FTC Commissioner Parity Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9048 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9048

    To prohibit a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 
continuing in office after the expiration of the term of office of the 
                 commissioner, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2022

  Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Jordan, Mr. Issa, and Mr. Gohmert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 
continuing in office after the expiration of the term of office of the 
                 commissioner, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FTC Commissioner Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    The first section of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 
41) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``: Provided, however,'' and all that 
        follows through ``shall have qualified.''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and that a commissioner may not continue 
        to serve after the expiration of the term of office for which 
        the commissioner was appointed'' after ``shall succeed''.
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