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15 U.S.C. § 6822

Administrative enforcement

United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 6822, Administrative enforcement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442284
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Except as provided in subsection (b), compliance with this subchapter shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission in the same manner and with the same power and authority as the Commission has under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act [15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.] to enforce compliance with such Act. Compliance with this subchapter shall be enforced under— section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1818], in the case of— For the purpose of the exercise by any agency referred to in paragraph (1) of its powers under any Act referred to in that paragraph, a violation of this subchapter shall be deemed to be a violation of a requirement imposed under that Act. In addition to its powers under any provision of law specifically referred to in paragraph (1), each of the agencies referred to in that paragraph may exercise, for the purpose of enforcing compliance with this subchapter, any other authority conferred on such agency by law.

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