CONSUMERS related term(s) Cosmetics; Credit; Product Safety; Toys

Addresses

Consumer Product Safety Coalition: Ann Brown, CPSC, S14140-S14142 [5OC]

Telecommunications Infrastructure: Robert E. Allen, S13825 [30SE]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S3777 [24MR], S3987 [25MR], S4511, S4522, S4524, S4525, S4527, S4530, S4541, S4545, S4575, S4576, S4578 [20AP], S4607, S4608, S4621, S4644, S4646, S4647, S4648, S4649, S4650, S4651, S4657, S4658, S4663, S4740, S4741, S4742, S4743, S4744 [21AP]

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7686, S7702, S7703, S7704, S7705, S7706, S7707, S7708, S7709, S7710, S7711, S7719 [27JN], S7741, S7748, S7752, S7753, S7754, S7773, S7790, S7791, S7792, S7793, S7794, S7795, S7796, S7797, S7811, S7816, S7817, S7818, S7819, S7820, S7821, S7822 [28JN]

Credit: fair reporting (S. 783), S4965 [2MY], S5026, S5032, S5039, S5046, S5083, S5084 [3MY], S5129, S5133, S5134, S5195, S5197 [4MY]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 1822), S9745 [26JY], S12943 [14SE]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), S3442 [22MR], H1134 [9MR]

Analyses

Insurance Policy Transfer Act (S. 1989), S3960 [25MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act, H2247 [13AP]

Articles and editorials

Agency Demands Restrictions on SBIC Bankruptcies—Quick Chapter 11 Filings Now Force Government To Swallow Big Debts, S4538 [20AP]

Ann Brown Has Revived an Agency That Nearly Suffocated in the Reagan Days, S14142 [5OC]

Antibodies to Silicone Elastomers and Reactions to Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts, S7850 [29JN]

At the Fed, Dousing Unlit Fires, S12226 [19AU]

Bell Atlantic, TCI Call Off Merger—Firms Blame Latest FCC Cable Rate Cuts; Regulators and Analysts Skeptical, S1821 [24FE]

Closing Loophole on Telephone Dirty Talk, S9747 [26JY]

CPSC's Ann Brown Is Pragmatic, Persistent on Product Safety, S14143 [5OC], E2082 [6OC]

800-Number Maneuver Evades Phone-Sex Rules, S9746 [26JY]

Ending Airborne Ambulance Chasing, S2468 [8MR]

Falling From the Sky—Unlimited Liability Claims Destroy an American Industry, S2467 [8MR]

FCC Head Defends Cuts in Cable Fees, S4360 [14AP]

Good Money After Bad, S4361 [14AP]

How To Lose Federal Millions and Owe Nothing, S4538 [20AP]

Info Superhighway Veers Into Pornographic Ditch, S9746 [26JY]

Injury Lawsuits Said To Cause Financial Crisis for Many U.S. Companies—Tort Tax Burdens Small-Plane Builders, but Litigation Advocates Claim Safety Gains, S2468 [8MR]

Investigation of GM Trucks, S2458 [8MR]

NIH Delays Full-Scale Testing of Potential AIDS Vaccine, S7739 [28JN], S7851 [29JN]

1-800-$$$-$$$$, S14511 [6OC]

Phony Litigation Crisis, S7753 [28JN]

Questions Raised on Ability of FDA To Protect Public, S7849 [29JN]

Redeem Us With a Cross of Gold, E1548 [22JY]

Review & Outlook—Blocking the Information Highway, S4360 [14AP]

Rules Issued for Cutting Cable Rates—Industry May Take FCC to Court, S4361 [14AP]

Sees No Evil, S4361 [14AP]

Settlement Backed in Texas on G.M. Pickups, S2459 [8MR]

Should Business Be Afraid of Juries? The Stereotype of Out-of-Control Robin Hoods May Be Outdated, S2460 [8MR]

Southwestern Bell, Cox Call Off Cable Merger—FCC's Move To Cut Rates Draws Blame Again, S4360 [14AP]

Southwestern Bell, Cox Call Off Deal, S4361 [14AP]

U.S. Callers Pay for Europe's Monopolies, S13824 [30SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: temporary suspension of the farmer owned reserve program precondition of extended price support loans for corn (see H.R. 5154), H10445 [30SE]

Animals: provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (see H.R. 5222), H11199 [6OC]

Bankruptcy: improve system (see H.R. 5116), H10006 [28SE]

Business and industry: notification of consumers on lists compiled for sale to businesses (see H.R. 4353), H3155 [5MY]

Check cashing services: State regulation (see H.R. 3998), H1253 [10MR]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 5178), H11000 [5OC]

———civil penalties for unlawful billing under a consumer credit plan (see H.R. 4629), H4883 [22JN]

———require disclosures by credit reporting agencies to the FBI for counterintelligence purposes (see H.R. 5143), H10445 [30SE]

Credit cards: interest rates (see H.R. 4132), H1995 [24MR]

Crime: telemarketing fraud (see H.R. 4399), H3344 [12MY]

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (see H.R. 3802), H287 [3FE]

Financial institutions: encourage competitive and innovative services for consumers, business, and governments (see H.R. 4956), H8052 [12AU]

FTC: consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), Senate amendment (see H. Res. 488), H6200 [25JY]

Government regulations: regulation of fastener quality (see S. 2517), S14478 [6OC]

Health: licensing of home infusion therapy services (see S. 1967; H.R. 4128), S3684 [24MR], H1994 [24MR]

———quality safeguards for consumers of health care insurance, products and services (see H.R. 4960), H8052 [12AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (see H.R. 4274), H2638 [21AP]

Insurance: ensure that sellers and underwriters are qualified and subject to consumer protection requirements (see H.R. 5075), H9569 [22SE]

———policyholder consent prior to the transfer of a policy (see S. 1989), S3954 [25MR]

National Commission on Major League Baseball: establish (see S. 2401), S11994 [17AU]

Publications: include notification of taxpayer financing in Federal consumer information publications (see H.R. 5010), H9008 [21AU]

Rent-to-own transactions: requirements (see S. 1956), S3446 [22MR]

SEC: continuation of certain fee collections (see H.R. 5060), H9350 [20SE]

Social Security: prohibit buying and selling of account numbers (see H.R. 4354), H3155 [5MY]

Taxation: application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (see S. 1825), S770 [3FE]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (see S. 1822, 2111), S769 [3FE], S5684 [12MY]

———rates and charges for operator services (see H.R. 4969), H8505 [16AU]

Telephones: prohibit auxiliary charges on calls to 800 extensions (see S. 2526), S14479 [6OC]

———require long distance services resellers to disclose relationships to carriers from which services are acquired (see H.R. 5112), H9902 [27SE]

———treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H5950 [20JY]

Tickets: require disclosure of service and other charges (see H.R. 4995), H8754 [19AU]

Try American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 215), S10878 [5AU]

Cloture motions

Courts: product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S7632 [24JN], S7698 [27JN], S7769 [28JN], S7855 [29JN]

Descriptions

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), E2204 [8OC]

FDA—Federal Report Requirements on Drugs and Medical Devices, S7772 [28JN]

Improve bankruptcy system (S. 540), S4510 [20AP]

Documents

Cable Programming Service Rate Complaint Form: FCC, S1581-S1583 [22FE]

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Refiling, S4535 [20AP]

Letters

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S14463 [6OC]

Bankruptcy system improvements: Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, S4543 [20AP]

Communications Act: Don Lee, South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act: D. Barry Connelly, Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc., S5029 [3MY]

Court treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions: Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S7689 [27JN]

———Sheila F. Anthony, Dept. of Justice, S7690 [27JN]

FCC implementation of regulations relative to cable television rates: Senator Metzenbaum, S1581 [22FE]

Litigation in the Sunshine Act: Arthur R. Miller, S13042-S13044 [21SE]

———Patrick E. Higginbotham, Judicial Conference of the U.S., S13042 [21SE]

Product Liability Fairness Act: Martin Delaney, Project Inform (organization), S7680 [27JN], S7739 [28JN], S7851 [29JN]

———Rebecca A. Brown, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, S7837 [29JN]

———Senators Rockefeller, Gorton, and Lieberman, S7740 [28JN]

———several Senators, S7741 [28JN]

SEC fee collections: Arthur Levitt, Jr., SEC, S14130 [5OC]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H9843 [27SE]

Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing: several Representatives, E1770 [19AU]

Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act: Debbie White, White Furniture Co., S806 [3FE]

———Louie L. Raven, Boat Town (business), S805 [3FE]

———Ray Jones, Long Beach Yacht Sales (business), S806 [3FE]

Lists

Consumers for civil justice, S7767 [28JN], S7869 [29JN]

Opponents of Oxley amendment to H.R. 2448, Radon Awareness and Disclosure Act relative to disclosure requirements for radon testing when selling or renting property, H6405 [28JY]

Organizations and individuals opposed to Federal product liability legislation, S7767 [28JN], S7870 [29JN]

Supporters of S. 1825, Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act, S806 [3FE]

Memorandums

Fatalities Associated With Crash-Induced Fuel Leakage and Fires: E.S. Grush and C.S. Saunby, Ford Motor Co., S7756 [28JN]

Motions

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4547 [20AP]

Outline

Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act (S. 1825), S805 [3FE]

Pamphlets

You Qualify for a Guaranteed Increase in Your Loan: Steven Burns, Financial Enterprises Corp., S3058 [16MR]

Press releases

Exon breaks ground on information superhighway, S785 [3FE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: egg producers research and promotion collective assessment rate and regulatory exemption level (S. 717), E34 [26JA]

Animals: provide for nonanimal acute toxicity testing (H.R. 5222), E2210 [8OC]

Bankruptcy: improve system (H.R. 5116), H10752-H10773 [4OC], H10917 [5OC], E2101 [6OC], E2204 [8OC]

Buikema, Jay: election as president of the National Retail Hardware Association, E478 [17MR]

Business and industry: notification of consumers on lists compiled for sale to businesses (H.R. 4353), E860 [5MY]

CPSC: revitalization, E2082 [6OC]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (H.R. 1015), H4355-H4367 [13JN], E1247 [16JN]

———accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (H.R. 5178), H10930 [5OC]

———fair reporting (S. 783), H9797-H9815, H9842 [27SE]

———require disclosures by credit reporting agencies to the FBI for counterintelligence purposes (H.R. 5143), H10943 [5OC]

Credit cards: interest rates (H.R. 4132), E559 [24MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish toll free number to assist consumers in determining if products are American made (H.R. 3342), H7130-H7133 [8AU]

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (H.R. 3802), H168 [2FE]

Economy: impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations and subsidies, H550 [22FE]

Education: require organizations to disclose certain information relative to educational programs, H2055 [24MR]

Financial institutions: encourage competitive and innovative services for consumers, business, and governments (H.R. 4956), H8042 [12AU]

Food: labeling of milk relative to bovine growth hormone and genetic engineering, H299 [8FE]

FTC: consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), Senate amendment (H. Res. 488), H6158-H6162 [25JY]

———proposal on disclosure of credit scores, E2372 [30NO]

Health: licensing of home infusion therapy services (H.R. 4128), H1964 [24MR], E565 [24MR]

———quality safeguards for consumers of health care insurance, products and services (H.R. 4960), E1730 [12AU]

Health care professionals: consumer access to information contained in the National Practitioner Data Bank (H.R. 4274), E757 [21AP]

Insurance: ensure that sellers and underwriters are qualified and subject to consumer protection requirements (H.R. 5075), E1914 [22SE]

Leiner Health Products Co.: compliance with voluntary quality standards for vitamins and minerals, E1596 [28JY]

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.: marketing of insurance plans as retirement savings plans, H2922 [2MY]

Radioactive substances: disclosure requirements relative to radon testing when selling or renting property, H6402-H6409 [28JY]

SEC: continuation of certain fee collections (H.R. 5060), H9842-H9845 [27SE]

Small business: impact of environmental, employer, and consumer government regulations, H2974 [3MY]

Telephones: require long distance services resellers to disclose relationships to carriers from which services are acquired (H.R. 5112), E1947 [26SE]

———treatment of 800 numbers (H.R. 4802), E1535 [22JY]

Television: cable rates and service, E1230 [16JN]

———secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing (H.R. 1103), H8418-H8421 [16AU], E1770 [19AU], E2083 [6OC]

Tickets: require disclosure of service and other charges (H.R. 4995), H8728 [19AU]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), H1134-H1139 [9MR], E967 [18MY]

———safety (H.R. 965), appointment of conferees, H2247 [13AP]

———safety (H.R. 965), conference report, H3809 [23MY], E1043 [24MY]

Remarks in Senate

Bankruptcy: improve system (H.R. 5116), S14461-S14465 [6OC], S14739, S14750, S14948 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), S4504-S4519, S4521-S4539-S4549 [20AP], S4606, S4629-S4631, S4635, S4636, S4650-S4683 [21AP], S14597 [7OC]

———improve system (S. 540), unanimous-consent agreement, S4403 [19AP], S4664, S4665, S4666 [21AP]

———treatment of rent-to-own contracts, S4649, S4650 [21AP]

BLS: Consumer Price Index revision, S10927 [8AU]

Brown, Ann Winkleman: nomination to be Chairman of the CPSC, S2473 [8MR]

Cable: local regulation of programming and rates, S6770 [10JN]

Courts: criminal liability relative to consumer product defects, S7754-S7769, S7772, S7773 [28JN]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), S542 [1FE], S2187 [1MR], S7671-S7698 [27JN], S7723-S7744, S7746-S7776 [28JN], S7837, S7842-S7855, S7869, S7870, S7949, S7950, S7951 [29JN]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), cloture motion, S7632 [24JN]

———product liability law uniformity (S. 687), unanimous-consent agreement, S7631 [24JN]

———product liability relative to FDA and FAA approval, S7773-S7776 [28JN], S7846-S7848, S7854 [29JN]

———revise process by which additional bankruptcy judges are appointed, S4646 [21AP]

———treatment of protective orders, sealing cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions (S. 1404), S5315 [5MY], S13041 [21SE]

———treatment of protective orders in civil liability actions, S7685-S7698 [27JN], S7724-S7731, S7770 [28JN]

Credit: fair reporting (S. 783), S4799-S4801, S4923 [26AP], S4965-S4977, S4982, S4983 [2MY], S5026-S5047 [3MY], S5129-S5146 [4MY], S14040 [4OC]

Credit unions: disclosure requirements relative to account insurability, S3171 [17MR]

FDA: seafood safety regulations, S557 [2FE]

Financial institutions: require study to determine public awareness of Federal banking laws, S3169 [17MR]

FRS: Consumer Price Index formula, S12226 [19AU]

———impose consumer protections relative to certain mortgage loans, S3044, S3056, S3057 [16MR]

FTC: consumer protection in telephone sales (H.R. 868), S10267-S10271 [2AU]

———prescreening status of third party data processors, S5046 [3MY]

Health: licensing of home infusion therapy services (S. 1967), S3686 [24MR]

Insurance: impact of product liability laws on insurance rates, S7748-S7752 [28JN]

———policyholder consent prior to the transfer of a policy (S. 1989), S3179 [17MR], S3959 [25MR]

International Jute Organization: U.S. membership, S239, S240 [27JA]

National Commission on Financial Services: establish, S4808-S4810 [26AP]

National Commission on Major League Baseball: establish (S. 2401), S11994, S11996 [17AU]

Petroleum: dyeing requirements on diesel fuel, S3653 [24MR]

Power resources: protect consumers of multistate utility systems (S. 544), S15065 [8OC]

Rent-to-own transactions: requirements (S. 1956), S3453 [22MR]

SEC: continuation of certain fee collections (H.R. 5060), S13822 [30SE], S14130 [5OC], S14711, S14936 [7OC], S15030 [8OC], S15391 [1DE]

Taxation: application of State and local taxes on the sale of certain tangible property relative to the mail order industry (S. 1825), S802-S807, S821 [3FE]

Telecommunications: development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest, S8430 [1JY], S9138, S9168 [18JY]

———development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 1822), S771, S783-S788 [3FE], S5934 [18MY], S9746 [26JY], S13265 [22SE], S13823 [30SE], S14754 [7OC]

———development of infrastructure and protection of the public interest (S. 2111), S5687-S5688 [12MY]

———impact of FCC regulations, S4359 [14AP]

Telephones: prohibit auxiliary charges on calls to 800 extensions (S. 2526), S14510 [6OC]

Television: FCC implementation of regulations relative to cable television rates, S1581 [22FE], S1820 [24FE]

———rate regulations for cable television, S2185 [1MR], S2516 [8MR]

Toys: safety (H.R. 965), S3442, S3443 [22MR]

———safety (H.R. 965), conference report, S6426-S6429 [25MY]

———safety (S. 680), indefinitely postponed, S7267 [21JN]

Truth in Lending Act: clarify contract definitions and charges to recipients of mortgage loans, S15450 [1DE]

Try American Day: designate (S.J. Res. 215), S10888 [5AU], S12207 [19AU]

Reports

Cost Estimate of S. 540, Bankruptcy System Improvements: CBO, S4543 [20AP]

Reports by conference committees

Child Safety Protection Act (H.R. 965), H3227-H3230 [11MY]

Reports filed

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5116) (H. Rept. 103-835), H10726 [4OC]

Child Safety Protection Act: committee of conference (H.R. 965) (H. Rept. 103-500), H3278 [11MY]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 783) (S. Rept. 103-209), S54 [25JA]

Continuation of Certain SEC Fee Collections: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4060) (H. Rept. 103-739), H9568 [22SE]

Establish Toll Free Dept. of Commerce Number To Assist Consumers in Determining if Products Are Domestically Produced: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3342) (H. Rept. 103-660), H6762 [3AU]

Fair Credit Reporting Act (H.R. 1015) (H. Rept. 103-486), H2913 [28AP]

Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 994) (S. Rept. 103-229), S1739 [23FE]

Multistate Utility Company Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 544) (S. Rept. 103-351), S12289 [22AU]

Secondary Transmissions of Superstations and Network Stations for Private Home Viewing: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1103) (H. Rept. 103-703), H8504 [16AU]

Telecommunications Infrastructure Development: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1822) (S. Rept. 103-367), S12940 [14SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Economic Outlook, E137 [9FE]

Resolutions by organizations

Communications Act: South Dakota Association of Telephone Cooperatives, Inc., S14754 [7OC]

Statements

Court Treatment of Protective Orders in Civil Liability Actions: Victor Schwartz, S7697 [27JN]

Product Liability Settlements: Marlo Mahne, S7770 [28JN]

Secondary Transmissions of Superstations and Network Stations for Private Home Viewing: several broadcast networks, E2083 [6OC]

Studies

Abusive Mortgage Lending Practices, S3057 [16MR]

Summaries

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 5116), H10764-H10771 [4OC]

Communications Act (S. 1822), S783 [3FE]

Consumer Protections Relative to Mortgage Loans Amendment to S. 1275, Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act, S3044 [16MR]

Consumer Reporting Reform Act (S. 783), S5027 [3MY]

Financial Services Competitiveness Act (H.R. 4956), H8042-H8044 [12AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 488, Senate amendment to H.R. 868, Consumer Protection Telemarketing Act, H6158-H6160 [25JY]

H.R. 1015, Consumer Reporting Reform Act, H4355-H4365 [13JN]

H.R. 1103, secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing, H8418 [16AU]

H.R. 3342, establish a toll free number in the Dept. of Commerce to assist consumers in determining if products are American made, H7130 [8AU]

H.R. 5060, continuation of SEC fee collections, H9842 [27SE]

H.R. 5116, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H10752-H10763 [4OC]

H.R. 5143, FBI Counterintelligence Act, H10943 [5OC]

H.R. 5178, accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies, H10930-H10943 [5OC]

S. 540, improve bankruptcy system, S4405-S4420 [19AP], S4666-S4683 [21AP]

S. 783, Consumer Reporting Reform Act, S5136-S5145 [4MY], H9797-H9809 [27SE]

S. 1822, Communications Act, S772-S783 [3FE]

S. 1825, Tax Fairness for Main Street Business Act, S804 [3FE]

S. 1956, Rental-Purchase Reform Act, S3453-S3455 [22MR]

S. 1967, Home Infusion Consumer Protection Act, S3687 [24MR]

S. 2112, postpone implementation of Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S5689 [12MY]

S. 2401, National Commission on Major League Baseball Act, S11995 [17AU]

S. 2526, prohibit auxiliary charges on telephone calls to 800 extensions, S14511 [6OC]

S.J. Res. 215, Try American Day, S10889 [5AU], S12207 [19AU]