Personal Computer Truth in Advertising Act of 1997

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Personal Computer Truth in Advertising Act of 1997 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to conduct a study of the marketing and advertising practices of manufacturers and retailers of personal computers. Requires the FTC to give particular emphasis to determining: (1) whether the practice of the advertising of the internal speed of a CPU in megahertz, without mentioning the external speed of a CPU, could be considered to be an unfair or deceptive practice, within the meaning of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; and (2) the extent to which the practice is used in the marketing and advertising of personal computers.

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 8 May 1997

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  summary · EN · 8 May 1997

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