Regulatory Agency Descriptions

1. Regulatory Agencies

2. Regulatory Agencies
Students Will:
Be able to identify and describe regulatory agencies in order
to analyze the effects they have on the safety of the American
public.

3. Regulate
• Define: to control through laws
Regulatory Agency
• Definition- Independent Agencies that make rules for certain activities
to protect the people of the US

4. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Purpose: Regulates cable TV, AM and FM radio, and
satellites
Enforce: Can fine and take away licenses of stations
that violate FCC regulations.

5. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Purpose: To protect the environment and clean up the
air and water
Enforce: Can fine and take away licenses of businesses
and people that violate EPA regulations

6. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Purpose: Works to ensure safety in aviation.
Enforce: Responsible for licensing pilots and enforces
safety for air traffic

7. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Purpose: Make sure products meet safety standards
Enforce: Can recall products that are dangerous

8. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Purpose: To prevent false advertising and shutdown
monopolies
Enforce: FTC can bring companies to court that uses
false or misleading advertising

9. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
Purpose: Protects workers from hazardous conditions
at the worksite
Enforce: Will fine or shutdown worksites/plants for
code violations

10. Center for Disease Control
Purpose: Works to control the spread of infectious
diseases, injury, and disabilities
Enforce: Makes sure research and testing follow
established guidelines

11. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Purpose: Protect the public from poorly processed and
improperly labeled food and medicine
Enforce: Inspect and test food, makeup, legal drugs. If a
product does not meet standards it can be forced off of the
market

12. Securities and Exchange Commission
Purpose: Regulates the trading of stocks and bonds to
protect economic security
Enforce: Through investigation and use of courts and
fines

13. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Purpose: Investigates violators of federal law
Enforce: Through investigations and arrests
Drug Enforcement Agency
Purpose: Investigates the trafficking of illegal drugs in and out
of US
Enforce: Through investigations and arrests