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 PUBLIC LAW 102-556—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4191 SEC. 208. ADBONISTRATION AND APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. 15 USC 5713. (a) IN GENERAL.— Except as otherwise provided in section 202, this title shall be enforced by the Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). ConsequenUy, no activity which is outside the jurisdiction of that Act shall be anected by this Act, except for purposes of this title. (b) ACTIONS BY THE COMMISSION. —The Commission shall prevent any person from violating a rule of the Commission under section 201 in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this title. Any person who violates such rule shall be suDJect to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, power, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this title. SEC. 204. DEFINITIONS. 15 USC 5714. For purposes of this title: (1) The term "pay-per-call services" has the meaning provided in section 228 oi the Communications Act of 1934. (2) The term "attorney general" means the chief legal officer of a State. (3) The term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Colimibia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Msiriana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States. (4) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. TITLE III—BILLING AND COLLECTION SEC. 301. REGULATIONS. 15 USC 5721. (a) IN GENERAL.— (1) RULES REQUIRED.— The Commission shall, in accordance with the reqiiirements of this section, prescribe rules establishing procedures for the correction of bliling errors with respect to telephone-billed purchases. The rules prescribed by the Commission shall also include provisions to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices that evade such rules or undermine the rights provided to customers under this title. (2) SUBSTANTIAL SIMILARITY TO CREDIT BILLING.—The Commission shall promulgate rules under this section that impose requirements that are substantially similar to the requirements imposed, with respect to the resolution of credit disputes, under the Truth in Lending and Fair Credit Billing Acts (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). (3) TMLATMENT OF RULE.— A rule issued under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a rule issued under section i8(a)(l)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57(a)(l)(B)). (b) RULEMAKING SCHEDULE AND PROCEDURE.— The Commission shall prescribe tibe rules under subsection (a) within 270 days after me date of enactment of this Act. Such rules shall be pre-

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