# § 58. Short title
This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Trade Commission Act”.
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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, § 28, formerly § 18, as added Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, § 4, 52 Stat. 114; renumbered § 21, Pub. L. 93–637, title II, § 202(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2193; renumbered § 25, Pub. L. 96–252, § 13, May 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 380; renumbered § 26, Pub. L. 103–312, § 2, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1691; renumbered § 28, Pub. L. 109–455, § 11(1), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3381.)
### Amendment of Section
For repeal of amendment renumbering this section by , see Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note below.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Termination Date of 2006 Amendment
Amendment by repealed effective , and provisions amended by to be amended to read as if had not been enacted, see , as amended, set out as a note under .
### Short Title of 2022 Amendment
> “This title [enacting
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> , Crime Control and Law Enforcement, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and
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> “This subtitle [subtitle A (§§ 111, 112) of title I of div. Q of
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> “This subtitle [subtitle B (§§ 121, 122) of title I of div. Q of
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### Short Title of 2021 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting provisions set out as a note under
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### Short Title of 2018 Amendment
> “This subtitle [subtitle B (§§ 8021–8023) of title VIII of
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### Short Title of 2016 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting
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> “This Act [enacting
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### Short Title of 2006 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting sections 57b–2a, 57b–2b, 57c–1, and 57c–2 of this title, amending this section, sections 44, 45, 46, 56, and 57b–2 of this title, and
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[, set out above, repealed effective , see , as amended, set out as a Termination Date of 2006 Amendment note under .]
### Short Title of 1996 Amendment
> “This Act [amending
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### Short Title of 1994 Amendment
> “This Act [enacting
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### Short Title of 1980 Amendment
, , , provided that “This Act [enacting sections 57a–1 and 57b–1 to 57b–4 of this title, amending this section and sections 45, 46, 50, 57a, and 57c of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 45, 46, 57a, 57a–1, and 57c of this title] may be cited as the ‘Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980’.”