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  <title><![CDATA[  Effective Dates for the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act  of 2003]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-24-03-31359</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The recently enacted Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act 
of 2003 (FACT Act or the Act) requires the Board and the FTC (the 
Agencies) jointly to adopt rules establishing the effective dates for 
provisions of the Act that do not contain specific effective dates. The 
Agencies are taking two related actions to comply with this 
requirement. In this action, the Agencies are jointly adopting interim 
final rules that establish December 31, 2003, as the effective date for 
provisions of the Act that determine the relationship between the Fair 
Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and state laws and provisions that 
authorize rulemakings or other implementing action by various agencies. 
In the second action, published elsewhere in today's Federal Register, 
the Agencies jointly propose rules establishing a schedule of effective 
dates for other provisions of the FACT Act.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 24 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Effective Dates for the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act  of 2003]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-24-03-31360</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The recently enacted Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act 
of 2003 (FACT Act or the Act) requires the Board and the FTC (the 
Agencies) jointly to adopt rules establishing the effective dates for 
provisions of the Act that do not contain specific effective dates. The 
Agencies are taking two related actions to comply with this 
requirement. In this action, the Agencies are proposing rules that 
would establish a schedule of effective dates for many of the 
provisions of the FACT Act for which the Act itself does not 
specifically provide an effective date. In the second action, published 
elsewhere in today's Federal Register, the Agencies are jointly 
adopting interim final rules that establish December 31, 2003, as the 
effective date for provisions of the Act that determine the 
relationship between the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and state 
laws and provisions that authorize rulemakings and other implementing 
action by various agencies.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 24 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB  Review; Comment Request]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-24-03-31714</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (PRA) information collection requirements contained in its Mail or 
Telephone Order Merchandise Trade Regulation Rule (MTOR or ``Rule''). 
The FTC is soliciting public comments on the proposal to extend through 
January 31, 2007 the current PRA clearance for information collection 
requirements contained in the Rule. That clearance expires on January 
31, 2004.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 24 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Charges for Certain Disclosures ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-24-03-31715</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Federal Trade Commission announces that the current $9.00 
ceiling on allowable charges under Section 612(f) of the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act (``FCRA'') will remain unchanged for 2003. Under 1996 
amendments to the FCRA, the Federal Trade Commission is required to 
increase the $8.00 amount referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) of Section 
612(f) on January 1 of each year, based proportionally on changes in 
the Consumer Price Index (``CPI''), with fractional changes rounded to 
the nearest fifty cents. The CPI increased 14.89 percent between 
September 1997, the date the FCRA amendments took effect, and September 
2003. This increase in the CPI and the requirement that any increase be 
rounded to the nearest fifty cents results in no change in the current 
maximum allowable charge of $9.00.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 24 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[
General Electric Company; Analysis To Aid Public Comment ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-24-03-31713</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The consent agreement in this matter settles alleged 
violations of federal law prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or 
practices or unfair methods of competition. The attached Analysis to 
Aid Public Comment describes both the allegations in the draft 
complaint that accompanies the consent agreement and the terms of the 
consent orderembodied in the consent agreementthat would settle 
these allegations.
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  <pubDate>Wed, Dec 24 2003 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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