under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE97191B9280444F9871B0156277AC3ED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Federal Agency
Consideration</header><text>Upon receipt of the report required by subsection
(c), the Attorney General or the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, as
appropriate, shall consider whether any additional action is required to
restore competition or prevent a substantial lessening of competition occurring
as a result of any transaction that was the subject of the study conducted
under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB2EBFC6055064F6F9E2EFF7F35D769CA"><enum>205.</enum><header>Joint Federal
and State task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall
establish a joint Federal-State task force, which shall include the attorney
general of any State that chooses to participate, to investigate information
sharing (including through the use of exchange agreements and commercial
information services) among persons in the business of exploring for,
producing, refining, or otherwise processing, storing, marketing, selling, or
otherwise making available petroleum, gasoline or other fuel derived from
petroleum, or natural gas (including any person about which the Energy
Information Administration collects financial and operating data as part of its
Financial Reporting System).</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Prevention of
Price Gouging</header>
<section commented="no" id="H5D1862C88D15430BBD371FB1482BA47F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Federal Price Gouging
Prevention Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H8152FF7630A94D1787384F0C1629B498" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Unconscionable
pricing of gasoline and other petroleum distillates during emergencies</header>
<subsection id="H603748BDCD064749B1B3E1C5477D9397"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unconscionable
pricing</header>
<paragraph id="H3FB747519C764B8885F132160969B9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, at wholesale or at retail in an area and during a
period of an international crisis affecting the oil markets proclaimed under
paragraph (2), gasoline or any other petroleum distillate covered by a
proclamation issued under paragraph (2) at a price that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B9FFB57B1C74095846184C33EEDE8B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is unconscionably
excessive; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C4F6CBAC478449793E460B01B6F00BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>indicates the
seller is taking unfair advantage of the circumstances related to an
international crisis to increase prices unreasonably.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE96F5A1031D8466E9C3227687B3565E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Energy emergency
proclamation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD559419355C54AA78E144C65A8D1D987"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President may issue a proclamation of an
international crisis affecting the oil markets and may designate any area
within the jurisdiction of the United States, where the prohibition in
paragraph (1) shall apply. The proclamation shall state the geographic area
covered, the gasoline or other petroleum distillate covered, and the time
period that such proclamation shall be in effect.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E9084E060B44C4E86CAD6D6B3514501"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proclamation—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD3755768E2374FD29079E48AA64C9D97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may not apply for
a period of more than 30 consecutive days, but may be renewed for such
consecutive periods, each not to exceed 30 days, as the President determines
appropriate; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H46E5675C702A4418BC5CDC63B6A83B85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may include a
period of time not to exceed 1 week preceding a reasonably foreseeable
emergency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1696A33FC844EF69B847A1490289A5A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Factors
considered</header><text>In determining whether a person has violated paragraph
(1), there shall be taken into account, among other factors—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E8D67F4069945AFA5836F8DB5FE3E68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the amount charged by such person
for the applicable gasoline or other petroleum distillate at a particular
location in an area covered by a proclamation issued under paragraph (2) during
the period such proclamation is in effect—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HCE384D12B99B41A1A1E280D7EA574FA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>grossly exceeds
the average price at which the applicable gasoline or other petroleum
distillate was offered for sale by that person during the 30 days prior to such
proclamation;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF3FA96440D7143D185B7623B2132F42E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grossly exceeds the price at which the same
or similar gasoline or other petroleum distillate was readily obtainable in the
same area from other competing sellers during the same period;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD913DAE5C58D432DA8F1B5931A30CA06"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reasonably reflected additional costs, not
within the control of that person, that were paid, incurred, or reasonably
anticipated by that person, or reflected additional risks taken by that person
to produce, distribute, obtain, or sell such product under the circumstances;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA952DC2EE46D47329513DC02D1B7BF1B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was substantially attributable to local,
regional, national, or international market conditions; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4901D01FCE1540669E4E4374F0B921D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the quantity of gasoline or other
petroleum distillate the person produced, distributed, or sold in an area
covered by a proclamation issued under paragraph (2) during a 30-day period
following the issuance of such proclamation increased over the quantity that
that person produced, distributed, or sold during the 30 days prior to such
proclamation, taking into account usual seasonal demand variations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FEFB15982BE4C84AF64EF05DEB5D404"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As
used in this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H391935D5F948468EBB497A70CA4BA283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>wholesale</term>, with respect to sales of gasoline or other petroleum
distillates, means either truckload or smaller sales of gasoline or petroleum
distillates where title transfers at a product terminal or a refinery, and
dealer tank wagon sales of gasoline or petroleum distillates priced on a
delivered basis to retail outlets; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D2580738652441FA61FBE30FF2D202A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>retail</term>, with respect
to sales of gasoline or other petroleum distillates, includes all sales to end
users such as motorists as well as all direct sales to other end users such as
agriculture, industry, residential, and commercial consumers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H364D7DBF8A484EB7B3A7DA7C4F6F91BD"><enum>303.</enum><header>Enforcement by
the Federal Trade Commission</header>
<subsection id="HF8D65ABBF14B48819661AF961D1ECECF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement by
FTC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A violation of section
302 shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive
act or practice prescribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). The Federal Trade Commission shall
enforce this title 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 title. In
enforcing section 302 of this title, the Commission shall give priority to
enforcement actions concerning companies with total United States wholesale or
retail sales of gasoline and other petroleum distillates in excess of
$10,000,000,000 per year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB952E043E85143038CABDBC87D3388F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header>
<paragraph id="H7E43E9B87B44477C8230A5C34DFB3811"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the
penalties set forth under the Federal Trade Commission Act, any person who
violates section 302 with actual knowledge or knowledge fairly implied on the
basis of objective circumstances shall be subject to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3DC41C183599465390FC9BD539ADC0BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a civil penalty of
not more than 3 times the amount of profits gained by such person through such
violation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45C3BADA758643128616FF72377B6F5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a civil penalty of
not more than $100,000,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13D88FDF386E4287AA449E4F5C1FC6C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method</header><text>The
penalties provided by paragraph (1) shall be obtained in the same manner as
civil penalties obtained under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act
(15 U.S.C. 45).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA25E544ED1E84B9F93A231162BA31DB4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multiple
offenses; mitigating factors</header><text>In assessing the penalty provided by
subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A49F3CEDA7C4961917256652C0516FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each day of a
continuing violation shall be considered a separate violation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C34AA7478FD4B3B9468BD99A7E109F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the court shall take into consideration,
among other factors, the seriousness of the violation and the efforts of the
person committing the violation to remedy the harm caused by the violation in a
timely manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H26B2FDDF9CA343A0948AB761BE24D21E"><enum>304.</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header>
<subsection id="H9B00C9F8628A4B2C9400EC6E3441088B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any
penalty applicable under section 303, any person who violates section 302 shall
be fined under title 18, United States Code, in an amount not to exceed
$500,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6CE9F98578BC4EA3AEA94327F1B4BAEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The criminal penalty provided by subsection
(a) may be imposed only pursuant to a criminal action brought by the Attorney
General or other officer of the Department of Justice. The Attorney General
shall give priority to enforcement actions concerning companies with total
United States wholesale or retail sales of gasoline and other petroleum
distillates in excess of $10,000,000,000 per year.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H70C79FAF6CAE4EAEB43C2C8CB8E2C8A9"><enum>305.</enum><header>Enforcement at
retail level by State attorneys general</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H629D9D950E0E4632BAAD38AD59E8C9D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State, as parens
patriae, may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate
district court of the United States to enforce the provisions of section 302,
or to impose the civil penalties authorized by section 303(b)(1)(B), whenever
the attorney general of the State has reason to believe that the interests of
the residents of the State have been or are being threatened or adversely
affected by a violation of this title or a regulation under this title,
involving a retail sale.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H93721ED3EF804A59B6CDA632B892595E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The
State shall serve written notice to the Federal Trade Commission of any civil
action under subsection (a) prior to initiating such civil action. The notice
shall include a copy of the complaint to be filed to initiate such civil
action, except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide such prior
notice, the State shall provide such notice immediately upon instituting such
civil action.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4683C139FC3544D58CFA9A649A6650B1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority To
intervene</header><text>Upon receiving the notice required by subsection (b),
the Federal Trade Commission may intervene in such civil action and upon
intervening—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H50014ADDCEE24D93B1655C12C6D53084"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be heard on all
matters arising in such civil action; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD8D2BE8025E7440CAFC919DD7243977E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>file petitions for
appeal of a decision in such civil action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1592BA6A3CE143AEB13265B1BD7942BA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>For
purposes of bringing any civil action under subsection (a), nothing in this
section shall prevent the attorney general of a State from exercising the
powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of such State to conduct
investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the
attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other
evidence.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1A78BFE554A243E499F91569CA5F92EE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Venue; service
of process</header><text>In a civil action brought under subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0BD1CD924DFF4208BE600F129646B318"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the venue shall be
a judicial district in which—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC783A93899384DDD831AE86DAEA52798"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the defendant
operates;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0444B576D20A44AC9D6AA67F19CF06D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the defendant was
authorized to do business; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C46286868C04CA88333D6976119096B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the defendant in
the civil action is found;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H332C4724FB284ED187E1CEA7CC69887A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>process may be
served without regard to the territorial limits of the district or of the State
in which the civil action is instituted; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H576FB8E2AAB04CDC9679E9A089F88AB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a person who
participated with the defendant in an alleged violation that is being litigated
in the civil action may be joined in the civil action without regard to the
residence of the person.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5156E142964C4B8488B8A64820026BE4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation on
State action while Federal action is pending</header><text>If the Federal Trade
Commission has instituted a civil action or an administrative action for
violation of this title, no State attorney general, or official or agency of a
State, may bring an action under this subsection during the pendency of that
action against any defendant named in the complaint of the Federal Trade
Commission or the other agency for any violation of this title alleged in the
complaint.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H00A8CC2FE2A64ACE8E5C2064157CA5A6"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Enforcement of
State Law</header><text>Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit an
authorized State official from proceeding in State court to enforce a civil or
criminal statute of such State.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAA081EAEB3D248B6B576D04C8AC568E9"><enum>306.</enum><header>Effect on other
laws</header>
<subsection id="H327A42078ED245009CF571B89612200A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Other authority
of Federal Trade Commission</header><text>Nothing in this title shall be
construed to limit or affect in any way the Federal Trade Commission’s
authority to bring enforcement actions or take any other measure under the
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) or any other provision of
law.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEBAF3069D8E4A51B1C81350E5FD107C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State
law</header><text>Nothing in this title preempts any State law.</text>
</subsection></section>