PRICES see also Economic Conditions

Analyses

Soybean Marketing Act (S. 308), 1238 [13JA]

Articles and editorials

Cigarette Prices, 2908 [4FE]

Editor's 2 Worth, 38257 [22DE]

Bills and resolutions

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

———study consumer price index relative to elderly (see H.R. 2561)

Agriculture: corn price support (see S. 1651)

———establish price payments for 1988 crops (see H.R. 3383)

———feed grain 3-year contracts for target prices (see H.R. 556)

———optional price support program for wheat and feed grain producers (see H.R. 923)

———price support for milk (see H.R. 454, 724, 725, 3344)

———price support level for soybeans (see S. 308; H.R. 985)

———price support programs (see S. 1414; H.R. 2303)

———price support for sugar (see S. 1000; H.R. 2017)

———revise soybean price support level and implement marketing loan program under the Agriculture Act (see H.R. 1797)

———wheat 3-year contracts for target prices (see H.R. 556)

Antitrust actions: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (see H.R. 585)

Business: resale price-fixing principles (see S. 430)

Cost of living: increases (see H.R. 3638)

Dumping: artificial pricing of articles produced by nonmarket economic countries (see S. 307)

International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 1972)

Milk: nationwide marketing order (see H.R. 456)

Natural Gas Policy Act: deregulate natural gas subject to a new, renegotiated, or expiring contract, and repeal provisions allowing reimposition of price controls (see S. 751)

———repeal incremental pricing requirements (see S. 85)

Railroads: enhance competition and assure reasonable rates (see S. 676)

Reagan, President: authority to stabilize prices, wages, interest rates, and corporate dividends (see H.R. 272)

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 430)

Retail trade: prohibit certain practices relative to marking of consumer products (see H.R. 547)

Tobacco industry: pricing of certain in commissaries or post exchanges (see S. 471)

Decisions

Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John Park & Sons: Supreme Court, 31350 [9NO]

Hearings

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

Letters

Sugar price support program: Peter C. Myers, Dept. of Agriculture, 8809 [9AP]

Tobacco sales on military bases: Alan C. Davis, 2908 [4FE]

———Alfred Munzer, 2909 [4FE]

Lists

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

Remarks in House

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

Agriculture: milk price support, 25433 [29SE]

———milk price support activities reduction in expenditures (H.R. 3344), 25346 [25SE], 37620 [21DE]

———price support for sugar (H.R. 2017), 9018 [10AP]

———price supports, 6151 [18MR], 30811 [4NO]

———revise support programs (H.R. 2303), 11593 [6MY], 23066 [7AU]

Antitrust actions: establish evidentiary standards for Federal claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 585), 1080 [8JA]

———evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims based on resale price fixing (H.R. 585), 31348-31354 [9NO]

Cost of living: increases (H.R. 3638), 31712 [10NO]

Drugs: generic, 20291 [20JY]

Economic conditions: Presidential authority for wage and price controls (H.R. 272), 808 [6JA]

International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act: amend (H.R. 1972), 10851 [30AP]

Pesticide Price Competition Act: enact (H.R. 2569), 17608 [25JN]

Remarks in Senate

Aged: develop consumer price index, 17867 [26JN], 18494-18497 [1JY], 22865 [6AU]

Agriculture: corn price support (S. 1651), 23242 [7AU]

———farm crisis, 2531 [3FE]

———income support for farm families and grain price export adjustments, 7636 [1AP]

———price support program for sugar (S. 1000), 8809 [9AP]

———price support programs (S. 1414), 17733 [26JN]

———soybean loan deficiency payment program and sunflower price support, 9395 [23AP]

———soybean program adjustments (S. 308), 1237 [13JA]

BLS: consumer price index, 13701, 13702 [27MY]

Business: resale price-fixing principles (S. 430), 2450 [2FE], 36628 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: pricing of tobacco products in commissaries or post exchanges (S. 471), 2907, 2909 [4FE]

Dumping: artificial pricing of articles produced by nonmarket economy countries (S. 307), 1235 [13JA], 3051-3059 [5FE]

Natural Gas Policy Act: deregulate natural gas subject to a new, renegotiated, or expiring contract, and repeal provisions allowing reimposition of price controls (S. 751), 5872 [17MR]

———repeal incremental pricing requirements (S. 85), 8421-8429 [8AP], 8887 [9AP]

Petroleum: impact of OPEC price strategy on U.S. petroleum industry, 8685, 8686 [9AP]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal end use constraints on natural gas (S. 85), 8887 [9AP]

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (S. 430), 2450 [2FE], 36628 [19DE]

Reports

Dairy Price Support Activities Reduction in Expenditures: Committee on Agriculture, 37621-37624 [21DE]

Reports filed

Evidentiary Standards for Federal Civil Antitrust Claims Based on Resale Price Fixing: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 585) (H. Rept. 100-421), 30911 [4NO]

Milk Price Support Activities Expenditure Reduction: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 3344) (H. Rept. 100-496), 37626 [21DE]

Statements

Antidumping Law (1984 excerpt), 1235 [13JA]

Dairy Price Support Activities Reduction in Expenditures: Representative Jeffords, 37620 [21DE]

Summaries

Energy Preservation Act (S. 751), 5874 [17MR]

Tables

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

Testimonies

Artificial Pricing of Articles Produced by Nonmarket Economy Countries: Lionel Olmer, 3053 [5FE]

Texts of

H.R. 272, Economic Stabilization Act, 808 [6JA]

H.R. 585, Freedom From Vertical Price Fixing Act, 31348 [9NO]

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

H.R. 3344, reduction in milk price support expenditures, 25346 [25SE]

S. 85, repeal end use constraints on natural gas under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act, 8421 [8AP]

S. 307, remedy for artificial pricing of articles produced by nonmarket economy countries, 1236 [13JA]

S. 308, Soybean Marketing Act, 1238 [13JA]

S. 430, Retail Competition Enforcement Act, 2450 [2FE]

S. 751, Energy Preservation Act, 5874 [17MR]