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15 U.S.C. § 2309 — Procedures applicable to promulgation of rules by Commission
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**(a) Oral presentation** Any rule prescribed under this chapter shall be prescribed in accordance with [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim); except that the Commission shall give interested persons an opportunity for oral presentations of data, views, and arguments, in addition to written submissions. A transcript shall be kept of any oral presentation. Any such rule shall be subject to judicial review under [section 57a(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/e&num=0&edition=prelim) in the same manner as rules prescribed under [section 57a(a)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/a/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), except that [section 57a(e)(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/e/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply.
**(b) Warranties and warranty practices involved in sale of used motor vehicles** The Commission shall initiate within one year after January 4, 1975, a rulemaking proceeding dealing with warranties and warranty practices in connection with the sale of used motor vehicles; and, to the extent necessary to supplement the protections offered the consumer by this chapter, shall prescribe rules dealing with such warranties and practices. In prescribing rules under this subsection, the Commission may exercise any authority it may have under this chapter, or other law, and in addition it may require disclosure that a used motor vehicle is sold without any warranty and specify the form and content of such disclosure.
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**(a) Oral presentation** Any rule prescribed under this chapter shall be prescribed in accordance with [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim); except that the Commission shall give interested persons an opportunity for oral presentations of data, views, and arguments, in addition to written submissions. A transcript shall be kept of any oral presentation. Any such rule shall be subject to judicial review under [section 57a(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/e&num=0&edition=prelim) in the same manner as rules prescribed under [section 57a(a)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/a/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim), except that [section 57a(e)(3)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/e/3/B&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply.
**(b) Warranties and warranty practices involved in sale of used motor vehicles** The Commission shall initiate within one year after January 4, 1975, a rulemaking proceeding dealing with warranties and warranty practices in connection with the sale of used motor vehicles; and, to the extent necessary to supplement the protections offered the consumer by this chapter, shall prescribe rules dealing with such warranties and practices. In prescribing rules under this subsection, the Commission may exercise any authority it may have under this chapter, or other law, and in addition it may require disclosure that a used motor vehicle is sold without any warranty and specify the form and content of such disclosure.
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**(a)** This section applies, according to the provisions thereof, except to the extent that there is involved—
(1) a military or foreign affairs function of the United States; or
(2) a matter relating to agency management or personnel or to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.
**(b)** General notice of proposed rule making shall be published in the Federal Register, unless persons subject thereto are named and either personally served or otherwise have actual notice thereof in accordance with law. The notice shall include—
(1) a statement of the time, place, and nature of public rule making proceedings;
(2) reference to the legal authority under which the rule is proposed;
(3) either the terms or substance of the proposed rule or a description of the subjects and issues involved; and
(4) the Internet address of a summary of not more than 100 words in length of the proposed rule, in plain language, that shall be posted on the Internet website under section 206(d) of the E-Government Act of 2002 ([44 U.S.C. 3501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3501&num=0&edition=prelim) note) (commonly known as regulations.gov).
Except when notice or hearing is required by statute, this subsection does not apply—
(A) to interpretative rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice; or
(B) when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.
**(c)** After notice required by this section, the agency shall give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making through subm
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**(a) Federal Trade Commission Act and Federal Seed Act**
(1) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, invalidate, or supersede the Federal Trade Commission Act [[15 U.S.C. 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section41&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] or any statute defined therein as an Antitrust Act.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to repeal, invalidate, or supersede the Federal Seed Act [[7 U.S.C. 1551](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1551&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and nothing in this chapter shall apply to seed for planting.
**(b) Rights, remedies, and liabilities**
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall invalidate or restrict any right or remedy of any consumer under State law or any other Federal law.
(2) Nothing in this chapter (other than sections 2308 and 2304(a)(2) and (4) of this title) shall (A) affect the liability of, or impose liability on, any person for personal injury, or (B) supersede any provision of State law regarding consequential damages for injury to the person or other injury.
**(c) State warranty laws**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b) and in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a State requirement—
(A) which relates to labeling or disclosure with respect to written warranties or performance thereunder;
(B) which is within the scope of an applicable requirement of sections 2302, 2303, and 2304 of this title (and rules implementing such sections), and
(C) which is not identical to a requirement of section 2302, 2303, or 2304 of this title (or a rule thereunder),
shall not be applicable to written warranties complying with such sections (or rules thereunder).
(2) If, upon application of an appropriate State
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 2305
§ 2305. Full and limited warranting of a con-
sumer product
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the sell-
ing of a consumer product which has both full
and limited warranties if such warranties are
clearly and conspicuously differentiated.
(Pub. L. 93–637, title I, § 105, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat.
2188.)
§ 2306. Service contracts; rules for full, clear and
conspicuous disclosure of terms and condi-
tions; addition to or in lieu of written war-
ranty
(a) The Commission may prescribe by rule the
manner and form in which the terms and condi-
tions of service contracts shall be fully, clearly,
and conspicuously disclosed.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
to prevent a supplier or warrantor from entering
into a service contract with the consumer in ad-
dition to or in lieu of a written warranty if such
contract fully, clearly, and conspicuously dis-
closes its terms and conditions in simple and
readily understood language.
(Pub. L. 93–637, title I, § 106, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat.
2188.)
§ 2307. Designation of representatives by war-
rantor to perform duties under written or
implied warranty
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to
prevent any warrantor from designating rep-
resentatives to perform duties under the written
or implied warranty: Provided, That such war-
rantor shall make reasonable arrangements for
compensation of such designated representa-
tives, but no such designation shall relieve the
warrantor of his direct responsibilities to the
consumer or make the representative a cowar-
rantor.
(Pub. L. 93–637, title I, § 107, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat.
2189.)
§ 2308. Implied warranties
(a) Restrictions on disclaimers or modifications
No supplier may disclaim or modify (except as
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