[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5153 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5153

To require a quorum of Federal Trade Commissioners to undertake certain 
      rulemaking and policymaking actions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2026

  Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a quorum of Federal Trade Commissioners to undertake certain 
      rulemaking and policymaking actions, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Federal Trade Commission Governance 
Reform Act''.

SEC. 2. QUORUM FOR RULEMAKING AND OTHER COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Amendment.--The first section of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 41) is amended by striking the period in the penultimate 
sentence and inserting ``, except that the Commission shall maintain a 
quorum of not fewer than 3 Commissioners before taking any Commission 
action that establishes, revises, or rescinds generally applicable 
policy, guidance, or interpretations concerning the administration or 
enforcement of any provision of law enforced by the Commission, 
including--
            ``(1) initiating, advancing, rescinding, or completing any 
        rulemaking proceeding, regardless of whether such rulemaking 
        proceeding is conducted under chapter 5 of title 5, United 
        States Code, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade 
        Commission Improvement Act (15 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), or any 
        other statutory authority;
            ``(2) adopting, amending, or rescinding any policy 
        statement, interpretive rule, industry guide, or enforcement 
        policy statement; and
            ``(3) adopting, amending, or rescinding any other formal 
        Commission action that establishes, revises, or rescinds 
        generally applicable policy, guidance, or interpretations 
        concerning the administration or enforcement of any provision 
        of law enforced by the Commission.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on January 20, 2029.
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