National Consumer Protection Week, 2022
| Published date | 09 March 2022 |
| Citation | 87 FR 13115 |
| Record Number | 2022-05109 |
| Section | Presidential Documents |
| Court | Executive Office Of The President |
Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)
[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 13115-13116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05109] Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 9, 2022 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10347 of March 4, 2022
National Consumer Protection Week, 2022
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
As our Nation recovers and our economy continues its
historic growth following a global pandemic, it is
important that consumers are fully informed about their
rights and the potential risks in the marketplace.
Hardworking American families deserve to feel secure in
the knowledge that, as we build back better, we are
building an economy based on principles of fairness,
privacy, and equity. During National Consumer
Protection Week, we recommit ourselves to those basic
rights, to protecting consumers, to raising awareness
about bad actors and deceptive practices in the
marketplace, and to empowering people to make informed
financial decisions so that our economy works for
everyone.
My Administration has zero tolerance for criminals who
steal Americans' hard-earned dollars or abuse their
personal information. Particularly in moments of
crisis, like this pandemic, unscrupulous individuals
have tried to take advantage of struggling Americans by
price gouging, stealing money, harvesting personal
information, and offering false hope for economic
assistance, jobs, treatments, and cures. We are
committed to halting these practices and protecting all
consumers, including small businesses and gig workers,
from fraud and unlawful business practices. Our
Nation's consumer protection agencies--including the
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau, and Consumer Product Safety
Commission--work with the Department of Justice and law
enforcement agencies nationwide to fight fraud,
predatory practices, and data exploitation by abusers
large and small. These agencies work every day to
protect consumers and ensure product safety through
investigations, law enforcement actions, and free,
actionable, plain-language consumer education
resources.
Abusive practices have an especially harmful impact on
communities of color, who are often targeted by bad
actors. A report from the FTC--Serving Communities of
Color--found that people living in majority-Black and
Latino communities were more likely to experience
problems with credit bureaus, banks and lenders, and
used car issues than those living in majority-white
communities. That is why my Administration is reviving
the Government's top consumer watchdog, the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau, to address racial
disparities in access to loans, capital, and credit,
while protecting consumers in historically underserved
communities.
As a Nation, let us work together to create an
environment that protects and educates American
consumers and communities. This National Consumer
Protection Week, and all year long, my Administration
is committed to ensuring that every American has access
to information that can help protect themselves and
their communities. To learn more about these resources,
please visit consumer.ftc.gov. To learn how to get
involved with National Consumer Protection Week, you
can visit ftc.gov/ncpw.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 6, 2022,
through March 12, 2022, as National Consumer Protection
Week. I call upon government officials, industry
leaders, and advocates across the Nation
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to share information about consumer protection and
provide our citizens with information about their
rights as consumers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2022-05109
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