FTC reauthorization bill
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Clears House Energy & Commerce Committee with no amendments on June 8. Although most committee members elected to send the bill forward for a House floor vote, some members expressed reservations with the bill because it contains no restrictions on the commission's use of an unfairness standard in its regulation of advertising ("The Tan Sheet" June 7, p. 12). The unfairness issue is expected to be addressed in conference committee once companion legislation clears the Senate