US Congress House Bill 5315 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-24 - Referred to House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CLEAR Act of 2016 Clarifying Legality and Enforcement Action Reasoning Act of 2016 This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to submit an annual report to Congress about its investigations concerning unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or unfair methods of competition, in or affecting commerce. The reports must detail: the number of such investigations the FTC has commenced and the disposition of investigations that concluded with official agency action; and the number of investigations the FTC has closed with no official agency action, along with a description that indicates the legal analysis supporting the FTC's decision not to continue such investigations, and the industry sectors of the entities subject to each such investigation. The bill prohibits the FTC from identifying a person who is the subject of an investigation in its description of an investigation that closed with no official agency action.

CLEAR Act of 2016 Clarifying Legality and Enforcement Action Reasoning Act of 2016

Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]

Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-24	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2016-05-24	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-05-24	House	Referred to the Committee 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.
2016-05-24	House	Introduced in House

HB5109 (Related) 2016-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
HB5510 (Related) 2016-12-13 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 685.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5315/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5315/BILLS-114hr5315ih.pdf