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109th Congress > House > Vote 535

Date: October 25, 2005

Result: 399-3 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 536

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: BASS, Charles Foster (R-NH)

Bill number: HR3675

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to double the existing statutory civil penalty for a violation involving an unfair or deceptive act or practice in either a national emergency period or disaster period, or relating to an international disaster, if the act or practice exploits popular reaction to the national emergency or major disaster. Directs the court, in such a case, to hold the relevant person, partnership, or corporation liable for a civil penalty of not more than $22,000 for each such violation.

Bill titles: To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving unfair or deceptive acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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