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H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

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H.R. 2668: Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-20 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 213 (2021): On Motion to Recommit, HR2668 (2021-07-20), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. 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

Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

Plain summary

Consumer Protection and Recovery Act This bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to seek monetary relief in federal court from businesses that engage in unlawful commercial practices such as false advertising, consumer fraud, and anticompetitive conduct. Specifically, the FTC may seek restitution in these cases for losses, rescission or reformation of contracts, refund of money, return of property, or disgorgement of unjust enrichment. On April 22, 2021, the Supreme Court held in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission that the Federal Trade Commission Act does not authorize the FTC to seek, or a court to award, such relief.

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Official text

Consumer Protection and Recovery Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] · 48 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (2021-07-19); CBO cost estimate: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2668, the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (2021-07-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Angie Craig (D-MN), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Takano (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Peter Welch (D-VT), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

Recorded votes

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2668 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117