Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce

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   1. Consumer protection. Part 1: hearings before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-first Congress, first and second sessions, on S. 2246, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, by providing for temporary injunctions or restraining orders for certain violations of that act, S. 3092, to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to extend protection against fraudulent or deceptive practices, condemned by that act, to consumers through civil actions, and to provide for class actions for acts in defraud of consumers and S. 3201 to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide increased protection for consumers, and for other purposes....The Senate body conducting the hearings.
   2. Testing characteristics of consumer products: hearing before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-first Congress, second session, on S. 3286, to assist consumers in evaluating products by promoting development of adequate and reliable methods for testing characteristics of consumer products, March 5, 1970.
   3. Consumer class action: hearings before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, first session, on S. 984, to authorize classes of persons injured by unfair consumer practices unlawful under the Federal Trade Commission Act to seek relief; S. 1222, to provide increased protection for consumers, prevent consumer fraud, and for other purposes; [and] S. 1378 to provide implementation of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to give incrdased protection to consumers, and for other purposes. April 27 and 29, 1971.

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