[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5255 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5255

 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade 
       Commission to enforce such Act against certain tax-exempt 
                             organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2016

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade 
       Commission to enforce such Act against certain tax-exempt 
                             organizations.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVER CERTAIN TAX-
              EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is 
amended, in the undesignated paragraph relating to the definition of 
the term ``Corporation''--
            (1) by striking ``, and any'' and inserting ``, any''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and any organization described in section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt 
        from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code''.
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