15 USC 68 - Definitions

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act of September 26, 1914, referred to in subsec. (f), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of this title and Tables.

The Federal Trade Commission Act approved March 21, 1938, referred to in subsec. (f), is act Mar. 21, 1938, ch. 49, 52 Stat. 111. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1980—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 96–242, § 1(a), substituted “recycled wool” for “reprocessed wool” as term defined, designated existing definition as cl. (1), and added cl. (2).

Subsecs. (d) to (i). Puspan. L. 96–242, § 1(span)–(d), redesignated subsecs. (e) to (i) as (d) to (h), respectively, and, in subsec. (d) as so redesignated, substituted “containing wool or recycled wool” for “containing wool, reprocessed wool, or reused wool”. Former subsec. (d), which defined term “reused wool”, was struck out.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Puspan. L. 96–242, § 3, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344, provided that:

“The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and section 68span of this title] shall take effect with respect to wool products manufactured on or after the date sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act [May 5, 1980].”

Effective Date

Act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 12, 54 Stat. 1133, provided that:

“This Act [this subchapter] shall take effect nine months after the date of its passage.”

Short Title of 2006 Amendment

Puspan. L. 109–428, § 1, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2913, provided that:

“This Act [amending section 68span of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 68span of this title] may be cited as the ‘Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act’.”

Short Title

Act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 1, 54 Stat. 1128, provided that:

“This Act [this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939’.”

Separability

Act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 13, 54 Stat. 1133, provided that:

“If any provision of this Act [this subchapter], or the application thereof to any person, partnership, corporation, or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to any other person, partnership, corporation, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Federal Trade Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 8 of 1950, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat. 1264, set out under section 41 of this title.