The Consumer Protection Clarification Amendment Act of 2025 amends Chapter 39 of Title 28 of the District of Columbia Official Code to specify that the District government is not considered a merchant under the consumer protection law, with the exception of its role in landlord-tenant relations as it pertains to the District of Columbia Housing Authority. The bill clarifies the definition of "merchant" by stating that it does not include the District of Columbia, its agencies, or employees acting within their official duties, except in the context of landlord-tenant relations.

The amendments include a revision to the definition of "merchant" in subsection (a)(3), which now explicitly excludes the District and its entities, and a modification to subsection (e) that confirms the application of landlord-tenant provisions to the District of Columbia Housing Authority while maintaining the overall exclusion of the District from the definition of merchant. The bill's provisions are set to apply retroactively to specific dates, with section 2(a) effective from June 12, 2007, and section 2(b) from December 19, 2016.