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 PUBLIC LAW 103-312—AUG. 26, 1994 108 STAT. 1691 Public Law 103-312 103d Congress An Act To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to extend the authorization of appropriations in such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCE. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1994". (b) REFERENCE.— Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Federal Trade Commission Act. SEC. 2. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES. The Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended by redesignating sections 24 and 25 as sections 25 and 26, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 23 the following new section: "SEC. 24. (a) The Commission shall not have any authority to conduct any study, investigation, or prosecution of any agricultural cooperative for any conduct which, because of the provisions of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize association of producers of agricultural products', approved February 18, 1922 (7 U.S.C. 291 et seq., commonly known as the Capper-Volstead Act), is not a violation of any of the antitrust Acts or this Act. "(b) The Commission shall not have any authority to conduct any study or investigation of any agricultural marketing orders.". SEC. 3. COMPENSATION IN PROCEEDINGS. (a) REPEAL. —Subsection (h) of section 18 (15 U.S.C. 57a) is repealed and subsections (i), (j), and (k) of section 18 are redesignated as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18(a)(1) (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(l)) is amended by striking "subsection (i)" and inserting "subsection (h)". SEC. 4. PROCEEDINGS SUBSEQUENT TO VIOLATIONS OF ORDERS. (a) CONSENT ORDERS.—Section 5(m)(l)(B) (15 U.S.C. 45(m)(l)(B)) is amended by inserting ", other than a consent order," immediately after "order" the first time it appears. (b) DETERMINATIONS OF LAW.— Section 5(m)(2) (15 U.S.C. 45(m)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "Upon request of any party to such an action against such defendant, the court shall also review the determination of law made by Aug. 26, 1994 [H.R. 2243] Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1994. 15 USC 58 note. 15 USC 57c, 58. 15 USC 57b-5. Courts.

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