[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3311 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3311

 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to establish procedures for 
           the treatment of votes by departed Commissioners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 2, 2021

Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Thune, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. 
 Johnson, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to establish procedures for 
           the treatment of votes by departed Commissioners.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FTC Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF VOTES BY DEPARTED FTC COMMISSIONERS.

    (a) In General.--The first section of the Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 41) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the 
following new sentence: ``Any vote by a Commissioner on a motion before 
the Commission for which voting has not closed as of the end of the 
last day of the Commissioner's service on the Commission shall have no 
effect after such date.''.
    (b) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to any vote taken by a Commissioner on or after January 1, 
2021.
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