Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

30. Federal Trade Commission · Major · Needs Congress

Vest antitrust enforcement solely in the Department of Justice

Not started

872 30. Federal Trade Commission

“Some conservatives think that antitrust enforcement should be invested solely in the Department of Justice (DOJ).”

What has happened

  1. Not started

    The One Agency Act (H.R. 384, S. 1059), which would move FTC antitrust enforcement to DOJ, was introduced and referred to the Judiciary Committees; neither chamber has acted, and no administration request or executive action transferring the function was found. The FTC continues to bring antitrust cases.

    No action found yet. This entry is the starting point, not a finding.

Research log

What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence

Research notes

  • Bills (Corpus bills.ndjson; congress.gov actions API): H.R. 384 One Agency Act, introduced 2025-01-14, referred to House Judiciary, no further action; S. 1059 One Agency Act, introduced 2025-03-13, referred to Senate Judiciary, no further action. Introduction is not started under the Requires-Congress rule.
  • No presidential document or White House action in the window mentions the FTC’s antitrust jurisdiction or the One Agency Act (fr-presdocu, presidential-actions greps for “Federal Trade Commission”, “antitrust”, “One Agency”). Federal Register full-text “Federal Trade Commission” + “Slaughter” returns only consent-order notices.
  • The FTC kept enforcing through the window (e.g. the 2025-03 medical-device coatings merger challenge on its press-release listing). Trump v. Slaughter (2026-06-29; see #2237) ended the FTC’s independence but did not move antitrust enforcement to DOJ.
Action
transfer
Object
FTC antitrust enforcement authority
ID
2233