[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1754 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1754

 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of the 
                     exception for common carriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2017

 Mr. Latta (for himself and Mr. Olson) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of the 
                     exception for common carriers.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF COMMON CARRIER EXCEPTION.

    The Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 5(a)(2), by inserting ``insofar as they 
        are'' after ``common carriers''; and
            (2) in section 6--
                    (A) by inserting ``insofar as they are'' after 
                ``common carriers'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by inserting ``insofar as it is'' after 
                ``common carrier'' each place it appears.
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