PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · D–IL
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-07-30 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would give the Federal Trade Commission express authority to ask courts to order repayment of losses, refunds, return of property, cancellation or changes to contracts, and recovery of gains obtained through violations. Courts could grant these remedies but would not be required to. The changes would apply to cases pending when the bill became law, as well as cases started afterward.
the Commission may seek, and the court may order, with respect to the violation that gives rise to the suit, restitution for losses, rescission or reformation of contracts, refund of money, or return of property.
the Commission may seek, and the court may order, disgorgement of any unjust enrichment that a person, partnership, or corporation obtained as a result of the violation that gives rise to the suit.
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to any action or proceeding that is pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act.
Section 1 would name the bill the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act.
This Act may be cited as the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act.
Section 2 would add “has violated” to section 13(b)(1) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, expressly adding past violations to that provision. The surrounding existing statutory language is not reproduced.
Section 13 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 53) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting has violated, after corporation;
The bill would revise the court-relief language to include injunctions—court orders stopping conduct—the newly specified remedies, other relief the court considers just and proper, and temporary or preliminary remedies while a case proceeds.
by striking proper cases and inserting a suit under paragraph (2)(B);
by striking injunction. and inserting injunction, equitable relief under subsection (e), or such other relief as the court determines to be just and proper, including temporary or preliminary equitable relief.
In suits under the proposed section 13(b)(2)(B), the Commission could request, and courts could order, compensation for losses, cancellation or modification of contracts, refunds, or return of property. These remedies would have to relate to the violation underlying the suit.
In a suit brought under subsection (b)(2)(B), the Commission may seek, and the court may order, with respect to the violation that gives rise to the suit, restitution for losses, rescission or reformation of contracts, refund of money, or return of property.
Courts could also order a person, partnership, or corporation to surrender unjust gains obtained from the violation, a remedy called disgorgement. That amount would have to be reduced by money ordered paid and the value of property ordered returned under the other listed remedies for the same violation.
In a suit brought under subsection (b)(2)(B), the Commission may seek, and the court may order, disgorgement of any unjust enrichment that a person, partnership, or corporation obtained as a result of the violation that gives rise to the suit.
Any amount that a person, partnership, or corporation is ordered to pay under paragraph (2) with respect to a violation shall be offset by any amount such person, partnership, or corporation is ordered to pay, and the value of any property such person, partnership, or corporation is ordered to return, under paragraph (1) with respect to such violation.
The proposed remedies would generally be unavailable for violations occurring more than 10 years before the Commission files suit. When relief is sought against an individual, time that person spends outside the United States would not count in calculating that period, potentially allowing relief for older violations.
A court may not order equitable relief under this subsection with respect to any violation occurring before the period that begins on the date that is 10 years before the date on which the Commission files the suit in which such relief is sought.
For purposes of calculating the beginning of the period described in subparagraph (A), any time during which an individual against which the equitable relief is sought is outside of the United States shall not be counted.
The bill would also delete the parenthetical “(relating to injunctive relief)” from section 16(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. The supplied text does not reproduce the surrounding provision needed to explain the full effect of that deletion.
Section 16(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 56(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking (relating to injunctive relief).
All section 2 amendments would apply to actions or proceedings pending on the enactment date and those begun on or after that date.
The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to any action or proceeding that is pending on, or commenced on or after, the date of the enactment of this Act.
The supplied August 11, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House on July 30, 2026, and referral that day to the Energy and Commerce and Judiciary Committees for provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-11T18:21:16Z.
2026-07-30: Introduced in House
2026-07-30: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-07-30. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not extend to other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for particular recipients or places was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version and does not extend to accompanying materials.
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