Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act

Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act
Long title	An Act to provide disclosure standards for written consumer product warranties against defect or malfunction; to define Federal content standards for such warranties; to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act in order to improve its consumer protection activities; An Act to provide minimum disclosure standards for written consumer product warranties; to define minimum Federal content standards for such warranties; to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act in order to improve its consumer protection activities; and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Consumer Product Warranty and Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	January 4, 1975
Citations
Public law	93-637
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 2183
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 50 § 2301 et seq.
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 356 by Warren Magnuson (D–WA) on May 14, 1973; Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, House Energy and Commerce; Passed the Senate on September 12, 1973 (Passed); Passed the House on September 19, 1974 (384-1, in lieu of H.R. 7917); Reported by the joint conference committee on October 8, 1974; agreed to by the Senate on December 18, 1974 (70-5) and by the House on December 19, 1974 (Passed); Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on January 4, 1975;

The Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act (P.L. 93-637) is a United States federal law (15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.). Enacted in 1975, the federal statute governs warranties on consumer products. The law does not require any product to have a warranty (it may be sold "as is"), but if it does have a warranty, the warranty must comply with this law. The law was created to fix problems as a result of manufacturers using disclaimers on warranties in an unfair or misleading manner.