S 633
117th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
One Agency Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
One Agency Act
This bill consolidates antitrust enforcement authority in one agency by transferring all Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust functions, employees, assets, and funding to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The bill also transfers to DOJ the responsibility for reviewing specified communications transactions that are currently the duty of the Federal Communications Commission.
The bill does not remove the authority of the FTC to police certain unfair and deceptive acts and practices.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1