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H.R. 346: American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act

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H.R. 346: American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-01-27 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2003-01-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 24 (2003): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR346 (2003-02-12), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since being introduced in the House on January 27, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.) American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to: (1) double civil penalties imposed for committing unfair or deceptive acts or practices if such acts or practices exploit popular reaction during a presidentially declared emergency or disaster period; and (2) direct the court to impose a monetary civil penalty on a person found in an action seeking a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to have committed such a violation (including dissemination of a false advertisement) during such period.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act (2003-01-30); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act (2003-01-30)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr346 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108