15 USC § 7607 - Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission

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title: "15 USC § 7607 - Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "7607"
section_name: "Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission"
chapter_number: 102
chapter_name: "FAIRNESS TO CONTACT LENS CONSUMERS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–164, § 8, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2026.)"
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# § 7607. Rulemaking by Federal Trade Commission

section 57a of this title15 U.S.C. 2301section 553 of title 5

The Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe rules pursuant to  to carry out this chapter. Rules so prescribed shall be exempt from the requirements of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act ( et seq.). Any such regulations shall be issued in accordance with . The first rules under this section shall take effect not later than 180 days after the effective date of this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–164, § 8, Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2026.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Magnuson-Moss Warranty—Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act, referred to in text, is , , . Title I of the Act is classified generally to chapter 50 (§ 2301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

For effective date of this chapter, referred to in text, see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 60 days after , see , set out as a note under .