§ 68. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC68]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER III--LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS
Sec. 68. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(a) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise,
plural or singular, as the case demands.
(b) The term ``wool'' means the fiber from the fleece of the sheep
or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-
called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and
vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool
product.
(c) The term ``recycled wool'' means (1) the resulting fiber when
wool has been woven or felted into a wool product which, without ever
having been utilized in any way by the ultimate consumer, subsequently
has been made into a fibrous state, or (2) the resulting fiber when wool
or reprocessed wool has been spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool
product which, after having been used in any way by the ultimate
consumer, subsequently has been made into a fibrous state.
(d) The term ``wool product'' means any product, or any portion of a
product, which contains, purports to contain, or in any way is
represented as containing wool or recycled wool.
(e) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission.
(f) The term ``Federal Trade Commission Act'' means the Act of
Congress entitled ``An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to
define its powers and duties, and for other purposes'', approved
September 26, 1914, as amended, and the Federal Trade Commission Act
approved March 21, 1938.
(g) The term ``commerce'' means commerce among the several States or
with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the
District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or
between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between
the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation.
(h) The term ``Territory'' includes the insular possessions of the
United States and also any Territory of the United States.
(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.
