CONSUMERS

Addresses

American Food Industry, Robert M. Schaeberle, 11141 [4MY]

Challenge of Change in Natural Gas Pricing, Representative Corcoran, 4164 [7MR]

Challenges Facing Public Utilities Industry, Representative Levine, 9540 [21AP]

Consumers for World Trade Award, Representative Gibbons, 20135 [20JY]

Health Care Industry Consumerism, Barbara Warden, 22733 [3AU]

Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform Amendments (S. 615): President Reagan, 3125 [28FE]

Amendments

CPSC: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2668), 17813 [28JN], 18151, 18163, 18165, 18167 [29JN]

Federal Antitampering Act: enact (S. 216), 11509, 11529 [9MY]

Mail order consumer protection amendments: enact (S. 450), 30709, 30711, 30730 [3NO]

Telephone service: access charge (H.R. 4102), 31528-31620 [8NO], 32148-32152, 32179, 32180, 32183, 32186, 32187, 32193, 32194 [10NO]

Analyses

Cable Consumer Protection Act, 31635 [8NO]

H.R. 482, Natural Gas Marketing Act, 1905 [8FE]

H.R. 2729, Product Liability Act, 9627-9629 [25AP]

Major Provisions of H.R. 3647, 21554 [28JY]

Natural Gas Equal Access Amendments, 6071 [17MR]

S. 44, Product Liability Act, 590 [26JA]

S. 996, Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act, 7779-7781 [7AP]

S. 1152, Consumer Lease and Rental Purchase Agreement Act, 10017-10021 [27AP]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation, 30735-30739 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Airbags for Adam Smith, 14745 [7JN]

Assured Continuity, 7436 [24MR]

Breaking Up A.T. & T., 32215 [10NO]

Capital Spending Expected To Drop 3.1 Percent, 15757 [14JN]

Commentary—The Gas Market at Work, 14387 [2JN]

Congress Plays Telephone Game, 24750 [19SE]

Consumer Unhappiness Growing, 5189 [14MR]

Consumers Pay for Gas Decontrol, 9331 [20AP]

CPSC Ban on Urea-Formaldehyde Foam Insulation, 3456 [1MR]

Discounters, Alleging Price-Fixing, Are Fighting Cuts in Their Supplies, 28489 [19OC]

Disintegrating Bell System, 12968 [18MY]

Dispelling Hangups Over New Phone Rates, 27901 [7OC]

Energy Panelist Predicts Hike of 40 percent in Price of Natural Gas, 25674 [23SE]

EPA Faults a Laboratory Involves Chemicals Now on Market, 12161 [12MY]

EPA Faults Tests on 200 Pesticides—Work by a Laboratory Involves Chemicals Now on Market, 12803 [18MY]

EPA Turns Up Safety Questions in Pesticide Probe, 12161 [12MY]

Ethics Codes Becoming Standard for Business, 9633 [25AP]

FTC's Miller Puts His Faith in the Free Market, 18403 [30JN]

Future Phone Bills, 20418 [21JY]

Gas Pains—There's Gas and There's Gas and . . ., 7471 [24MR]

Gas Prices—Has Supply and Demand Law Been Repealed, 7471 [24MR]

Gas—Who'd Pay Whom?, 7783 [7AP]

Government Rules Raise Natural Gas Cost, Exxon Official Says, 22351 [2AU]

Higher Rates May Develop Telephone Caste System, 29688 [27OC]

Impossible Rates, Unfair Advantage, 1107 [31JA]

Indian Point's Reluctant Savior, 15057 [8JN]

Interest and Dividends Tax Withholding (sundry), 7479 [24MR]

Is Antitrust Proconsumer?, 7081 [23MR]

Is Manufactured Housing America's Dream?, 12691 [17MY]

Just Getting By Gets Harder Day-by-Day, 7782 [7AP]

Landlord To Start a Phone Network, 34021 [18NO], 34745 [18NO]

Leave the Telephone System Alone for Now, 29891 [28OC]

Long, Grabby Arm of the Law, 23961 [13SE]

Market's Found a Cap for Natural Gas Price, 24510 [15SE]

Medical Advice You Should Avoid, 33075 [16NO]

National Energy Trust, 2073 [10FE]

Natural Gas, 105 [3JA]

Natural (Gas) Cliff-Hanger, 12009 [11MY]

Natural Gas Pipelines (excerpt), 8550 [14AP]

New Try for Truth-in-Funerals, 6688 [22MR]

New Twist on Our Phone Bills, 20166 [20JY]

Nuclear Chicken, 15057 [8JN]

Oil Decontrol Worked—So Will Gas Decontrol, 31081 [4NO]

Oil Price Cuts Appear Unlikely To Bring Back Old Levels of Demand, 9294 [20AP]

Old Gas Can't Save Consumers, 12008 [11MY]

Outrageous Abuse of Power, 16393 [20JN]

Perverse Effect of Deregulation of Natural Gas Prices, 7782, 7787 [7AP]

Phone Bill Threat Held Exaggerated, 31511 [8NO]

Poll Indicates Confusion on Breakup of AT&T, 27052 [4OC]

Price of Principle, 12008 [11MY]

Putting Congress on Hold, 28225 [18OC], 31310 [7NO]

Representative Benjamin Rosenthal, Consumer Advocate, Dies, 2190 [15FE]

Ripping Off the Jobless—The Meanest Thieves, 1708 [3FE]

Scandal in Chemical Testing, 12804 [18MY]

Senate Deja Vu—Cry for Natural Gas Decontrol is Familiar Tune, 7471 [24MR]

Shooting in the Dark, 31309 [7NO]

Study Says Regulators Can't Cope With Boom in Financial Services, 32784 [15NO]

Telephone Access Charge—Why New Fees Stir Controversy and Their Effect on Users, 31892 [9NO]

Telephone Industry Shifting Burden Toward Consumers, 12966 [18MY]

Time Has Come To Decontrol, 22351 [2AU]

Travel Agents Should Get Paid for What They Do, 24920 [20SE]

Universal Phone Ripoff, 24249 [14SE]

Unnatural Bonds on Natural Gas, 24510 [15SE]

Unwarranted Legislation, 8492 [13AP]

What This Country Needs Is One More Federal Law, 24066 [14SE]

Where Credit Is Not Due, 33950 [17NO], 34883 [18NO]

Who Should Veto Nuclear Power?, 15056 [8JN]

Why Telephone Rates Are Going Up, 29891 [28OC]

Would You Buy an American Car From These Salesmen?, 16702 [21JN]

Your Long-Distance Bill, 24253 [14SE]

Your Phone Bill, 31310 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions

Automobiles: warranties (see H.R. 3827)

Bankrupt Airline Consumer Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4558)

Cigarettes and little cigars: require manufacturers to meet CPSC standards (see H.R. 1880)

Consumer Fraud Act: enact (see H.R. 4188)

Consumer leases: disclosure provisions (see S. 1152)

Consumer Price Index: study establishment for older persons (see H.R. 1912)

Consumer Product Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 2668)

———amend and extend (see H.R. 2367)

Consumer products: prohibit tampering (see H.R. 1337)

CPSC: extend (see H.R. 3015)

Credit cards: restrict disclosure of numbers (see H.R. 2885)

Drugs: regulation (see H.R. 602)

Farm products: protect purchasers (see S. 2190)

Federal energy conservation program for consumer products: improve administration (see H.R. 4512)

Federal Power Act: consumer protection (see H.R. 4402)

Franchise practices: correct inequities (see H.R. 298)

Give Yourself Credit (Guide to Consumer Credit Laws): print (see H. Res. 83)

Meat imports: restaurants to inform customers when serving (see H.R. 1563)

Motor vehicles: crashworthiness information (see H.R. 1279)

———domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234)

———penalties for fraudulent practices or modifications on odometers (see H.R. 1320)

———preserve consumer freedom of choice to select parts and service (see H.R. 3476)

National Product Safety Week (see S. Res. 106)

Natural gas: acceleration of prices (see H. Res. 55)

———freeze price levels (see H.R. 1759)

———price fluctuations (see H.R. 1760)

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (see H.R. 1752)

Price increases: prohibit certain (see H.R. 1316)

Product liability: uniform law (see S. 44; H.R. 2729)

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (see S. 1046)

Products: prohibit certain tampering (see H.R. 2174)

Renewable energy resources: Federal programs (see H.R. 1599)

Rental-purchase agreements (see S. 1152)

Unfair or deceptive practices: prohibit (see H.R. 4188)

Court decisions

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. divestiture, Harold Greene, 20463 [21JY]

Essays

How To Use Consumer Credit Wisely, Monty Joseph, 14136 [26MY]

Explanations

First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Act, 19837-19838 [19JY]

Factsheets

Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform Amendments (S. 615): Dept. of Energy, 3133 [28FE]

Product Liability Textile Machinery Cases, 15753 [14JN]

Residential Utility Conservation Advisory Committee (RUCAC), California Edison Co., 6052 [17MR]

Letters

Amendment of Consumer Product Safety Act, OMB Director David A. Stockman, 17199 [23JN]

Banking industry underwriting moratorium, Dan Voegeli for Estate and Pension Services, Inc., 23345 [4AU]

Bankruptcy judges' jurisdiction, Gene E. Brooks, 12696 [17MY]

Bell System procurement practices, exchange between Representative Markey and FCC, 15539 [13JN]

Consumer Product Safety Act amendments (H.R. 2668), Vice President Bush, 16933 [22JN]

CPSC reauthorization (sundry organizations), 16391 [20JN], 16721 [21JN]

Developments in telephone industry, Public Utilities Commission of South Dakota, 27422 [5OC]

Disbursement of oil pricing settlement funds to consumers, Dept. of Energy, 2232 [15FE]

Endorsement of reduction in aviation user tax reduction: Aviation Consumer Action Project, 32797 [15NO]

FCC access charge plan, Nebraska Public Service Commission, 27144 [4OC]

———Sec. of Commerce Baldrige, 31640 [8NO]

Funeral industry practices, resident of Niantic, Conn., 6688 [22MR]

Interest and dividends tax withholding: Common Cause, 7479 [24MR]

Mail order consumer protection amendments (S. 450): Association of American Publishers, Inc., 30715 [3NO]

———Dept. of Justice (sundry), 30711 [3NO]

———FTC, 30714 [3NO]

———Virginia H. Knauer for White House, 30714 [3NO]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act: Mark Kulwicki, 7784 [7AP]

Natural gas deregulation, Caterpillar Tractor Co., 13211 [19MY]

Natural gas prices, David Hughes, FERC, 26953 [3OC]

Response to Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act (sundry), 31867 [9NO]

Review telephone rate increase requests (sundry), 19675, 19676 [18JY]

Trade regulations (sundry Representatives), 31814 [9NO]

UN consumer guidelines, Senator Pressler, 6559 [22MR]

UN consumer guidelines (S. Res. 115) (sundry), 8733 [15AP]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: FCC, 30734 [3NO]

———National Council of Senior Citizens, 32173 [10NO]

———Pat Qualls, 32144 [10NO]

———sundry, 31523 [8NO], 32174 [10NO]

Lists

Groups supporting the Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act, 7786 [7AP], 32588 [15NO]

Memorandums

Natural Gas Revenues of Major Energy Companies, Library of Congress, 6557-6559 [22MR]

S. 764, Air Travelers Security Act, 27037-27044 [4OC]

Memorials of legislature

Consumer and energy security: Tennessee, 15272 [9JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: Idaho, 11106 [4MY]

Import goods safety requirements: Nevada, 16184 [16JN]

Natural gas: California, 11622 [10MY], 13111 [19MY]

———Iowa, 16182 [16JN]

———Michigan, 27146 [4OC]

———New York, 10819 [3MY], 13111 [19MY]

———Pennsylvania, 10570 [2MY], 11276 [5MY]

Telephone access charges: Massachusetts, 20503 [22JY]

Messages

Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform Amendments: President Reagan (H. Doc. 98-23), 3087 [28FE]

———President Reagan (PM 19), 3107 [28FE]

Motion

CPSC: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2668), Waxman motion to substitute S. 861, 18178 [29JN]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (S. 1715), cloture, 30441 [2NO]

Papers

Administrative Deregulation Under the Staggers Rail Act, 13210 [19MY]

Future of American Financial Services Institutions, American Assembly, 10744 [3MY]

Petitions

FCC telephone access charge decision: Sec. of Commerce Baldrige, 31640 [8NO]

FERC authority: Long Beach, Calif., City Council, 3114 [28FE]

Medicine and medical practices: San Francisco, Calif., private citizen, 1622 [3FE]

Natural gas deregulation: William B. Hoyt, 11483 [9MY]

Natural gas prices: Wyoming County, N.Y., Board of Supervisors, 2853 [23FE]

Tobacco flammability: New York, N.Y., City Council, 1945 [8FE]

Polls of opinion

Environmental protection, 9082 [19AP]

Press releases

AT&T, Western Electric ratings placed on credit watch by S&P: Standard & Poor's, 34744 [18NO]

Auto import restraints failure, 30320 [1NO]

Remarks in House

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.: divestiture, 27421 [5OC], 29688 [27OC]

Antitrust laws: enforcement (H.J. Res. 389), 28488 [19OC]

Automobile dealers: prevent price discrimination by manufacturers (H.R. 1415), 2098 [10FE]

Automobile financing: misleading advertisments, 8554 [14AP]

Automobile industry: consumer attitudes, 16701 [21JN]

Automobile warranties: provide uniform requirements and procedures (H.R. 3827), 23456 [4AU]

Automobiles: provide crash safety information (H.R. 1279), 1833 [7FE]

Aviation user taxes: reduce (H.R. 4054, 4055), 32797 [15NO]

Bankrupt Airline Consumer Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 4558), 34915 [18NO]

Bankruptcy laws: reform, 3452 [1MR]

Bankruptcy regulations: reform (H.R. 1147, 1169, 1800), 7610 [5AP]

Bell System: procurement practices, 15539 [13JN]

Cable Consumer Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 4299), 31634 [8NO]

California Edison Co.: success of residential advisory committee, 6052 [17MR]

Cigarette Safety Act: enact (H.R. 1880), 27940 [7OC]

Consumer credit industry: impact of personal bankruptcies, 12011 [11MY]

Consumer Fraud Act: introduction (H.R. 4188), 29003 [21OC]

Consumer protection: public concerns, 5188 [14MR]

Consumers' Checkbook: advice to consumers, 12431 [16MY]

CPSC: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2668), 16042 [16JN], 16388-16394 [20JN], 17199 [23JN], 17271 [27JN], 18151 [29JN], 18175 [27JY]-18179 [29JN]

———authorize appropriations (H.R. 2668), S. 861 passed in lieu, 18179 [29JN]

———authorize appropriations (S. 861), technical corrections, 18179 [29JN]

———ban on urea-formaldehyde foam insulation, 3456 [1MR]

———reauthorize (H.R. 3015), 12677 [17MY], 16720 [21JN], 17199 [23JN]

Credit: economic impact of availability, 34883 [18NO]

———protection from unfair practice, 22318 [2AU]

Credit Card Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3622), 32723-32728 [15NO], 33119 [16NO]

———introduction (H.R. 2885), 11100 [4MY]

Credit card purchases: Virginia businessmen raise interest rate charges, 7599 [5AP]

Credit card surcharges: extend ban (H.R. 4278), 32728 [15NO], 33121 [16NO]

Credit cards: fraud (H.R. 3570), 19334 [14JY]

———restrictions on disclosure of numbers (H.R. 2885), 11100 [4MY]

Dept. of Energy: enforcement of appliance efficiency standards, 24249 [14SE]

District heating and cooling systems: investment tax incentives (H.R. 2105), 6026 [17MR]

Duke Power Co., North Carolina: program to help customers pay heating bills, 2111 [10FE]

Economic Stabilization Act: introduction, 84 [3JA]

Electric Consumers Protection Act: introduction (H.R. 4402), 34917 [18NO]

Energy regulations: reform (H.R. 2283), 7082 [23MR]

Fair Deposit Availability Act: enact (H.R. 4187), 30268 [1NO]

Federal Antitampering Act: enact (H.R. 2174), 11445-11449 [9MY]

———impact on product safety, 11560 [9MY], 12013 [11MY]

Financial institutions: impact of increased competition, 32784 [15NO]

Food, drugs, or cosmetics: penalties for adulterating (H.R. 2174), 11445-11449 [9MY]

Food industry: tribute, 11141 [4MY]

Frenzel, Representative: Consumers for World Trade award recipient, 20134 [20JY]

FTC: policies of Chairman James C. Miller III, 18402 [30JN]

FTC funeral industry rule: disapprove (H. Con. Res. 70), 6688 [22MR]

Gasoline taxes: restore State and local deductions (H.R. 1391), 2090 [10FE]

Give Yourself Credit (Guide to Consumer Credit Laws): authorizing printing (H. Res. 83), 8100 [12AP]

Government regulations: reform proposals, 1793 [7FE]

Group health plans: alternative payment rates (H.R. 2956), 28514 [19OC]

Home Heating Protection and Utility Regulation Act: introduction (H.R. 1594), 3041 [24FE]

Home video recording: exempt from liability for copyright infringement, 934-936 [27JA]

Insurance industry: regulatory reform, 16010 [15JN]

Interest rates: increase, 20150 [20JY]

Level of savings: impact of decrease, 33949 [17NO]

Livestock: investigate mass production, 14206 [26MY]

Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments Act: enact (S. 450), 33070-33077 [16NO]

Martin-Copeland Co.: employee incentives to purchase American made cars, 2070 [10FE]

Massachusetts: home energy conservation audit, 30355 [1NO]

Mortgages: allow certain tax credits (H.R. 3594), 19836 [19JY]

———encourage development of secondary mortgage market (H.R. 4557), 34865 [18NO]

———raise ceiling on Federal purchase (H.R. 3420), 20157 [20JY]

National Commission on Natural Gas Pricing: establish (H. Con. Res. 96), 7495 [24MR]

National Consumer Week: poster contest winners, 10526 [28AP]

Natural gas: consumer protection reform, 7452 [24MR]

———consumer protection reform (H.R. 1760), 3738 [2MR]

———correct imbalances in market (H.R. 873), 336, 340 [25JA]

———decontrol, 31080 [4NO]

———deregulation, 3722 [2MR], 9061 [19AP], 12008 [11MY]

———facilitate competitive pricing (H.R. 4277), 30587 [2NO]

———impact of decontrol, 6054, 6059 [17MR], 22351 [2AU]

———insure market-sensitve rates (H.R. 482), 1903 [8FE]

———price freeze (H.R. 1686), 3075 [25FE]

———price increases, 105 [3JA], 906 [26JA], 1987 [8FE], 2530 [17FE], 3208 [28FE], 25673 [23SE]

———promote industry competition (H.R. 2182), 6071 [17MR]

———regional price disparity, 22351 [2AU]

———restore market stability (H.R. 1422), 2089 [10FE]

———take-or-pay contract clauses (H.R. 4), 3208 [28FE]

———take-or-pay contract clauses (H.R. 1685), 3075 [25FE]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act: enact (H.R. 2154), 9061 [19AP], 31086 [4NO]

Natural Gas Fair Marketing Act: enact (H.R. 2164), 7430 [24MR]

Oil companies: distribution of customer overcharges, 2072 [10FE]

Passenger cars: prevention of odometer tampering (H.R. 1320), 1987 [8FE]

Pipelines: require transportation of natural gas by certain (H.R. 2054), 4910 [10MR]

Postal rates: proposed increase, 33007 [16NO]

Product liability: reform tort law (H.R. 2729), 23960 [13SE]

Product Liability Act: introduction (H.R. 2729), 9627 [25AP]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (S. 1046), request for consideration, 33981 [18NO]

Public utilities: prohibit certain surcharges (H.R. 555), 19833 [19JY]

Purchasing power: increased, 4486 [9MR]

Railroads: ratemaking guidelines (H.R. 2584), 13209 [19MY]

Record, tape, and film piracy and counterfeiting: copyright laws, 934-936 [27JA]

Residential energy evaluation program: success, 6693 [22MR]

Sales Representatives Protection Act: enact (H.R. 797), 8492 [13AP]

Secondary Mortgage Market Act: enact (H.R. 3420), 20157 [20JY]

Telephone: local rate increases, 20693 [25JY]

———rate increases, 24253 [14SE], 24750 [19SE], 29688 [27OC]

———require study of regulatory changes affecting industry (H. Res. 231), 20166 [20JY]

———retain universal services, 20418 [21JY], 24249 [14SE]

———retain universal services (H.R. 4102), 29891 [28OC]

———retain universal services (H. Con. Res. 150), 21284 [27JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3440), 20166 [20JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3621), 20462 [21JY], 20693 [25JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3647), 21553 [28JY]

———retain universal services (H.R. 3671), 21261 [27JY]

Telephone industry: impact of divestiture, 18304 [30JN], 18430 [11JY], 20178, 20243 [21JY], 21906 [1AU], 22186, 22187 [2AU]

Telephone rates: impact of deregulation, 12966 [18MY]

———impact of increase, 20178, 20243 [21JY], 21906 [1AU], 22186, 22187 [2AU]

Telephone service: impact of rate increases, 18304 [30JN], 18430 [11JY]

———long distance rates, 34021 [18NO]

———retain universal (H.R. 3440), 19370 [14JY]

———retain universal (H.R. 3522), 19360 [14JY]

———review requests for rate increases, 18386 [30JN]

Telephones: access charge plan, 27141 [4OC]

———establish universal service fund, 27421 [5OC]

———prohibit access charge decision, 31640 [8NO]

———prohibit FCC access charge decision, 27421 [5OC]

———review rate increase requests, 16411 [20JN]

Truth-in-Budgeting Act: introduction (H.R. 3484), 18423 [30JN]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact, 23373 [4AU]

———enact (H.R. 4102), 30264 [1NO], 30578 [2NO], 31309 [7NO], 31427, 31428, 31511, 31523 [8NO], 31640 [8NO], 31856, 31867, 31887 [9NO], 32131, 32132 [10NO], 32136, 32145, 32146 [11NO], 32147 [18NO], 32156 [11NO], 32165 [16NO]-32196 [10NO], 32215 [10NO]-32305 [11NO], 34744, 34911 [18NO], 34948 [14DE]

———enact (H.R. 4102), request for rule, 30914 [3NO]

———enact (H.R. 4295), 31891 [9NO]

———enact (H.R 4102), engrossment corrections, 32504 [14NO]

Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act: introduction (H.R. 3819), 23357 [4AU]

Utility ratepayers: consequences of nonenactment of emergency preparedness plans, 14382 [2JN]

Virginia: interest rate increase for credit card purchases, 7599 [5AP]

Wage and price controls: provide standby authority, 84 [3JA]

Washington Center for the Study of Services: information for consumers, 12431 [16MY]

Weatherization and Employment Act: introduction (H.R. 2615), 9322 [20AP]

Remarks in Senate

Air Travelers Security Act: enact (S. 764), 24920, 24921 [20SE]

Airline Fare Stabilization Act: introduction (S. 2047), 30721 [3NO]

Airline ticket thefts: provide Federal jurisdiction (S. 585), 2923 [24FE]

Cigarette Safety Act: introduction (S. 51), 596-598 [26JA]

Commercial Aircraft Fire Safety Act: introduction (S. 1621), 19291 [14JY]

Consumer Bankruptcy Improvements Act: introduction-1275 [1FE]

———introduction (S. 333), 1273 [1FE]

Consumer Lease and Rental Purchase Agreement Act: introduction (S. 1152), 10015 [27AP]

Consumer Video Sales/Rental Amendment Act: introduction (S. 33), 556 [26JA]

Consumption tax: proposed, 1107 [31JA]

CPSC: authorizing appropriations (S. 861), 6184 [18MR]

Fair Deposit Availability Act: enact (S. 573), 30730-30731 [3NO]

FCC: universal telephone service and access fee decision, 30734 [3NO]

FDA: drug approval status requirements (S. 93), 643 [26JA]

Federal Anti-Tampering Act: enact, 1263 [1FE]

———enact (S. 216), 26610-26613 [30SE]

———introduction (S. 216), 978 [27JA]

Federal Antitampering Act: enact (S. 216), 11507 [9MY]

Home Recording Act: introduction (S. 31), 556 [26JA]

Mail order business: improve enforcement of the false representation statute (S. 450), 12537 [17MY]

Mail order consumer protection amendments: enact (S. 450), 30709-30717 [3NO]

Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments Act: introduction (S. 450), 1706 [3FE]

Margarine: improve labeling requirements (S. 881), 6644 [22MR]

National Product Safety Week: designate (S. Res. 106), 10970 [4MY]

Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act: introduction (S. 740), 4452 [9MR]

Natural gas consumer regulatory reform amendments: introduction (S. 615), 3124 [28FE]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act: introduction (S. 996), 7778-7788 [7AP]

Natural Gas Market Reform Act: introduction (S. 1049), 8329 [13AP]

Natural Gas Policy Act: amend (S. 60), 622 [26JA]

———amend (S. 1715), 30424-30447 [2NO]

———amend (S. 1715), cloture motion, 30441 [2NO]

———clarify definition of abuse (S. 239), 1001, 1002 [27JA]

Oil overcharge cases: investigation (S. 131), 793 [26JA]

Oil pricing settlement funds: disbursement to consumers, 2231 [15FE]

Postal Consumer Protection Week: observance, 10341 [28AP]

Product liability: application of uniform rules (S. 44), 32640 [15NO]

Product Liability Act: introduction (S. 44), 586-591 [26JA]

Product Liability Risk Retention Act: amend (S. 1046), 8326 [13AP]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: amend (S. 1174), 10299-10305 [28AP]

Saccharin Study and Labeling Act: amend (S. 89), 641 [26JA], 7591 [5AP]

Telephones: review rate increase requests (S. 1626), 19674 [18JY]

UN: provide for consumer guidelines (S. Res. 115), 8733 [15AP]

Uniform Commercial Code: application to agricultural buyers (S. 2190), 34541 [18NO]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: introduction (S. 1660), 20368, 20372 [21JY]

Reports

Impact on Low Income and Elderly Consumers of Take-or-Pay and Indefinite Price Escalator Clauses in Gas Contracts, American Gas Association, 8331-8333 [13AP]

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendment (S. 1715): Henry M. Jackson, 30424 [2NO]

Product Liability Risk Retention, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (excerpts), 8326 [13AP]

Secondary Market in Residential Mortgages: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (excerpt), 34865 [18NO]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Telephone Rate Increases—Causes and Questions, 27429 [5OC]

Statements

Air Travelers Security Act: Senator Warner, 27036 [4OC]

Amoco Consent Order Fund, National Center for Appropriate Technology, 2073 [10FE]

Government Regulations and the Consumer, Commissioner Pertschuk (sundry), 1793 [7FE]

Incentives to Purchase American Made Cars, Martin-Copeland Co., 2071 [10FE]

Interest Rates: Sec. of Commerce Baldrige, 20151 [20JY]

Legislative Veto, CPSC, 22349 [2AU]

Mail Order Consumer Protection Amendments (S. 450): Charles P. Nelson, 30713 [3NO]

Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform, Sec. of Energy Hodel, 5155-5159 [14MR]

Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform Amendments (S. 615): President Reagan, 3125 [28FE]

Natural Gas Consumer Relief Act (H.R. 2154): Reprensentative Lane Evans, 9633 [25AP]

Natural Gas Decontrol Proposal, Senator Exon, 6557 [22MR]

Natural Gas Policy Act Amendments: American Iron & Steel Institute, 30433 [2NO]

Natural Gas Prices, Representative LaFalce, 315 [25JA]

Studies

Assessment of the Economic Impact of Natural Gas Prices and Deregulation, South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center, 11570 [9MY]

Summaries

Natural Gas Policy Act (S. 1715)—modifications, 32598 [15NO]

S. 333, Consumer Bankruptcy Improvements Act, 1274 [1FE]

S. 615, Natural Gas Consumer Regulatory Reform Amendments, 3132 [28FE]

S. 1174, Public Utility Holding Company Act Amendments, 10299 [28AP]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20370 [21JY]

Synopses

H.R. 2283, Reform Energy Regulations, 7082 [23MR]

Tables

Cost estimate of printing: Give Yourself Credit (Guide to Consumer Credit Laws), 8100 [12AP]

Disbursement of oil pricing settlement funds to consumers, 2231 [15FE]

FCC access charge plan—impact on rural areas, 27142 [4OC]

Natural Gas Market Through 1990, 32589 [15NO]

Natural gas pipeline equity return, 30426 [2NO]

Proposed leasing statutory revision major changes (S. 1152) (sundry), 10016 [27AP]

State telephone rate requests and awards, 20370 [21JY]

Summary of local telephone rate increases, 20693 [25JY]

Universal telephone service preservation impact: selected data, 30735 [3NO]

Testimonies

Developments in Telephone Industry, Representative Daschle, 27421 [5OC]

Mechanism of Copyright, Joseph Waz, Jr. (excerpt), 934 [27JA]

Texts of

Economic Stabilization Act, 84 [3JA]

H. Con. Res. 29, natural gas pricing, 906 [26JA]

H. Con. Res. 150, universal telephone service, 21285 [27JY]

H. Res. 83, authorize printing of report, Give Yourself Credit (Guide to Consumer Credit Laws), 8100 [12AP]

H. Res. 227, consideration of H.R. 2668, Consumer Product Safety Act amendments, 16042 [16JN]

H.J. Res. 389, enforcement of antitrust laws, 28488 [19OC]

H.R. 482, Natural Gas Marketing Act, 1904 [8FE]

H.R. 1685, prohibit take-or-pay clauses under natural gas contracts, 3076 [25FE]

H.R. 1686, freeze natural gas prices, 3076 [25FE]

H.R. 2054, require transportation of natural gas by certain pipelines, 4910 [10MR]

H.R. 2174, Federal Antitampering Act, 11445 [9MY]

H.R. 2333, increase funding and improve accountability of the low-income energy assistance program, 7309 [24MR]

H.R. 2565, Natural Gas Consumer Access Amendments, 8880-8882 [18AP]

H.R. 3622, Credit Card Protection Act, 32723 [15NO], 33119 [16NO]

H.R. 3819, Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation Corrective Measures Act, 23357 [4AU]

H.R. 4188, Consumer Fraud Act, 29003 [21OC]

H.R. 4278, credit card surcharges ban, 32728 [15NO]

H.R. 4558, Bankrupt Airline Consumer Protection Act, 34916 [18NO]

S. 31, Home Recording Act, 557-563 [26JA]

S. 32, Record Rental Amendment Act, 563 [26JA]

S. 33, Consumer Video Sales/Rental Amendment Act, 563 [26JA]

S. 44, Product Liability Act, 587-590 [26JA]

S. 51, Cigarette Safety Act, 597 [26JA]

S. 60, amend Natural Gas Policy Act, 622 [26JA]

S. 89, Saccharin Study and Labeling Act, 641 [26JA], 7591 [5AP]

S. 93, FDA drug approval status requirements, 643 [26JA]

S. 131, investigation of oil overcharge cases, 794 [26JA]

S. 216, Federal Anti-Tampering Act, 979 [27JA], 11510 [9MY], 26610 [30SE]

S. 239, clarification of abuse definition under Natural Gas Policy Act, 1001 [27JA]

S. 333, Consumer Bankruptcy Improvements Act, 1274 [1FE]

S. 450, mail order consumer protection amendments, 30716 [3NO], 33070 [16NO]

S. 615, natural gas consumer regulatory reform amendments, 3126-3132 [28FE]

S. 619, Renewable Energy Consumer Incentives Act, 3142 [28FE]

S. 740, Natural Gas Consumer Protection Act, 4452 [9MR]

S. 861, authorize CPSC appropriations, 6184 [18MR], 16246-16248 [16JN], 18177 [29JN]

S. 881, improve margarine labeling requirements, 6645 [22MR]

S. 1046, amend the Product Liability Risk Retention Act, 8327 [13AP]

S. 1049, Natural Gas Market Reform Act, 8330 [13AP]

S. 1152, Consumer Lease and Rental Purchase Agreement Act, 10021-10023 [27AP]

S. 1174, Public Utility Holding Company Act amendments, 10301-10305 [28AP]

S. 1621, Commercial Aircraft Fire Safety Act, 19291 [14JY]

S. 1626, review telephone rate increase requests, 19675 [18JY]

S. 1660, Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act, 20369 [21JY]

S. 2190, application of Uniform Commercial Code to agricultural buyers, 34541 [18NO]

S. Res. 106, designate National Product Safety Week, 10970 [4MY]

S. Res. 115, provide for UN consumer guidelines, 8733 [15AP]

S. Res. 174, reaffirm support for moratorium on commercial whaling, 19304 [14JY]

Transcripts

Mail order consumer protection, Today Show, 30716 [3NO]