CONSUMERS

Amendments

Credit cards: information on interest rates (H.R. 515), 29196 [26OC], 29308 [27OC], 29697, 29709 [28OC]

Analyses

Consumer Rail Equity Act (S. 676), 5035-5038 [6MR]

Credit Services Reform Act (S. 1201), 12495-12497 [14MY]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (S. 1654), 23248 [7AU]

Articles and editorials

Consumer Group Demands Lower Card Rates, 25717 [30SE]

Credit Card Interest, Unmasked, 29528 [27OC]

Electrocution, Made Easy, 32970 [19NO]

Flight Delays Are Only Half of It, 16295 [16JN]

Gas Lines—The PSC Should Be the Agency to Consider Bypass Arrangements, 31455 [9NO]

Gas Rates Under Fire, 31454 [9NO]

Honda Faces Meeting Over All-Terrain Vehicle Deaths, 29504 [27OC]

In the Shadow of the Budget Deficit, 6620 [24MR]

Liquor Ads Are Targeting the Black Consumer, 16309 [16JN]

Michcon's Uninvited Guest, 31454 [9NO]

Mock Mozzarella, 22145 [3AU]

More P/C Insurers Show Weaknesses in Test, 8275 [7AP]

Needed—Congress-Judiciary Dialog, 28759 [21OC]

On March 10, the Senate Banking Committee Faced Up to National Financial Problems, 6615 [24MR]

``Regulation'' Isn't a Dirty Word, 23888 [14SE]

Regulation of Rates Is Opposed by Conrail, 30251 [29OC]

Require Airline Truth in Scheduling, 13742 [27MY]

States Step In, 30914 [4NO]

States Taking Up Fight To Protect Consumers, 22131 [3AU]

Your Guide to Home Equities, 18115 [29JN]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: publication of consumer price index to determine cost-of-living adjustments in Federal aid programs (see H.R. 2729)

Airlines: consumer information on performance records (see S. 885; H.R. 1866, 3158)

———notice on delays and cancellations (see H.R. 2706)

———safety and equity to airway users (see H.R. 194)

Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (see S. 1017)

Banks and banking: establish system for regulating depository institutions to be known as consumer services banks (see H.R. 3209)

———establish system for regulating national banking associations (see H.R. 1172)

———home equity loan disclosure requirements (see H.R. 3468)

Business: penalties for nondisclosure of serious concealed dangers by certain entities and personnel (see H.R. 2664)

Consumer Banking Act: enact (see H.R. 3670)

Contracts: improve disclosure of terms of leases and lease-purchase agreements (see H.R. 2537)

———prohibition on sale of service contracts (see H.R. 2308)

Courts: jurisdiction over actions involving U.S. citizens and foreign persons (see S. 1996)

CPSC: appropriations (see S. 1882)

———establish as independent agency (see S. 1411)

———improve performance (see H.R. 3343)

———uniform safety standards (see H.R. 1115)

———uniform treatment among States for fireworks (see H.R. 2842)

Credit: prevent abuse by repair organizations (see H.R. 458)

Credit cards: consideration of H.R. 515, information on interest rates (see H. Res. 292)

———disclosure of information for new applicants (see H.R. 244)

———information on interest rates (see H.R. 515)

———protection (see H.R. 1086)

Credit Services Reform Act: enact (see S. 1201)

Electric power: amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (see H.R. 87)

Fair Credit Reporting Act: amend (see H.R. 126)

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (see S. 1325)

FCC: regulation of airline advertising (see S. 1088)

Food: encourage consumption of meat and meat products (see H. Con. Res. 198)

———labeling of products containing tropical fats (see H.R. 2148)

FTC: authority for prevention of unfair or deceptive practices by air carriers (see H.R. 3415)

Hazardous substances: modernization of testing of consumer products (see H.R. 1635)

Insurance: liability (see S. 554)

Interstate commerce: free flow of products unimpeded by product liability law (see H.R. 2861)

Labeling: benzene levels in gasoline (see S. 1724)

Medicare: supplemental policy warning (see S. 921), 8041 [6AP]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: enact (see S. 1654)

Motor vehicles: tax deduction for interest paid on purchase of domestically produced vehicles (see H.R. 2445)

———require repair businesses to inform customers on origin of parts installed and cost of available parts (see H.R. 2637)

———warranty and repair information (see H.R. 2954)

Pizza: labeling standards (see H.R. 2891)

Prices: prohibit certain practices relative to marking of consumer products by retailers (see H.R. 547)

Product liability: protect consumers and promote free flow of interstate commerce (see H.R. 798)

———uniform law (see H.R. 1936)

Product safety: liability law (see H.R. 1599)

Public utilities: benefits to consumers from effect of certain corporate tax reductions (see H.R. 1049)

Radon: testing and reduction in homes (see H.R. 2187)

Railroads: enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (see S. 676; H.R. 1393)

REA: promote economic vitality by directing resources to consumers (see S. 505)

Sales personnel: regulate recruitment and treatment of door-to-door agents (see S. 989; H.R. 2092)

Telephone: limit access charges (see S. 1074)

Tenant Credit Reporting Act: enact (see H.R. 3672)

Tobacco industry: remove special treatment (see H.R. 2376)

Trademarks: amend laws relative to customs and gray market goods (see S. 1671)

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (see S. 1109)

Value Engineering Council: establish (see H.R. 2205)

Comments

Energy policy: Barbara Keating-Edh, 899 [7JA]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): Office of Consumer Affairs, the Consumer Information Center, and the CPSC (testimony from Virginia H. Knauer, Teresa N. Nasif, and Terrence Scanlon), D47 [3FE]

Committee on Armed Services (House): Buy American Act (testimony), D290 [28AP]

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Expedited Funds Availability Act (testimony) from Leo Gannon, Wayne D. Angell, and public witnesses), D32 [27JA]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: depository institutions disclosure practices relative to availability of check deposit funds (S. 344) (testimony from Francine Livingston, and Samuel Cooper, Gayle K. Lawrence, Donald R. Monks, Gregory O. Wilhelm, Robert C. Hewell, Terrence F. Kehoe, Wayne D. Angell, Alan Fox and Michelle Meier), D55 [5FE]

Committee on Government Operations: REA telephone bank, D279 [23AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): preserve competition in the retail pricing of consumer goods (S. 430) (testimony), D275 [23AP]

Letters

Credit card interest rate disclosure: Alan Greenspan, 29687 [28OC]

———Elgie Holstein, 29707 [28OC]

———L. William Seidman, 29687 [28OC]

———M. Danny Wall, 29687 [28OC]

———Robert L. Clarke, 29687 [28OC]

———William C. Dunkelberg, 29692 [28OC]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (S. 1654): Elizabeth H. Dole, 23247 [7AU]

Rebate consumer protection breakdown: FTC, 24898 [22SE]

———Representative Florio, 24898 [22SE]

Lists

Consumer Price Index' major categories, 13701 [27MY]

Meetings

Committee on Government Operations: Buy American Act (H.R. 1750)

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, 22018 [3AU]

Press releases

Tropical Oils Labeling Act, 10349 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Advertising: consumer information, 885 [7JA]

Aged: publication of consumer price index to determine cost of living adjustments in Federal aid programs (H.R. 2729), 16551 [17JN]

Airlines: consumer information on performance records (H.R. 1866), 7340 [31MR]

———flight delays, 16295, 16299 [16JN]

———impact of deregulation, 23704 [10SE]

———prohibit certain scheduling practices that result in passenger delays (H.R. 1701), 6605 [23MR]

Airports: access to courtesy vehicles (H.R. 3764), 35750 [15DE]

Alcholic beverages: advertising, 16309 [16JN]

All-terrain vehicles: safety hazards, 29504 [27OC]

Antitrust policy: extend period for evaluation of impact of mergers (H.R. 586), 1106 [8JA]

Bank deposits: access to funds, 6615 [24MR]

Bankcard Holders of America: efforts to lower credit card interest rates, 25716 [30SE]

Banks and banking: 180-day notification prior to closing of branch, 2664 [3FE]

———cost of financial deregulation, 19833 [15JY]

———establish system for regulating depository institutions to be known as consumer services banks (H.R. 3209), 23452 [7AU]

———establish system for regulating national banking associations (H.R. 1172), 3504 [19FE]

———home equity loans, 18115 [29JN], 20659 [22JY]

Clean Air Act: competition in motor vehicle aftermarket (H.R. 1239), 4096 [25FE]

Consumer Banking Act: enact (H.R. 3670), 33195 [20NO]

Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1393), 4792 [4MR]

Consumer Services Bank Act: enact (H.R. 1172), 3504 [19FE]

Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley, Inc.: tribute, 12558 [14MY]

CPSC: improve performance (H.R. 3343), 30245 [29OC], 30914 [4NO]

———uniform standards (H.R. 1115), 10292 [28AP], 14404 [2JN], 15495 [11JN], 17907 [26JN], 17964 [29JN], 19839 [15JY]

Credit cards: information on interest rates, 25473 [29SE], 26044 [1OC], 26394 [5OC]

———information on interest rates (H.R. 515), 29196 [26OC], 29527 [27OC], 29677, 29678, 29680-29710 [28OC], 30666 [3NO], 35582 [14DE]

———issuance and appropriate disclosure, 3280 [11FE]

Drugs: generic, 20291 [20JY]

Electric power: amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (H.R. 87), 4492-4500 [3MR]

———amend energy conservation standards relative to appliances (S. 83), 4506-4513 [3MR]

FDA: Fair Pizza Labeling Committee, 22145 [3AU]

———inspection of imported food, 10220 [28AP]

Fish and fisheries: mandatory Federal inspection, 5102 [9MR]

Food: labeling of products containing tropical fats (H.R. 2148), 9618 [23AP]

———pizza labeling standards (H.R. 2891), 18845 [7JY]

Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act: amend (H.R. 244), 878 [7JA]

Government regulations: economic impact, 23888 [14SE]

Hazardous substances: modernization of testing of consumer products (H.R. 1635), 21201 [27JY]

Industry: product liability, 17052 [23JN]

Insurance: liability crisis, 4735 [4MR]

Keating-Edh, Barbara: tribute, 897 [7JA]

Pizza: labeling standards (H.R. 2891), 23440 [7AU]

Product liability: reform tort laws (H.R. 1599), 5672 [12MR]

———uniform law (H.R. 1936), 7878 [2AP]

Product safety, 32970 [19NO]

Protections: breakdown relative to rebates, 24898 [22SE]

Public utilities: refund of excess deferred taxes to consumers, 19878 [15JY]

Railroads: enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (H.R. 1393), 7703 [1AP], 30251 [29OC]

Sales personnel: regulate recruitment and treatment of door-to-door agents (H.R. 2092), 9008 [10AP]

States: role in protection, 22131 [3AU]

Tax Reform Act: repeal, relative to corporate rate reduction on deferred tax reserves (H.R. 1049), 7763 [2AP]

Telephone: FCC-authorized access charge, 13854 [27MY]

Tobacco industry: remove special treatment (H.R. 2376), 18977 [8JY], 23683 [9SE]

Truth in Import Advertising Act: enact (H.R. 1382), 4481 [3MR]

Utility Ratepayer Refund Act: enact (H.R. 1049), 19878 [15JY]

Value Engineering Council: establish (H.R. 2205), 10622 [29AP]

Remarks in Senate

Airline Passengers of America, Inc.: formation, 21247 [28JY]

Airlines: improve reliability of airline flight schedules (S. 1276), 13741 [27MY]

———availability of certain information on performance records (S. 885), 7473 [31MR]

Bankruptcy Antifraud Act: enact (S. 1017), 8976 [10AP]

BLS: Consumer Price Index, 13701, 13702 [27MY]

Consumer Rail Equity Act: enact (S. 676), 5031-5038 [6MR]

Courts: jurisdiction over actions involving U.S. citizens and foreign persons (S. 1996), 37831 [21DE]

CPSC: establish as independent agency (S. 1411), 17019 [23JN]

Credit cards: information on interest rates (H.R. 515), 35789 [16DE], 37667-37670 [21DE]

Credit Services Reform Act: enact (S. 1201), 12493 [14MY], 24355 [17SE]

Dept. of Labor: develop a consumer price index relative to aged, 18494-18497 [1JY]

Electric Consumers Protection Act: 1986 remarks by Senator McClure, 16629 [18JN]

Fast Food Ingredient Information Act: enact (S. 1325), 14692 [4JN]

FTC: regulation of airline advertising (S. 1088), 9438 [23AP]

Gasoline: labeling of benzene levels (S. 1724), 25419 [28SE]

Joint and Several Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 217), D651 [6JA]

Medicare: supplemental policy warning (S. 921), 8025 [6AP]

Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: enact (S. 1654), 23245 [7AU]

Older Americans Act: Consumer Price Index, 22865 [6AU]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 666), 5017 [6MR]

Product liability system: reform, 5184 [10MR]

Safety: product liability problems for manufacturers of child car seats, 29879 [29OC]

Telephone: limit access charges (S. 1074), 9255 [22AP]

Trademarks: amend laws relative to customs and gray market goods (S. 1671), 23573 [9SE]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act: enact (S. 1109), 10348 [29AP], 21082 [24JY]

Reports

Electric Power Energy Conservation Standards Relative to Appliances (H.R. 87): Committee on Energy and Commerce, 4548 [3MR]

Reports filed

Buy American Act Amendment (H.R. 1750), Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 100-50), 8665 [9AP]

CPSC Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 1882) (S. Rept. 100-273), 37793 [21DE]

Credit Card Interest Rate Information: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 515) (H. Rept. 100-323), 25748 [30SE]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 515) (H. Rept. 100-403), 29306 [27OC]

Restrictions on Availability of Deposited Funds: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 28) (H. Rept. 100-52), 9081 [21AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Bankruptcy code loopholes: National Association of Attorneys General, 8976 [10AP]

Statements

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act: Representative George Miller, 30245 [29OC]

Credit: FTC, 12493 [14MY]

Credit card interest rate disclosure: Margie Muller, 29708 [28OC]

National Appliance Energy Conservation Act Amendments: Representative Barton (dissenting views), 4503 [3MR]

Product Liability: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 20150 [17JY]

Purpose of the Trademark: Guy Blynn, 23573 [9SE]

Rule Regarding Debate on Amendment to H.R. 515, the Credit Card Disclosure Act: Representative Annunzio, 29684 [28OC]

Tropical Oils Labeling: American Heart Association, 10349 [29AP]

Summaries

Consumer Product Safety Act (H.R. 1115), 10292 [28AP]

Tropical Oils Labeling Act (S. 1109), 10349 [29AP]

Tables

Price differences in generic and brand name versions of prescription drugs, 20291 [20JY]

Public laws on regulation of exposures to carcinogens, 26685 [6OC]

Texts of

H.R. 87, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act amendments, 4492-4500 [3MR]

H.R. 244, Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act amendment, 879 [7JA]

H.R. 515, Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act, 29696 [28OC], 37667, 37668, 37671 [21DE]

H.R. 2729, publication of consumer price index to determine cost of living adjustments in Federal aid programs for elderly, 16551 [17JN]

S. 83, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act amendments, 4506-4513 [3MR]

S. 217, Joint and Several Liability Reform Act, 652 [6JA]

S. 666, Product Liability Reform Act, 5018-5021 [6MR]

S. 676, Consumer Rail Equity Act, 5033-5035 [6MR]

S. 1017, Bankruptcy Antifraud Act, 8977 [10AP]

S. 1074, Telephone Consumer Rate Equity Act, 9255 [22AP]

S. 1088, FTC regulation of airline advertising, 9439 [23AP]

S. 1201, Credit Services Reform Act, 12494, 12495 [14MY]

S. 1276, improve reliability of airline flight schedules, 13742 [27MY]

S. 1325, Fast Food Ingredient Information Act, 14692 [4JN]

S. 1654, Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 23246 [7AU]

S. 1996, court jurisdiction over actions involving U.S. citizens and foreign persons, 37832 [21DE]