117 HR 4564 IH: Federal Trade Commission Transparency Act U.S. House of Representatives 2021-07-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 117th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 4564 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2021 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to publish on the website of the Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Trade Commission Transparency Act.

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Publication of documents in advance of FTC voting

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Amendment

Section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection: (k) (1)The Commission may not adopt any order, decision, report, or action by vote of the Commission at a meeting of the Commission, unless the Chairman causes to be published on the website of the Commission the text of such order, decision, report, or action not later than 30 days before the date on which the vote is to occur, except when the Chairman determines that emergency or other exigent circumstances require publication less than 30 days before the date on which the vote is to occur. (2)The text published pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be the text intended at the time of the publishing to be subject to a vote. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent the Commission from making changes to the text after the publishing. (3)If the Chairman determines that publication of all or a portion of an order, decision, report, or action is likely to lead to a result described in a paragraph of section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code, the Chairman may exempt such order, decision, report, or action, or such portion, as the case may be, from the publication requirements of this subsection. (4)This subsection does not— (A)create any rights or remedies; or (B)provide a basis for challenging any order, decision, report, or action adopted by the Commission.. (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by this section shall apply beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.