[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
PRODUCT SAFETY
Amendments
Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S7565 [7JY], S7584
[7JY], S7598 [7JY], S7683 [8JY], S7684 [8JY], S7685 [8JY], S7686
[8JY], S7690 [8JY], S7692 [8JY], S7884 [9JY]
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 872),
H6745 [29JY]
Analyses
Product Liability Reform Act (S. 648), S7530 [7JY]
Bills and resolutions
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for product
liability litigation, (see S. 2236), S7172 [25JN]
Native Americans: tort liability insurance for Indian tribes, (see
S. 2302), S8135 [14JY]
Research: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect
human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for
animal testing, (see H.R. 3946), H3970 [22MY]
Cloture motions
Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565
[7JY], S7717 [9JY]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed, S7525
[7JY]
Letters
Product Liability Reform Act: Donna Sytek, National Conference of
State Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
------ Richard Finan and Dan Blue, National Conference of State
Legislatures, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
------ Robert D. Evans, ABA, S7531 [7JY], S7709 [9JY]
Remarks in House
Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over foreign manufacturers,
H2280 [23AP]
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 872),
H6740-H6748 [29JY], E1573 [7AU]
Research: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect
human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for
animal testing (H.R. 3946), E1047 [5JN]
Remarks in Senate
Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for product
liability litigation (S. 2236), S7252 [26JN]
------ exempt gun manufacturers from punitive damages protection in
product liability cases, S7708 [9JY]
------ limitations on attorneys fees in product liability cases,
S7715 [9JY]
------ limitations on punitive damage awards, S7714 [9JY], S7716
[9JY]
------ product liability reform, S3118 [2AP]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), S7297 [26JN], S7565 [7JY],
S7567 [7JY], S7568 [7JY], S7654 [8JY], S7707-S7710 [9JY],
S7713-S7717 [9JY], S7913 [9JY]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), motion to proceed,
S7525-S7534 [7JY], S7565 [7JY]
------ product liability reform (S. 648), unanimous-consent
agreement, S7705 [9JY] product liability reform (S. 648),
unanimous-consent request, S7643 [8JY]
------ State control of product liability reform, S7707-S7710 [9JY],
S7714 [9JY]
Health: liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers, S7713 [9JY],
S7716 [9JY]
----- liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers (H.R. 872),
S9500 [30JY]
----- liability protection for suppliers of raw material and
component parts to medical device manufacturers (S. 364), S3118
[2AP]
Reports filed
Liability Protection for Suppliers of Raw Materials and Component
Parts to Medical Device Manufacturers: Committee on Commerce
(House) (H.R. 872) (H. Rept. 105-549), H5491 [14JY]
----- Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 872) (H. Rept. 105-
549), H3969 [22MY]
Testimonies
Promote New and Revised Toxicological Tests That Protect Human,
Animal, and Environmental Health While Reducing Need for Animal
Testing: Holly E. Hazard, Doris Day Animal League, E1049 [5JN]
----- Katherine Stitzel, Procter & Gamble Co., E1048 [5JN]
----- Neil L. Wilcox, FDA, E1048 [5JN]
Texts of
H.R. 872, Biomaterials Access Assurance Act, H6742-H6745 [29JY]