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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2237 (Introduced in Senate) — To authorize the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil monetary penalties to deter vio... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Federal Trade Commission litigation authority

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Section 16(a)(2) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 56(a)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking or at the end; in subparagraph (E)— by moving the margins 2 ems to the left; and by striking the semicolon and inserting ; or ; and by inserting after subparagraph
(E)the following: to recover civil penalties under section 5(o) of this Act; .
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