American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2003 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 27, 2003
- Passed HouseFeb 12, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 24 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed422–1 | Feb 12, 2003 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 27, 2003Markup Jan 29, 2003Reported Feb 4, 2003 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Feb 14, 2003 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2003Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Feb 12, 2003Mr. Stearns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 12, 2003Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H413-415)
- Feb 12, 2003DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 346.
- Feb 12, 2003Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 1 (Roll no. 24). (text as passed House: CR H413)
- Feb 12, 2003Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 4, 2003Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 108-5.
- Feb 4, 2003Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 3.
- Jan 29, 2003Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jan 29, 2003Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jan 27, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 27, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H413–H415Text printed H413Recorded votes H414enact | Cliff Stearns R-FL, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL | Feb 12, 2003 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jan 30, 2003H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 29, 2003</p>
- Jan 30, 2003H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 29, 2003
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2003Referred in Senate
- Feb 12, 2003Engrossed in House
- Feb 4, 2003Reported in House
- Jan 27, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.