To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to independently initiate civil actions to recover certain civil penalties, and for other purposes.
Latest action (Oct 1, 2026) — on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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