[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01433]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

16 CFR Part 437


Business Opportunity Rule

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of public comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') is 
extending the deadline for filing comments on its advance notice of 
proposed rulemaking (``ANPR'') concerning its trade regulation rule 
entitled the ``Business Opportunity Rule''.

DATES: For the ANPR published November 25, 2022 (87 FR 72428), the 
comment deadline is extended from January 24, 2023, to January 31, 
2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Dickey (202-326-2662), 
[email protected], Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 17, 2022, the Commission 
announced that it would seek public comments on whether to make changes 
to the Business Opportunity Rule (the ``Rule''). The FTC's Regulatory 
Review and Request for Public Comment was subsequently published in the 
Federal Register, with January 24, 2023, established as the deadline 
for the submission of comments. See 87 FR 72428 (Nov. 25, 2022). With 
this publication, the Commission sought to solicit comments about the 
efficiency, costs, benefits, and regulatory impact of the Rule, as part 
of its ten-year regulatory review plan, as well as to inform its 
consideration of whether the Rule should be extended to include 
business opportunities and other money-making opportunity programs not 
currently covered by the Rule, including business coaching and work-
from-home programs, investment coaching programs, and ecommerce 
opportunities.
    Interested parties have subsequently requested an extension of the 
public comment period to give them additional time to respond to the 
ANPR's request for comment. The Commission agrees that allowing 
additional time for filing comments in response to the ANPR would help 
facilitate the creation of a more complete record. The Commission has 
therefore decided to extend the comment period for seven days, or to 
January 31, 2023. A seven-day extension will provide commenters 
adequate time to address the issues raised in the ANPR.

    By direction of the Commission.
Joel Christie,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01433 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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