{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2668","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2668","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to affirmatively confirm the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and other equitable relief for violations of any provision of law enforced by the Commission.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to affirmatively confirm the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to seek permanent injunctions and other equitable relief for violations of any provision of law enforced by the Commission."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-04-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-07-20","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h214","question":"On Passage","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act","result":"Passed","yea":221,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll214.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2021-07-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2021-07-20","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act","result":"Failed","yea":207,"nay":217,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll213.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-07-20","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Consumer Protection and Recovery Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to seek monetary relief in federal court from businesses that engage in unlawful commercial practices such as false advertising, consumer fraud, and anticompetitive conduct."},{"k":"p","t":"Specifically, the FTC may seek restitution in these cases for losses, rescission or reformation of contracts, refund of money, return of property, or disgorgement of unjust enrichment."},{"k":"p","t":"On April 22, 2021, the Supreme Court held in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission that the Federal Trade Commission Act does not authorize the FTC to seek, or a court to award, such relief."}],"words":101},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek, in court, permanent injunctions and equitable relief such as restitution and disgorgement for violations of laws it enforces.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}]},"core_areas":["Federal Trade Commission authority to seek permanent injunctions","Restitution and disgorgement as equitable relief in Federal Trade Commission suits","Ten-year limit on equitable relief for past violations"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act so the Commission may bring a suit for the permanent enjoining of a violation or for the ordering of equitable relief.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}},{"text":"Allows the Commission to seek, and the court to order, restitution for losses, rescission or reformation of contracts, refund of money, or return of property for the violation that gives rise to the suit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}},{"text":"Allows the Commission to seek, and the court to order, disgorgement of any unjust enrichment obtained as a result of the violation that gives rise to the suit.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}},{"text":"Requires any disgorgement amount to be offset by amounts ordered to be paid, and the value of property ordered to be returned, as restitution, rescission, reformation, refund or return of property for the same violation.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}},{"text":"Bars equitable relief for violations that occurred more than 10 years before the Commission files suit, and does not count time an individual against whom relief is sought is outside the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}},{"text":"Applies the amendments to any action or proceeding pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh#HD13FC9A80A1C4F09A1C612ED57024F34"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-07-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2668/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-2668.png","v":"2325ce0d405d","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2668, 117th Congress: Consumer Protection and Recovery Act. House: 221 Yea, 205 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Jul 2021."}}