INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Amendments

Railroads: enhance competition and ensure reasonable rates (S. 477), 28000 [2OC]

Analyses

Federal Supervisory Agencies Authority Over Interstate Acquisitions and Mergers of Failing Banks (S. 2372), 8695-8697 [24AP]

Government Contractor Liability Reform Act (S. 2441), 10367 [13MY]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act (S. 1124), House Amendment, 27388 [30SE]

Articles and editorials

Don't Rush To Condemn Contingency Fees, 11960 [22MY]

Next Steps in Rail Deregulation, 8266 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions

Atomic power: interstate transportation of waste (see H.R. 4895)

Banks and banking: authority of Federal supervisory agencies over interstate acquisitions and mergers (see S. 2372; H.R. 4701)

Common carriers: prevent predatory pricing (see H.R. 5707)

Domestic Offshore Commerce Regulatory Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 4973)

Drug abuse: restrict use of drug tests (see H.R. 5530)

Drug paraphernalia: prohibit imports and/or interstate sale, transportation, and advertising (see S. 2817)

Household Goods Transport Competition Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 5219)

Liability law: promote interest of consumers and ensure free flow of products in interstate commerce (see S. 2441; H.R. 4766)

Moving industry: competitive household goods transport sector (see S. 2804)

Natural gas: restrictions on pipeline tariffs declared against public policy (see H.R. 5384)

Power resources: interstate transportation of atomic waste (see H.R. 4895)

Product liability: uniform law (see S. 2760; H.R. 5471)

Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 4425)

Product Liability Voluntary Claims and Uniform Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 4832)

Sales tax: State collection (see H.R. 4365)

Taxation: authority for State and local governments to impose sales and use taxes on interstate sales of goods and services (see S. 2913)

Trucking: competition, safety, and efficiency (see S. 2240)

———load weight (see H.R. 4436)

Letters

Federal supervisory agencies authority over interstate acquisitions and mergers of failing banks: FDIC, 8695 [24AP]

Interstate transportation of firearms: Phillip C. McGuire, 15228 [24JN]

User-financed transportation programs: Idaho Dept. of Transportation, 6368 [26MR]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 5076 [17MR], 5308 [18MR]

California, 26953 [29SE], 27267 [30SE], 27551 [1OC]

Kansas, 8411 [22AP]

Maryland, 13526 [12JN], 13833 [16JN]

State tax treatment of mail order firms: Texas, 33655 [17OC]

Texas, 27993 [2OC], 28331 [3OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: uniform chemical tolerance levels, 24753 [19SE]

Equity in Interstate Competition Act: enact (H.R. 5021), 13519 [12JN], 33655 [17OC]

Firearms: clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation (S. 2414), 15227 [24JN]

———clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation (S. 2414), authorizing changes in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 152), 15227 [24JN], 15619 [25JN]

———interstate sale of handguns, 7075 [10AP]

Mail order business: State tax authority (H.R. 5021), 33655 [17OC]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4766), 11960 [22MY], 18242 [30JY]

———enact (H.R. 4766), 9760 [7MY]

Product Liability Uniform Standards Act: enact (H.R. 4425), 5049 [17MR]

States: tax treatment of mail-order business (H.R. 5021), 13519 [12JN]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 27385-27391 [30SE]

Transportation: abandonment of rural bus routes (H.R. 5632), 28040 [2OC]

Remarks in Senate

Alcoholic beverages: legality of exclusive territorial agreements to distribute and sell certain trademarked malt beverage products (S. 412), 21906 [15AU], 27149-27157 [30SE]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: removal of transportation trust funds, 6368 [26MR]

Banks and banking: authority of Federal supervisory agencies over interstate acquisitions and mergers of failing banks (S. 2372), 8693 [24AP]

Firearms: clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation (S. 2406), 9586-9589 [6MY]

———clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation (S. 2414), 9607 [6MY]

———clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation (S. 2414), authorize changes in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 152), 15001, 15154 [24JN]

Gersten, Steven: commend efforts against sale of drug paraphernalia, 31420 [15OC]

Government Contractor Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 2441), 10363-10368 [13MY]

Narcotics: prohibit interstate sale, transportation, advertising, and the importing and exporting of drug paraphernalia (S. 2817), 23096 [12SE]

Railroads: adjust rates (S. 2369), 8691 [24AP]

———coal haulage rates, 8266 [22AP]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: enact (S. 1124), 29475-29478 [8OC]

Trucking Competition Act: enact (S. 2240), 6337 [26MR]

Reports filed

Documentation of Vessel Marilyn To Be Employed in Coastwise Trade: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (H.R. 739) (H. Rept. 99-284), 8284 [22AP]

Equitable Use of Operating Rights at Congested Airports: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1966) (H. Rept. 99-299), 10609 [14MY]

Legality of Territorial Agreements To Sell Trademarked Alcoholic Malt Beverage Products: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 412) (S. Rept. 99-259), 4785 [13MR]

Prohibit Certain Methods of Concealing Proceeds of Crime: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5217) (H. Rept. 99-855), 24802 [19SE]

Prohibiting Use of Polygraphs by Certain Employers Involved in Interstate Commerce: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1815) (S. Rept. 99-447), 23819 [17SE]

Reduction of Barriers to Telecommunications Equipment and Services in Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 3131) (H. Rept. 99-471), 7554 [15AP]

Regulation of Interstate Commerce: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2760) (S. Rept. 99-422), 21378 [13AU], 21593 [14AU], 21918 [15AU]

Regulation of Interstate Commerce by Providing for Uniform Standards of Liability for Harm Arising Out of General Aviation Accidents: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transformation (S. 2794) (S. Rept. 99-428), 22264 [8SE]

Standards for Licensing Operators of Commercial Motor Vehicles: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5568) (H. Rept. 99-901), 26427 [26SE]

Testimonies

Malt Beverages and Antitrust: ABA, 27150, 27151 [30SE]

———attorney general of New York, 27153 [30SE]

———Birch Bayh, 27152 [30SE]

———Charles F. Rule, 27150 [30SE]

———Consumer Federation of America, 27151 [30SE]

———Walter T. Winslow, 27151 [30SE]

———witness for attorney general of New York, 27153 [30SE]

Texts of

S. 1124, Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act, 27385 [30SE], 29475-29477 [8OC]

S. 2240, Trucking Competition Act, 6338-6342 [26MR]

S. 2372, Federal supervisory agencies authority over interstate acquisitions and mergers of failing banks, 8693-8695 [24AP]

S. 2406, clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation of firearms, 9586 [6MY]

S. 2414, clarify certain regulations relative to interstate transportation of firearms, 9608 [6MY], 15229 [24JN]

S. 2441, Government Contractor Liability Reform Act, 10366 [13MY]

S. Con. Res. 152, authorize changes in enrollment for S. 2414 (clarify certain firearms regulations relative to interstate transportation), 15001 [24JN]