US Congress House Bill 5109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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

Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]

Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]

Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2016-04-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2016-04-28	House	Introduced in House

HB5315 (Related) 2016-05-24 - Referred to House Judiciary
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/5109/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5109/BILLS-114hr5109ih.pdf