- Acts to regulate commerce
means subtitle IV of title 49 and the Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.] and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
- adverse result
means—
- affixed
means attached to the textile fiber product in any manner.
- Antitrust Acts
means the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies”, approved July 2, 1890;
- antitrust violation
means—
- Attorney General
includes the Solicitor General.
- bank
means—
- Banks
means the types of banks and other financial institutions referred to in section 57a(f)(2) of this title.
- banned member
means a member of an online dating service whose account or profile on the online dating service is the subject of a fraud ban.
- Board of Governors
means the Board of Governors” of the Federal Reserve System.
- Commerce
means commerce among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation.
- Commission
means the Federal Trade Commission.
- Commission investigation
means any inquiry conducted by a Commission investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce (within the meaning of section 45(a)(1) of this title) or in any antitrust violations.
- Commission investigator
means any attorney or investigator employed by the Commission who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any provisions relating to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce (within the meaning of section 45(a)(1) of this title) or any provisions relating to antitrust violations.
- consumer product
has the meaning given such term in section 2301 of this title and section 700.1 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations.
- cosmetic
means (1) articles to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof intended for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such article;
- covered communication
means a written, oral, or pictorial review, performance assessment of, or other similar analysis of, including by electronic means, the goods, services, or conduct of a person by an individual who is party to a form contract with respect to which such person is also a party.
- custodian
means the custodian or any deputy custodian designated under section 57b–2(b)(2)(A) of this title.
- Documentary evidence
includes all documents, papers, correspondence, books of account, and financial and corporate records.
- documentary material
includes the original or any copy of any book, record, report, memorandum, paper, communication, tabulation, chart, or other document.
- drug
means (1) articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
- fabric
means any material woven, knitted, felted, or otherwise produced from, or in combination with, any natural or manufactured fiber, yarn, or substitute therefor.
- false advertisement
means an advertisement, other than labeling, which is misleading in a material respect;
- Federal agency
has the meaning given it in section 552(e) 1 of title 5.
- Federal credit union
has the same meaning as in sections 1766 and 1786 of title 12.
- Federal Trade Commission Act
means the Act entitled “An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes”, approved September 26, 1914, as amended [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
- food
means (1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals, (2) chewing gum, and (3) articles used for components of any such article.
- Foreign law enforcement agency
means— (1) any agency or judicial authority of a foreign government, including a foreign state, a political subdivision of a foreign state, or a multinational organization constituted by and comprised of foreign states, that is vested with law enforcement or investigative authority in civil, criminal, or administrative matters;
- form contract
means a contract with standardized terms—
- fraud ban
means the termination or suspension of the account or profile of a member of an online dating service because, in the judgment of the online dating service provider, there is a significant risk the member will attempt to obtain cash or another form of currency from another member through fraudulent means.
- fur
means any animal skin or part thereof with hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached thereto, either in its raw or processed state, but shall not include such skins as are to be converted into leather or which in processing shall have the hair, fleece, or fur fiber completely removed.
- fur product
means any article of wearing apparel made in whole or in part of fur or used fur.
- Fur Products Name Guide
means the register issued by the Commission pursuant to section 69e of this title.
- high-volume third party seller
means a participant on an online marketplace’s platform who is a third party seller and, in any continuous 12-month period during the previous 24 months, has entered into 200 or more discrete sales or transactions of new or unused consumer products and an aggregate total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues.
- household textile articles
means articles of wearing apparel, costumes and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, furnishings, beddings, and other textile goods of a type customarily used in a household regardless of where used in fact.
- invoice
means a written account, memorandum, list, or catalog, which is issued in connection with any commercial dealing in fur products or furs, and describes the particulars of any fur products or furs, transported or delivered to a purchaser, consignee, factor, bailee, correspondent, or agent, or any other person who is engaged in dealing commercially in fur products or furs.
- manufactured fiber
means any fiber derived by a process of manufacture from any substance which, at any point in the manufacturing process, is not a fiber.
- margarine
includes—
- material
means documentary material, tangible things, written reports or answers to questions, and transcripts of oral testimony.
- member
means an individual who—
- natural fiber
means any fiber that exists as such in the natural state.
- online dating service
means a service that—
- online dating service provider
means a person engaged in the business of offering an online dating service.
- online marketplace
means any person or entity that operates a consumer-directed electronically based or accessed platform that—
- outside party
means any person other than (A) a Commissioner;
- person
means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, business trust, or any organized group of any of the foregoing.
- pictorial
includes pictures, photographs, video, illustrations, and symbols.
- recycled wool
means (1) the resulting fiber when wool has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever having been utilized in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state, or (2) the resulting fiber when wool or reprocessed wool has been spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool product which, after having been used in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state.
- rule
means any rule promulgated by the Commission under section 46 or section 57a of this title, except that such term does not include interpretive rules, rules involving Commission management or personnel, general statements of policy, or rules relating to Commission organization, procedure, or practice.
- rulemaking
means any Commission process for formulating or amending a rule.
- rulemaking record
means the rule, its statement of basis and purpose, the transcript required by subsection (c)(5), any written submissions, and any other information which the Commission considers relevant to such rule.
- savings and loan institution
has the same meaning as in section 1813 of title 12.
- seller
means a person who sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product through an online marketplace’s platform.
- State
means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
- Territory
includes the insular possessions of the United States and also any Territory of the United States.
- textile fiber
means a unit of matter which is capable of being spun into a yarn or made into a fabric by bonding or by interlacing in a variety of methods including weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, twisting, or webbing, and which is the basic structural element of textile products.
- textile fiber product
means— except that such term does not include a product required to be labeled under the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 [15 U.S.C. 68 et seq.].
- third party seller
means any seller, independent of an online marketplace, who sells, offers to sell, or contracts to sell a consumer product in the United States through such online marketplace’s platform.
- ultimate consumer
means a person who obtains a textile fiber product by purchase or exchange with no intent to sell or exchange such textile fiber product in any form.
- unfair or deceptive acts or practices
includes such acts or practices involving foreign commerce that—
- United States
means the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
- used fur
means fur in any form which has been worn or used by an ultimate consumer.
- verify
means to confirm information provided to an online marketplace pursuant to this section, which may include the use of one or more methods that enable the online marketplace to reliably determine that any information and documents provided are valid, corresponding to the seller or an individual acting on the seller’s behalf, not misappropriated, and not falsified.
- violation
means any act or omission constituting an unfair or deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce (within the meaning of section 45(a)(1) of this title) or any antitrust violation.
- waste fur
means the ears, throats, or scrap pieces which have been severed from the animal pelt, and shall include mats or plates made therefrom.
- wool
means the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product.
- wool product
means any product, or any portion of a product, which contains, purports to contain, or in any way is represented as containing wool or recycled wool.
- yarn
means a strand of textile fiber in a form suitable for weaving, knitting, braiding, felting, webbing, or otherwise fabricating into a fabric.