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15 U.S.C. § 68Definitions

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This section defines the key terms used in the wool-labeling law: 'person,' 'wool,' 'recycled wool,' 'wool product,' 'Commission,' 'Federal Trade Commission Act,' 'commerce,' and 'Territory.'

(a) 'Person' means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise, whether singular or plural. (b) 'Wool' means the fiber from a sheep's or lamb's fleece, or from the hair of an Angora or Cashmere goat — and may include specialty fibers from camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna hair — as long as it has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product. (c) 'Recycled wool' means fiber that's either: (1) taken from wool that was woven or felted into a wool product, then made fibrous again, without ever being used by a consumer; or (2) taken from wool or reprocessed wool that was spun, woven, knitted, or felted into a wool product, then made fibrous again, after being used by a consumer. (d) 'Wool product' means any product, or part of a product, that contains, claims to contain, or is represented in any way as containing wool or recycled wool. (e) 'Commission' means the Federal Trade Commission. (f) 'Federal Trade Commission Act' means the 1914 Act creating the FTC, as amended, along with the Federal Trade Commission Act approved March 21, 1938. (g) 'Commerce' means trade among the states, with foreign nations, within or between U.S. territories, between a territory and the District of Columbia, or between the District of Columbia and a state, territory, or foreign nation. (h) 'Territory' includes U.S. insular possessions and any U.S. territory.
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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.

Source credit: (Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 2, 54 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 96–242, § 1, May 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 344.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1940Enacted · Act of Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871 · 54 Stat. 1128
  • 1980Amended · Pub. L. 96-242 · 94 Stat. 344

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