Source
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 871, § 2, 54 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 96–242, § 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 (§ 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, § 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, § 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 of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–428, § 1, Dec. 20, 2006,
120 Stat. 2913, provided that: “This Act [amending section
68b of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section
68b of this title] may be cited as the ‘Wool Suit Fabric Labeling Fairness and International Standards Conforming Act’.”
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, § 1, eff. May 24, 1950,
15 F.R.
3175,
64 Stat. 1264, set out under section
41 of this title.