FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Addresses

Industrial Policy—Panacea or Pandora's Box: James C. Miller III, 33509 [17NO]

Amendments

Appropriations: authorize (H.R. 2970), 15725 [14JN]

Federal Trade Commission Act: amend (S. 1714), 26091 [28SE]

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

Shipping Act: enact (S. 47), 3166-3168, 3177, 3178, 3182 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

AMA's Rx for Doctors—A Dose of Greed, 316 [25JA]

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

Lautenberg Accuses the FTC of Shunning Its Enforcement Responsibilities, 8658 [14AP]

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

Update on FTC—Lawmakers Concur With ACP on Key Aspects of Debate, 26218 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust laws: enforce (see H.J. Res. 389)

Appropriations: authorize (see S. 1714; H.R. 2970, 2974)

Federal Trade Commission Act: amend (see H.R. 2970)

Funeral industry: disapprove rule regulating (see H. Con. Res. 70)

Motor vehicles: penalties for fraudulent practices or modifications on odometers (see H.R. 1320)

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

Professions and professional associations: moratorium on activity of certain (see H.R. 918)

Rules: congressional review (see H.R. 2974)

Communications from

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: annual report, 11104 (EC1070) [4MY]

Freedom of Information Act: annual report, 7898 (EC867) [11AP], 8720 (EC838) [15AP]

Funeral industry: regulation, 1387 (EC176) [2FE]

Funeral industry practices: proposed regulation, 250 (EC132) [25JA]

Games of chance: proposed rulemaking, 250 (EC131) [25JA]

Games of chance in food retailing and gasoline sales: notice of proposed rulemaking, 2208 (EC205) [15FE]

Government in the Sunshine Act: annual report, 9399 (EC975) [21AP], 10005 (EC942) [27AP]

International energy program: impact on competition and small business, 11104 (EC1072) [4MY]

———impact on small business and competition, 16785 (EC1321) [22JN]

———report, 13290 (EC1113) [23MY]

Labeling of textile wearing apparel: rule, 13616 (EC1191) [24MY]

———rulerevising, 13290 (EC1106) [23MY]

Oil companies participating in international energy program: impact on small business and competition, 17270 (EC1430) [27JN]

Premerger notification program: report, 22455 (EC1559) [3AU]

Premerger notification provisions of the Clayton Act: report, 21750 (EC1640) [29JY]

Report, 16407 (EC1386) [20JN], 16531 (EC1301) [21JN]

Court decisions

U.S. House of Representatives v. FTC, 18188 [29JN]

Letters

Enforcement of the antitrust laws, 8657 [14AP]

Exemption of preferred provider organizations from certain regulations, 23378 [4AU]

FTC jurisdiction over professionals: National Association of Social Workers, Inc., 11343 [5MY]

FTC oversight of professionals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), 4160 [7MR]

———Representative Daniel B. Crane, 4161 [7MR]

FTC's natural gas prorationing actions (sundry), 16927, 16928 [22JN]

Jurisdiction over business practices of health professionals, 7862 [7AP]

Mail order consumer protection amendments (S. 450), 30714 [3NO]

———Association of American Publishers, Inc., 30715 [3NO]

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

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

Oversight of professionals, 24497 [15SE]

———American Association of Congresswatch Retired Persons, et al., 29876 [28OC]

———National Association of Attorneys General, 24498 [15SE]

Shipping Act (S. 47): AFL-CIO Maritime Committee, 3181 [28FE]

Support of FTC jurisdiction over professionals, Coalition to Save the Jurisdiction of the FTC Over Professionals, 3052 [24FE]

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

Press releases

Indiana Federation of Dentists may not organize its members to boycott dental insurers, 7866 [7AP]

Michigan State Medical Society's cost-containment and reimbursement policies case, 7867 [7AP]

Proposals

Congressional Review of Rules, 23070-23071 [4AU]

Remarks in House

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

Consumer credit contracts: reforms, 22318 [2AU]

Credit: protection from unfair practice, 22318 [2AU]

Federal Trade Commission Act: amend (H.R. 2970), 15725 [14JN]

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

Health care: exempt preferred provider organizations from certain regulations (H.R. 2956), 23377 [4AU]

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

Natural gas: prorationing actions, 16927 [22JN]

Office Machine and Equipment Dealers Agreement Act: enact (H.R. 1159), 13420 [23MY]

Professionals: jurisdiction over business practices, 7866 [7AP]

———monitoring business practices, 7862 [7AP]

———moratorium on oversight (H.R. 918), 4160 [7MR]

———oversight, 3052 [24FE], 24497 [15SE], 24745 [19SE], 26218 [28SE], 29876 [28OC]

Remarks in Senate

Calvani, Terry: nomination, 32833 [16NO]

Funeral rule: disapprove (H. Con. Res. 70), 3153 [28FE]

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

Shipping Act: enact (S. 47), 3166-3189 [28FE]

———enact (S. 47), unanimous consent agreement, 3185-3189 [28FE]

Reports

FTC Oversight of Professionals, AMA, 4161 [7MR]

Statements

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

Lawyer Exemption From FTC Jurisdiction, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 24745 [19SE]

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

Shipping Act (S. 47): National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, 3189 [28FE]

———National Institute of Economics and Law, 3184 [28FE]

Testimonies

Japanese Economy: James C. Miller, 33534 [17NO]

Texts of

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

Transcripts

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