§ 69. — 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: 15USC69]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND
PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION
SUBCHAPTER IV--LABELING OF FUR PRODUCTS
Sec. 69. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(a) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership,
corporation, association, business trust, or any organized group of any
of the foregoing.
(b) The term ``fur'' means any animal skin or part thereof with
hair, fleece, or fur fibers attached thereto, either in its raw or
processed state, but shall not include such skins as are to be converted
into leather or which in processing shall have the hair, fleece, or fur
fiber completely removed.
(c) The term ``used fur'' means fur in any form which has been worn
or used by an ultimate consumer.
(d) The term ``fur product'' means any article of wearing apparel
made in whole or in part of fur or used fur; except that such term shall
not include such articles (other than any dog or cat fur product to
which section 1308 of title 19 applies) as the Commission shall exempt
by reason of the relatively small quantity or value of the fur or used
fur contained therein.
(e) The term ``waste fur'' means the ears, throats, or scrap pieces
which have been severed from the animal pelt, and shall include mats or
plates made therefrom.
(f) The term ``invoice'' means a written account, memorandum, list,
or catalog, which is issued in connection with any commercial dealing in
fur products or furs, and describes the particulars of any fur products
or furs, transported or delivered to a purchaser, consignee, factor,
bailee, correspondent, or agent, or any other person who is engaged in
dealing commercially in fur products or furs.
(g) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Trade Commission.
(h) The term ``Federal Trade Commission Act'' means the Act 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 [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.].
(i) The term ``Fur Products Name Guide'' means the register issued
by the Commission pursuant to section 69e of this title.
(j) The term ``commerce'' means commerce between any State,
Territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of
Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the
same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but
through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession
or the District of Columbia.
(k) The term ``United States'' means the several States, the
District of Columbia, and the Territories and possessions of the United
States.
(Aug. 8, 1951, ch. 298, Sec. 2, 65 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 106-476, title I,
Sec. 1443(b), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2167.)
References in Text
The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, 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.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-476 inserted ``(other than any dog or
cat fur product to which section 1308 of title 19 applies)'' after
``shall not include such articles''.
Effective Date
Section 14 of act Aug. 8, 1951, provided that: ``This Act [this
subchapter], except section 7 [section 69e of this title], shall take
effect one year after the date of its enactment [Aug. 8, 1951].''
Short Title
Section 1 of act Aug. 8, 1951, provided: ``That this Act [this
subchapter] may be cited as the `Fur Products Labeling Act' ''.
Separability
Section 13 of act Aug. 8, 1951, provided that: ``If any provision of
this Act [this subchapter] or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act [this subchapter]
and the application of such provision to any other person 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.
