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HR 5543 96th Congress Government Operations and Politics

A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to restrict the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to gather and compile certain information under such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 11, 1979 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5543: A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to restrict the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to gather and compile certain information under such Act, and for other purposes.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5543/
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"H.R. 5543: A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to restrict the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to gather and compile certain information under such Act, and for other purposes.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5543/.
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H.R. 5543, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5543/.
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[H.R. 5543: A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to restrict the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to gather and compile certain information under such Act, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5543/)
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