94 STAT. 378 Compensation.
Small business outreach program, establishment.
Repeal. 15 USC 57a, 57a note.
PUBLIC LAW 96-252—MAY 28, 1980 "(3) The amount of compensation which may be paid to any person under this subsection in connection with the participation by such person in any particular rulemaking proceeding under this section may not exceed $75,000. The aggregate amount of compensation paid under this subsection in any fiscal year to any person for all rulemaking proceedings in which such person participates during suchfiscalyear may not exceed $50,000.". (b) Section 18(h)(2) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(h)(2)) is amended to read as follows: "(2) The Commission shall reserve an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount appropriated for the payment of compensation under this subsection for any fiscal year for use in accordance with this paragraph. Such reserved amount shall be available solely for the payment of compensation to persons who either (A) would be regulated by the proposed rule involved; or (B) represent persons who would be so regulated. Any portion of such reserved amount which is not used for the payment of compensation to such persons under this paragraph shall revert to the Treasury of the United States.". (c) Section 18(h)(4) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as so redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by striking out "$1,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$750,000". (d) Section 18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(h)), as amended in subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) The Commission", in connection with the administration of this subsection pursuant to rules prescribed by the Commission under paragraph (1), shall establish a small business outreach program. Such program shall— "(A) solicit public comment from small businesses whose views otherwise would not be adequately represented, in order to ensure a fair determination in rulemaking proceedings under this section; and "(B) encourage the participation of small businesses in the compensation program administered by the Commission under this subsection by disseminating to small businesses information which explains the procedures and requirements applicable to the receipt of compensation under such program.". (e) The amendments made in subsection (a) and subsection (c) are repealed, effective at the end of fiscal year 1982. Effective upon such repeal, paragraph (5) of section 18(h) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, as added by subsection (d), is redesignated as paragraph (4) of section 18(h) of such Act. COMMISSION RULEMAKINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN S ADVERTISING; PUBLICATION OF TEXT OF PROPOSED RULES
Ante, p. 374.
SEC. 11. (a)(1) Section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) The Commission shall not have any authority to promulgate any rule in the children's advertising proceeding pending on the date of the enactment of the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 or in any substantially similar proceeding on the basis of a determination by the Commission that such advertising constitutes an unfair act or practice in or affecting commerce.".
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