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CROSS REFERENCES: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture:

9 CFR Chapter I. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 17 CFR Chapter I. Consumer

Product Safety Commission: 16 CFR Chapter II. Securities and Exchange Commission: 17

CFR Chapter II.

SUPPLEMENTAL PUBLICATIONS: Federal Trade Commission decisions, Volumes 1-90 Index digest of
volumes 1, 2, and 3 of decisions of the Federal Trade Commission with annotation of Federal
cases. Mar. 16, 1915-June 30, 1921. Statutes and decisions pertaining to the Federal Trade Commis-
sion. 1914-1929, 1930-1938, 1939-1943, 1944-1948, 1949-1955, 1956-1960, 1961-1965, 1966-1970, 1971-
1975, 1976, 1977.

SUBCHAPTER A-ORGANIZATION, PROCEDURES AND RULES

Sec.

OF PRACTICE

PART 0-ORGANIZATION

0.1 The Commission.

0.2 Official address.

0.3 Hours.

0.4 Laws administered.

0.5 Laws authorizing monetary claims. 0.6 [Reserved]

0.7 Delegation of functions.

0.8 The Chairman.

0.9 Organization structure.

0.10 Office of the Executive Director. 0.11 Office of the General Counsel. 0.12 Office of the Secretary.

0.13 [Reserved]

0.14 Office of Administrative Law Judges. 0.15 [Reserved]

0.16 Bureau of Competition.

0.17 Bureau of Consumer Protection.
0.18 Bureau of Economics.
0.19 The Regional Offices.

AUTHORITY: Sec. 6(g), 38 Stat. 721 (15 U.S.C. 46); 80 Stat. 383, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552). SOURCE: 41 FR 54483, Dec. 14, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

80.1 The Commission.

The Federal Trade Commission is an independent administrative agency which was organized in 1915 pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 (38 Stat. 717, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 41-58). It is responsible for the administration of a variety of statutes which, in general, are designed to promote competition and to protect the public from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the advertising and marketing of goods and services. It is composed of five members appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for terms of seven years.

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80.3 Hours.

Principal and field offices are open on each business day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

80.4 Laws administered.

The Commission exercises enforcement and administrative authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act (38 Stat. 717, as amended (15 U.S.C. 41-58)), the Clayton Act (38 Stat 730, as amended (15 U.S.C. 12-27)), the Export Trade Act (40 Stat. 516, as amended (15 U.S.C. 61-65)), the Packers and Stockyards Act (42 Stat. 159, as amended (7 U.S.C. 181-229)), the Wool Products Labeling Act (54 Stat. 1128, as amended (15 U.S.C. 68-68j)), the Trade Mark Act (60 Stat. 427, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1051-72)), The Fur Products Labeling Act (65 Stat. 175, as amended (15 U.S.C. 69-69j)), the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (72 Stat. 1717, as amended (15 U.S.C. 70-70k)), the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (79 Stat. 282, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1331-39)), the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (80 Stat. 1296, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1451-61)), the Truth in Lending Act (82 Stat. 146, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (84 Stat. 1128 (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.)), the Fair Credit Billing Act (88 Stat. 1511; (15 U.S.C. 1666)), the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (88 Stat. 1521, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1691)), Hobby Protection Act (87 Stat. 686 (15 U.S.C. 2101)), the Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (88 Stat. 2183 (15 U.S.C. 2301-12, 45-58)), the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (89 Stat. 871 (42 U.S.C. 6291)), the HartScott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 1383 (15 U.S.C. 1311)), and other Federal statutes.

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