HR 5762 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act

Introduced Jul 11, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Lee Terry R-NE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 17, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 11, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens manufacturers to make the lenses available in a commercially reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner to: (1) prescribers and associated entities; and (2) alternative channels of distribution. (Excludes specified types of lenses, including lenses that are custom designed and manufactured for an individual patient and are not mass produced or marketed.)

Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to carry out this Act. Treats violations of this Act as unfair or deceptive acts or practices.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 28, 2006.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYEdolphus TownsJul 28, 2006

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
  2. Jul 11, 2006Introduced in House
  3. Jul 11, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2480Contact Lens Consumer Protection ActIdentical billMar 29, 2006

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 11, 2006Introduced in House

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