H.R. 346 · 108th Congress
American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Charlie Bass
- Introduced
- 2003-01-27
- Latest action
- 2003-02-13 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House on January 27, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to: (1) double civil penalties imposed for committing unfair or deceptive acts or practices if such acts or practices exploit popular reaction during a presidentially declared emergency or disaster period; and (2) direct the court to impose a monetary civil penalty on a person found in an action seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to have committed such a violation (including dissemination of a false advertisement) during such period.