I write to urge you either to reform or to reject S. 2044, the so-called
Consumer Review Freedom Act.  Although this bill states the laudable goal "To
prohibit the use of certain clauses in form contracts that restrict the ability
of a consumer to communicate", its section (c) makes criminals not only of the
institutions that issue such contracts but also of the powerless consumers who
accept them.  In other words, anyone who clicks to accept an illegal software
end-user licence (for example) could be subject to punishment by the Federal
Trade Commission.

Highly notable is that the House version of this bill, HR 2110, does not make
criminals of individual consumers who accept such form contracts.  (It does,
however, criminalise businesses - including small businesses - that accept such
contracts.)

Ideally this bill would be rewritten so as to criminalise only the issuer of
the form contract, and not the powerless individual or business entity that
accepts that contract.  Failing such revision, this bill ought to be rejected.