Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 68 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 68 : US Code - Notes

(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 96-242,
Sec. 1, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Act of September 26, 1914, referred to in subsec. (f), is act
Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, as amended, which is
classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 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, as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-242, Sec. 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). Pub. L. 96-242, Sec. 1(b)-(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.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Section 3 of Pub. L. 96-242 provided that: "The amendments made
by this Act [amending this section and section 68b 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
Section 12 of act Oct. 14, 1940, provided that: "This Act [this
subchapter] shall take effect nine months after the date of its
passage."
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of act Oct. 14, 1940, provided that: "This Act [this
subchapter] may be cited as the 'Wool Products Labeling Act of
1939'."
SEPARABILITY
Section 13 of act Oct. 14, 1940, 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."
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, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3175, 64 Stat.
1264, set out under section 41 of this title.