[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4475 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4475

 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to permit the Federal Trade 
    Commission to enforce such Act against certain common carriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2021

 Mr. McNerney 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 common carriers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Consumers in Commerce Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVER CERTAIN COMMON 
              CARRIERS.

    Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is 
amended by striking the undesignated paragraph relating to the 
definition of the term ``Acts to regulate commerce'' and inserting the 
following:
    ```Acts to regulate commerce' means subtitle IV of title 49, United 
States Code, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary 
thereto.''.
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