CONSUMERS

Amendments

CPSC: authorizing appropriations (S. 605), 18444, 18516 [3AU]

Articles and editorials

Bush's Real Problem—The Ruins of Reaganism, 7657 [1MY]

CPSC's Acting Chairman Again Under Fire, 22766 [2OC]

Help LI Consumers—End Natural Gas Price Controls, 5264 [23MR]

High Costs of Nader-Tort, 8798 [10MY]

Inspections Are Needed, 13141 [22JN]

Is Nothing Private? Computers Hold Lots of Data on You—And There Are Few Limits on Its Use, 30712 [21NO]

Is Seafood Safe?, 13142 [22JN]

It's Time To Support Seafood Inspection, 13141 [22JN]

Let Consumers Pull the Health-Care Purse Strings, 23630 [5OC]

Little Agency That Can't, 1849 [7FE]

Major Laws on Privacy, 30715 [21NO]

Never Mind Your Number—They've Got Your Name, 30716 [21NO]

Scoop on Snooping—It's a Cinch, 30715 [21NO]

When the Going Gets Tough, the Smaller Firms ``Go Bare'', 18461 [3AU]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain commodities (see S. 1838)

Cable Television Consumer Protection Act: enact (see S. 905, 1880)

Cable Television Rate Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 1375)

Consumer Equity Act: enact (see S. 1472)

Consumer Fraud Prevention Act: enact (see S. 1441)

Consumer Product Safety Act: extend (see H.R. 2871)

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: enact (see S. 865)

Consumer Seafood Safety Act: enact (see S. 1983)

CPSC: authority relative to amusement parks (see H.R. 729)

———authorizing appropriations (see S. 605)

———improve performance (see H.R. 1762)

———issuance of fire safety standards for cigarettes (see S. 17)

———labeling of certain toys (see H.R. 1008)

Credit: disclosure of information (see H.R. 3740)

———residential mortgage transactions (see H.R. 583)

Credit repair organizations: prevent abuse (see H.R. 56)

Domestic products: preference purchase (see S.J. Res. 114; H.R. 3055, H.J. Res. 59, H. Con. Res. 184)

Fish and fisheries: safety program to ensure quality of products intended for human consumption (see S. 1245; H.R. 1387, 2511, 3481)

Foreign trade: product advertising to disclose the country of origin of product components (see H.R. 3359)

Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 1194)

Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act: enact (see S. 918; H.R. 2187)

FTC: availability of information on products (see H.R. 129, 135)

———define as unfair practice retailer's increasing price of certain consumer commodities once marked (see H.R. 123)

———study deceptive mail practices relative to the sale of products or services related to governmental functions (see H.R. 551)

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (see S. 1314)

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (see S. 623)

Medical Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (see S. 622)

Motor vehicles: disclosure of charges in advertising and to rental customers (see H.R. 524, 2680)

———improve consumer information and fuel efficiency (see H.R. 2076)

———restrictions on rental agencies relative to imposing liability and collision damage waivers (see H.R. 984)

National Consumer Cooperative Bank: payment of interest on and redemption of class A notes (see H.R. 3720)

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act: enact (see S. 1425)

Postal Service: designate solicitations of donations for products or services provided free or at a lower price by the Government as nonmailable matter (see S. 273)

Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims (see H.R. 1236)

Product liability: information on useful life of the product involved (see S. 1400; H.R. 362)

———uniform court standards (see H.R. 1636)

Product safety: disclosure by any consumer reporting agency of adverse information affecting such consumers (see H.R. 909)

———modernizing testing of products containing hazardous or toxic substances (see H.R. 1676)

Public utilities: corporate rate reductions for certain customers (see H.R. 2493)

Telephone: regulation of operator consumer services (see S. 1643, 1660; H.R. 971, 2140)

Toy Safety and Child Protection Act: enact (see S. 407)

Books

``More Like Us—Making America Great Again,'' James Fallows (excerpts), 14902 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Advertising: deceptive names, terms or seals, 30052 [17NO]

Agriculture: development of fresh mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information program (H.R. 2187), 7877 [2MY]

Cable Television Rate Disclosure Act: enact (H.R. 1375), 4040 [13MR]

Consumer Product Safety Act: extend (H.R. 2871), 14490 [12JY]

Credit: disclosure of information (H.R. 3740), 30712 [21NO]

———impact on consumers, 23658-23660 [6OC]

———residential mortgage transactions (H.R. 583), 330 [20JA]

Credit cards: saturation of consumer market, 25063 [18OC]

Fish and fish products: mandatory inspection (H.R. 1387), 4116 [14MR]

Foreign trade: product advertising to disclose the country of origin of product components (H.R. 3359), 27821 [7NO]

FTC: availability of information on products (H.R. 129), 3183 [1MR]

———availability of information on products (H.R. 135), 3175 [1MR]

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (H.R. 1441), 4190 [15MR]

National Consumer Cooperative Bank: payment of interest on and redemption of class A notes (H.R. 3720), 30320 [20NO]

Price fixing: evidentiary standards for Federal civil claims (H.R. 1236), 3223 [2MR]

Product safety: disclosure by consumer reporting agency of adverse information affecting such consumers (H.R. 909), 1727 [7FE]

Public utilities: corporate rate reductions for certain customers (H.R. 2493), 10249 [25MY]

Telephone: FCC protection of consumers from unfair practices in the provision of operator services (H.R. 971), 2039-2043 [9FE], 21465-21470 [25SE]

———operating companies to provide certain services and equipment to consumers (H.R. 2140), 7592 [27AP], 7626 [27AP]

Tobacco industry: promotion and advertisement of products to children (H.R. 1250), 4010 [9MR]

Toys: labeling of certain (H.R. 1008), 2196 [9FE]

Uniform Product Liability Act: enact (H.R. 1636), 5269 [23MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain commodities (S. 1838), 27169 [3NO], 27567-27571 [6NO], 28729 [14NO]

Cable Television Consumer Protection Act: enact (S. 905), 7961 [3MY]

———enact (S. 1880), 29191-29194 [15NO]

Consumer Equity Act: enact (S. 1472), 17967 [2AU], 25633 [24OC]

Consumer Fraud Prevention Act: enact (S. 1441), 16924 [31JY]

Consumer Ozone Protection Act: enact (S. 870), 7680 [1MY]

Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act: enact (S. 865), 7315-7318 [19AP], 29428 [16NO]

Consumer Seafood Safety Act: enact (S. 1983), 31573 [21NO]

CPSC: appropriations (S. 605), 1849 [7FE], 4572 [16MR], 18512-18521 [3AU]

———issuance of fire safety standards for cigarettes (S. 17), 557, 558 [25JA]

Domestic products: preferred purchase (S.J. Res. 114), 7825 [2MY]

Federal Fish Inspection Act: enact (S. 1245), 13140 [22JN], 13471, 13476 [23JN], 23193 [4OC]

Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 1194), 11916 [15JN]

Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 918), 7978 [3MY]

Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (S. 1314), 14595 [13JY]

Industry: product liability reform, 8798 [10MY]

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act: enact (S. 623), 4593 [16MR]

Medical Technology Competitiveness Act: enact (S. 622), 4592 [16MR], 5615 [5AP]

National Consumer Cooperative Bank: payment of interest on and redemption of class A notes (H.R. 3720), 31277 [21NO]

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act: enact (S. 1425), 16689, 16690 [27JY]

Postal Service: designate solicitations of donations for products or services provided free or at a lower price by the Government as nonmailable matter (S. 273), 1027, 1105 [25JA]

Product Liability Reform Act: enact (S. 1400), 16049, 16055 [25JY], 18461 [3AU], 19032 [4AU], 20244 [13SE], 22447 [28SE], 31663 [21NO]

Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act: enact (S. 919), 7981, 7982 [3MY]

Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection Act: enact (S. 1643), 20884 [19SE]

Telephone: regulation of operator consumer services (S. 1660), 21379 [22SE], 21447 [25SE]

Toy Safety and Child Protection Act: enact (S. 407), 2109 [9FE]

Reports filed

CPSC Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 605) (S. Rept. 101-37), 10327 [31MY]

Summaries

Consumer Ozone Protection Act (S. 870), 7683 [1MY]

Mandatory Fish Inspection Act (H.R. 1387), 15772 [21JY]

Product Liability Reform Act (S. 1400), 16054 [25JY]

Texts of

H.R. 971, Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection Act, 21465 [25SE]

H.R. 1375, Cable Rate Disclosure Act, 4040 [13MR]

H.R. 3720, payment of interest on and redemption of class A notes issued by the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 30321 [20NO]

S. 17, Fire Safe Cigarette Act, 557 [25JA]

S. 273, Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act, 1028 [25JA]

S. 407, Toy Safety and Child Protection Act, 2109 [9FE]

S. 466, prohibit the use of mail to solicit or sell anabolic steroids, 2973 [28FE]

S. 605, authorizing appropriations for CPSC, 18512-18514, 18518-18521 [3AU]

S. 622, Medical Technology Competitiveness Act, 4593 [16MR]

S. 623, Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act, 4594 [16MR]

S. 738, expand the priority and payment rights of consumers in bankruptcy, 5860 [10AP]

S. 865, Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act, 7317 [19AP]

S. 870, Consumer Ozone Protection Act, 7680-7683 [1MY]

S. 905, Cable Consumer Protection Act, 7962 [3MY]

S. 918, Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act, 7979-7981 [3MY]

S. 1194, Fresh Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, 11916-11919 [15JN]

S. 1245, Federal Fish Inspection Act, 13140 [22JN]

S. 1314, amend Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act, 14595 [13JY]

S. 1400, Product Liability Reform Act, 16050-16053 [25JY]

S. 1425, Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, 16689 [27JY]

S. 1441, Consumer Fraud Prevention Act, 16926 [31JY]

S. 1472, Consumer Equity Act, 17968 [2AU]

S. 1643, Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection, 20884 [19SE]

S. 1838, research, promotion, and consumer education programs for certain agricultural commodities, 27677-27699 [7NO]

S. Con. Res. 81, encourage growth to create new markets for advanced-country products and services, 28400 [13NO]

S.J. Res. 114, consumers purchase of domestic products, 7825 [2MY]