CONSUMERS related term(s) Credit; Product Safety

Addresses

Technology and the New Economy: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S272-S275 [2FE]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 625), S51, S56, S63 [26JA], S140 [31JA], S178, S190 [1FE], S226, S232, S234, S237, S238, S243 [2FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), S1843 [29MR]

Crime: prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), S11426, S11427, S11428 [31OC], S11941 [15DE], H12512 [15DE]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3552, S3559, S3563 [4MY]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H474, H476, H478, H479 [16FE]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4925 [9JN], H2779 [9MY], H2801, H2803, H2807, H2815 [10MY]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2002 [30MR], S2466, S2467, S2468 [10AP], S2547, S2548 [11AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3842 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3837 [25MY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8273 [27SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1915 [29MR], S1927, S1934, S1935, S1940, S1951, S1955, S1957, S1963, S1964, S1965, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003 [30MR]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283, H2292 [13AP]

Analyses

American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act (S. 1452), E1924-E1930 [25OC]

Antitampering Act (S. 2105), S819 [24FE]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761): Conference Report, H4352-H4357 [14JN]

Financial Information Privacy Protection Act (S. 2513), S3535 [4MY]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Health Care Plans and HMO's: Sara Rosenbaum, David M. Frankford, and Rand E. Rosenblatt, S7516 [25JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9796 [11OC]

———S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H489 [16FE]

———S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S1846 [29MR]

National Commission To Ensure Consumer Information and Choice in the Airline Industry, S4972 [12JN], S8664 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

Air Passengers ``Fed Up'' With Poor Service, Survey Finds, S5180 [15JN]

Airline Service Dips in 3 of 4 Categories, S5181 [15JN]

All That Gas Tax—The Difference That 4.3 Cents Can Make, S1918 [29MR]

Bankruptcy Bill Is Overloaded, E134 [14FE]

Bankruptcy Is for the Needy, S245 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Pace for Individuals Is Accelerating, S11633 [6DE]

Bankruptcy Paradox, S244 [2FE]

Bankruptcy Reform Bill Is a Bust—Let Credit Card Issuers Protect Themselves With Sound Lending Practices, Not by Rigging Bankruptcy Law in Their Favor, S11635 [6DE]

Caveat Surfer Should Be the E-Commerce Motto, H4350 [14JN]

Complex Drug Labels Bury Safety Message, E1027 [15JN]

Demagogic Bill, H2793 [10MY]

Driving Up Drug Prices, S7908 [27JY]

Drug-Industry Mergers Fail To Boost Research, Development, Study Finds, E973 [12JN]

Focus Shifts to Ford, S10067 [6OC]

Gasoline Tax Follies, S1941 [30MR]

New Dept. of Agriculture Inspection System, S3045 [1MY]

Oil Price Falls Nearly Enough for OPEC To Cut Production, S2488 [11AP]

OPEC Bases New Production Strategy on Price Band Experiment, S1959 [30MR]

Perverse Use of Antitrust Law, S8565 [14SE]

Product Recalls—Posters in Post Offices Will Help, E964 [9JN]

What Real People Are Saying About Bankruptcy Reform, S5384 [20JN]

What's So Great About Canada's Medical System?, E1460 [13SE]

Your PC Is Watching, E1950 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process for consumers and employers (see S. 3210), S10619 [17OC]

Aviation: clarify that State attorneys general may enforce consumer protection laws relative to air transportation (see H.R. 5270), H7996 [22SE]

———establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see S. 2891), S7229 [19JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE] (see S. 3186), S10252 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 624), H9766 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 427), H9900 [12OC]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 2857), S6574 [12JY]

Boyden, Sam: tribute (see H. Res. 643), H10473 [19OC]

CBO: analyze impact of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [20JN]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 523), H4219 [12JN]

———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (see H.R. 4059), H1284 [22MR]

———prohibit the imposition of access charges and other unfair fees on the provision of Internet services (see H.R. 4202), H1956 [6AP]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail (see S. 2542), S3916 [11MY]

———require providers of electronic mailboxes to provide forwarding addresses (see H.R. 4455), H3049 [15MY]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (see H.R. 5275), H8061 [25SE]

Courts: waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (see S. 2369), S2347 [6AP] (see H.R. 5060), H7208 [27JY]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (see S. 2810), S6015 [28JN] (see H.R. 5031), H7207 [27JY]

———increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (see S. 2820), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 4586), H3924 [6JN]

———prevent injuries to vending machine users (see H.R. 4934), H6777 [24JY]

Credit: prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (see S. 2117), S929 [29FE]

———protect from the adverse consequences of incomplete and inaccurate consumer credit reports (see H.R. 4644), H4336 [13JN]

Credit cards: prevent issuers from advertising and offering one type of credit card and then issuing another type (see H.R. 3914), H996 [14MR]

Crime: combat telemarketing and mass marketing fraud (see S. 3025), S8342 [11SE]

———prevent identity fraud (see S. 2328), S1986 [30MR] (see S. 2924), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5299), H8199 [26SE]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H2338 [13AP]

———prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product batch codes (see H.R. 4982), H7128 [26JY]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (see H.R. 5673), H12531 [15DE]

———provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of a writing with a consumer product (see H.R. 5393), H9010 [5OC]

———treatment of the interception of electronic communications (see H.R. 5018), H7206 [27JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3230), S10926 [24OC]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11781 [1NO]

———study causes of home heating fuel price spikes in the Northeast and create a heating oil reserve (see H.R. 3641), H341 [10FE]

Dept. of HHS: allow officers and employees to issue detention orders on certain foods (see H.R. 5591), H11445 [27OC]

Dept. of Transportation: issue regulations on the transfer of airline tickets and air carrier ticket pricing policies (see H.R. 5347), H8551 [29SE]

———oversight of airline industry competitive activities relative to mergers (see H.R. 4978), H7128 [26JY]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see S. 2520), S3691 [9MY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see H. Res. 477), H2340 [13AP]

———distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H2338 [13AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 2993), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 5235), H7932 [20SE] (see H.R. 5313), H8405 [27SE]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (see S. 3208), S10619 [17OC] (see H.R. 5476), H10036 [17OC]

———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see S. 2464), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 4869), H6469 [18JY]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see S. 2466), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 4764), H5240 [27JN]

Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 2071), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 4881), H6469 [18JY]

Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (see H.R. 5620), H11781 [1NO]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for disclosure of credit-scoring information by creditors and consumer reporting agencies (see S. 3063), S8657 [18SE]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: reform relative to liability for noncompliance (see H.R. 3618), H340 [10FE]

FDA: compel compliance with court decision relative to disclosure of certain information on the labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 4604), H4120 [8JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: clinically superior modifications to previously approved or licensed drugs (see H.R. 4242), H2122 [11AP]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (see S. 2360), S2233 [5AP]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———prohibit operators of automatic teller machines that display paid advertising from imposing any fee (see H.R. 4812), H5736 [10JY]

———prohibit use or sharing of medical health records or information (see S. 2863), S6677 [13JY]

———protect consumers from exorbitant fees for basic financial services (see H.R. 4332), H2339 [13AP]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2405, 2415), S2616 [12AP] (see H.R. 3901), H921 [9MR] (see H.R. 4250), H2238 [12AP]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 4584), H3924 [6JN]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (see S. 2513), S3514 [4MY] (see H.R. 4380), H2605 [4MY] (see H.R. 4585), H3924 [6JN]

Firearms: ban import of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, promote safe storage and use of handguns by consumers, and extend criminal background checks to gun shows (see H.R. 4009), H1118 [16MR]

Food: improve safety of shell eggs (see H.R. 3526), H48 [27JA]

———repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (see H.R. 5668), H12531 [15DE]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 5532), H10808 [24OC]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see S. 2080), S680 [22FE]

Food industry: require Dept. of Agriculture report on safety and monitoring of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5095), H7209 [27JY]

———require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3184), S10252 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (see S. 2315), S1884 [29MR] (see H.R. 3883), H920 [9MR]

Foreign trade: investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S. (see S. Res. 348), S8105 [6SE]

———require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (see S. 3005), S8104 [6SE]

———require country-of-origin marking on door hinges (see S. 3104), S9195 [25SE] (see H.R. 5353), H8617 [2OC]

FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 5283), H8061 [25SE]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims (see H.R. 5344), H8468 [28SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see S. 3057, 3058), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5628), H11842 [3NO]

———reduce paperwork and improve payment policies for services, and prevent fraud and abuse through health care provider education (see H.R. 5094), H7209 [27JY]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 3637), H340 [10FE]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H1957 [6AP]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

———establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (see S. 2819), S6121 [29JN]

Medicaid: make drug pricing information available to the public (see S. 2963), S7839 [27JY]

Medicare: improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (see H.R. 4938), H6777 [24JY]

———make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program (see S. 2905), S7448 [21JY] (see H.R. 5039), H7207 (see H.R. 5099), H7209 [27JY] (see H.R. 5320), H8405 [27SE] (see H.R. 5614), H11781 [1NO]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (see H.R. 4540), H3867 [25MY]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for failure to recall and knowingly distributing defective vehicles or parts (see S. 3070), S8759 [19SE]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3012), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 5154), H7502 [12SE] (see H.R. 5190), H7651 [14SE]

———improve safety of car seats for children (see S. 2070), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]

———make it illegal to sell tires which are the subject of a recall (see H.R. 5332), H8468 [28SE]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3059), S8635 [15SE] (see H.R. 5164), H7577 [13SE]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 428), H9900 [12OC]

———require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (see S. 3061), S8635 [15SE]

Petroleum: address recent price increase in heating oil and other petroleum distillates (see H. Con. Res. 287), H1119 [16MR]

———ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast (see S. 2094), S799 [24FE] (see H.R. 3807), H631 [1MR]

———reimburse fines levied and collected due to illegal practices engaged in by participants in the petroleum industry to injured consumers based on the consumers' distance from Eau Claire, WI (see H.R. 4913), H6718 [20JY]

Pharmaceuticals: provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (see S. 2501), S3328 [3MY]

———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 4772), H5240 [27JN]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3636), H340 [10FE]

Power resources: develop a national energy policy and repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 5278), H8061 [25SE]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (see S. 3180), S10083 [6OC] (see H.R. 5571), H11206 [26OC]

———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (see S. 3083), S8823 [20SE]

———limit the disclosure of consumer credit reports on an employee which are obtained in connection with allegations of illegal conduct (see H.R. 4373), H2511 [3MY]

———prohibit mailing of matter which bears an individual's Social Security number on its outside (see H.R. 4910), H6717 [20JY]

———prohibit the display of an individual's Social Security number for commercial purposes without the consent of the individual (see S. 2554), S3946 [15MY]

———protect consumer privacy (see S. 2606), S4297 [23MY]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2928), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5430), H9634 [10OC]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4368), H2511 [3MY]

———penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (see S. 3014), S8197 [7SE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H2337 [13AP]

Public utilities: facilitate transition to more reliability, competition and efficiency in electric power industry (see S. 2098), S799 [24FE]

———provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system (see H.R. 4941), H6777 [24JY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4551), H3867 [25MY]

———warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (see S. 3042), S8501 [13SE] (see S. 3164), S9944 [5OC]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (see H. Res. 423), H454 [15FE]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (see H. Con. Res. 312), H2339 [13AP]

Taxation: deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (see S. 2465), S2940 [26AP] (see H.R. 3665), H454 [15FE]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (see S. 2775), S5663 [22JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2255), S1512 [21MR] (see H.R. 4460), H3171 [16MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (see H. Res. 496), H2769 [9MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 4728), H5036 [22JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (see S. 2262, 2263), S1512 [21MR] (see S. 2285), S1671 [23MR] (see S. 2790, 2791), S5790 [26JN] (see S. 2808), S6015 [28JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 2028), S328 [3FE] (see S. 2036), S381 [7FE] (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S1986 [30MR] (see H.R. 3916), H997 [14MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (see H. Res. 511), H3648 [23MY]

———repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3844), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 3982), H1076 [15MR]

———require fines paid to the U.S. as a result of motor fuel price investigations to be rebated to consumers in the form of reductions in Federal motor fuel excise taxes (see H.R. 4804), H5655 [29JN]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4111), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4776), H5435 [28JN]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 4834), H5955 [12JY]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (see H.R. 4686), H4591 [15JN]

———treatment of gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene (see H.R. 3749), H573 [29FE]

Telecommunications: limit FCC authority to review and impose conditions on certain mergers and transactions (see H.R. 4019), H1118 [16MR]

Telephones: develop a plan for efficient allocation of telephone numbers to limit the creation of new area codes (see H.R. 3555), H89 [31JA]

———prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising by carriers providing ``dial-around'' long distance services (see H.R. 5619), H11781 [1NO]

———prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (see S. 2029), S328 [3FE]

———prohibit use of text, graphic, or image messaging systems of wireless telephone systems to transmit unsolicited commercial messages (see H.R. 5300), H8199 [26SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (see S. 2097), S799 [24FE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H2238 [12AP]

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (see H.R. 4041), H1163 [21MR]

Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes (see S. 2105), S799 [24FE]

Truth in Lending Act: require stores offering credit or charge accounts to prominently display certain information (see H.R. 4093), H1412 [27MR]

TVA: ensure the fair and equitable treatment of customers in the event of restructuring of the electric utility industry (see S. 2570), S4014 [16MY]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11378 [30OC], S11450 [1NO], S11553 [5DE]

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1831 [28MR], S1970 [30MR]

Conference reports

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415), H9723-H9765 [11OC]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761), H4115-H4118 [8JN]

Cost Estimates

Electric Reliability 2000 Act (S. 2071): CBO, S8285-S8287 [8SE]

Promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495): CBO, S10893 [23OC]

Excerpts

Arkansas Code relative to Federal excise tax on motor fuels, S2497 [11AP]

Explanations

Bankruptcy Reform Act (H.R. 2415): Conference Report, S11698-S11724 [7DE]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761), S5283-S5288 [16JN]

Letters

Bankruptcy Reform Act: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S10346 [12OC], H9836 [12OC]

———several bankruptcy scholars, S10772 [19OC], S11448-S11450 [1NO]

———several law professors, S169 [1FE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments: Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council, S11641 [6DE]

———Kris Reiman, California Family Support Council, S11642 [6DE]

———Laura Kadwell, National Child Support Enforcement Association, S11641 [6DE]

———several law professors, S11625 [6DE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Broadband Internet Access Act: Catherine R. Sloan, WorldCom, Inc., S4830 [8JN]

———David Gabel, Queens College, S4832 [8JN]

———Dukwoo Ro and Seong K. Mun, Georgetown University, S4831 [8JN]

———John G. Flores, U.S. Distance Learning Association, S4832 [8JN]

———John Windhausen, Jr., Association for Local Telecommunications Services, S4832 [8JN]

———Robert J. Clark, Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., S4831 [8JN]

———Roger Ackerman, Corning, Inc., S4832 [8JN]

———Shirley Bloomfield, North Texas Colorguard Association, S4831 [8JN]

———Thomas J. Tauke, Bell Atlantic Corp., S4831 [8JN]

FDA investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices: Representative Stark, E1656 [3OC], E1764 [12OC], E1792 [13OC]

FDA investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare and Medicaid: Fred Hassan, Pharmacia Corp., E1883 [23OC]

———Representative Stark, E2033, E2037-E2039 [31OC]

Federal gasoline tax: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———John R. Cady, National Food Processors Association, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———John S. Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, S1919 [29MR]

———Mike Parkhurst, Independent Truckers Association, S2489, S2498 [11AP]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S1918 [29MR]

———Thomas R. Warne, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S1918 [29MR]

Gasoline inventories and prices: Mike Bowlin, Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO), S2607 [12AP]

Grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco, and reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products: John R. Garrison, American Lung Association, E371 [21MR]

Importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: David A. Kessler, S9258 [26SE]

———Michael E. Baroody, National Association of Manufacturers, H9702 [11OC]

———Michael M. Faenza, National Mental Health Association, H9702 [11OC]

———Mike Dugan, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, H9702 [11OC]

———Nancy Sander, Allergy and Asthma Network-Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc., H9703 [11OC]

———Representative Archer, S10685 [18OC]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Commerce (House), S10684 [18OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), S10688 [18OC]

———Senator Hatch, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S10688 [18OC]

———Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H9702 [11OC]

———several Representatives, H9703 [11OC]

———several patient and survivor organizations, H9703 [11OC]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama, H2795 [10MY]

———Edward T. Schafer, Governor of North Dakota, H2794 [10MY]

———Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma, H2795 [10MY]

———Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, H2795 [10MY]

———James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H2790 [10MY]

———Joan Bowman, Mayor of Lenexa, KS, H2798 [10MY]

———several Governors, H2794 [10MY]

———Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania, H2794 [10MY]

Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act: Carla J. Stovall, National Association of Attorneys General, S10621 [17OC]

———Henri R. Manasse, Jr., American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, S10622 [17OC]

———John A. Gans, American Pharmaceutical Association, S10621 [17OC]

———Linda F. Golodner, National Consumers League, S10622 [17OC]

———Peter M. Neupert, drugstore.com, Inc., S10622 [17OC]

Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program corrections relative to the Balanced Budget Act: George N. Miller, Jr., Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital, H11550 [30OC]

Medicare coverage of outpatient prescription drugs and allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use: President Clinton, S10524 [13OC]

Medicare+Choice program improvements: several senior citizen organizations, S10669 [18OC]

Millennium Digital Commerce Act: several Senators, S1846 [29MR]

Millennium Digital Commerce Act appointment of conferees: Coalition for Electronic Authentication, S1208 [7MR]

———Robert W. Holleyman II, Business Software Alliance, S1208 [7MR]

———Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, S1209 [7MR]

———William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, S1208 [7MR]

Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Improvement Act: Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S10048 [6OC]

———several victims of accidents involving Firestone tires, S10040 [6OC]

Prescription drug importation into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale: John M. Rector, National Community Pharmacists Association, S7377 [20JY]

———Representative Dingell, S7206 [19JY]

———Ronald J. Streck, National Wholesale Druggists' Association, S7206 [19JY]

Protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's: Representatives Dingell and Norwood, Committee on Commerce (House), S4788 [8JN]

———several individuals, H97 [1FE]

Protection of enrollees in managed health care plans and HMO's: Representative Ganske, S7516 [25JY]

Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act: several corporate executives, S9887-S9889 [5OC]

Reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research: Dan Schulder, National Council of Senior Citizens, S6097 [29JN]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S6097 [29JN]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S6097 [29JN]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Barry B. Anderson, CBO, H472 [16FE]

———Nancy Stoner, Natural Resources Defense Council, H483 [16FE]

———Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), H472 [16FE]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H472 [16FE]

Temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes: Andrew F. Quinlan, CapitolWatch (organization), S6625 [13JY]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S6619 [13JY]

———Eric V. Schlecht, National Taxpayers Union, S6619 [13JY]

———Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S6619 [13JY]

———several State and local government organizations, S6622 [13JY]

———Susan G. Pikrallidas, American Automobile Association, S6620 [13JY]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S6619 [13JY]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act: Representative Bliley, Committee on Commerce (House), S10398 [12OC]

———Rodney E. Slater, Sec. of Transportation, S10230 [11OC]

Treatment of child support and alimony payments in bankruptcy: several women and children advocacy groups, H9838 [12OC]

Lists

Organizations opposed to S. 625, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S171 [1FE]

Supporters of S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, S5218 [15JN]

Supporters of S. 2105, Antitampering Act, S819 [24FE]

U.S. Trustee Program bankruptcy criminal cases, S5386-S5389 [20JN]

Messages

Consumer Product Safety Commission Enhanced Enforcement Act: President Clinton, S3944 [15MY], S4011 [16MY], H2975 [15MY]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788, H9791 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S11205 [27OC], H9840 [12OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), H487 [16FE]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2819 [10MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H3851 [25MY]

Opinion polls

Temporary Federal gasoline tax reduction: Gallup Organization, S2489 [11AP]

Papers

On the Commodification of Medicine: Senator Moynihan, S7207-S7210 [19JY]

Petitions and memorials

California Family Support Council: bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments, S11642 [6DE]

Lenexa, KS: Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2798 [10MY]

Press releases

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: AMA, S4788 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Animals: availability of certain luxury services for dogs, H5174 [27JN]

Aviation: address problems dealing with quality of airline service, H5728 [10JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws, H8097 [26SE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), H9788-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, H9809 [11OC], H9832-H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9826-H9832 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), motion to instruct conferees, H9791-H9796 [11OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), E134 [14FE]

———amend laws (S. 3186), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 427), H9840 [12OC]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, H9830, H9835-H9837 [12OC]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, H9830, H9834, H9838 [12OC]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce, H2970 [15MY]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), H486-H489 [16FE], H2638 [8MY]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, H4351-H4366 [14JN], E1026, E1034 [15JN], E1071 [21JN], E1078 [22JN], E1097 [23JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 523), H4346-H4351 [14JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), insert H.R. 1714 language in lieu, H487 [16FE]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, H4360 [14JN]

———establish a system for businesses to comply with recognized principles concerning personal information obtained through electronic commerce (H.R. 4059), H3534 [23MY], E494 [5AP]

———extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes, encourage States to develop a streamlined sales and use tax system, and authorize an Interstate Sales and Use Tax Compact, H2802 [10MY]

———prohibit, reduce, or eliminate fees and taxes on Internet service, H3855 [25MY]

———protection from unsolicited and unwanted e-mail, H3057 [16MY]

———provide law enforcement officials with the authority and resources to combat the transmission of computer viruses, H2597 [4MY]

———regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (H.R. 3113), H2514 [4MY], H6369-H6374 [18JY]

Consumer League of New Jersey: anniversary, E886 [6JN]

Copyrights: reform laws relative to personal interactive performances of recorded musical works (H.R. 5275), E1583 [25SE]

CPSC: increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (H.R. 4586), E900 [6JN]

———list of children's products subject to recall or corrective action, H4845, H4846 [21JN]

Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports, E2015 [28OC]

———prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (H.R. 4311), E587 [13AP]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), H12511-H12513 [15DE]

———provide incentives for voluntary monitoring of electronic commerce sites (H.R. 5673), E2233 [15DE]

Customs Service: computer system modernization funding, H6626, H6631 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to create a heating oil reserve for the Northeast, H5848 [12JY]

———extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (H.R. 5613), H11788, H11790-H11792 [2NO], E2056 [1NO]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1863, H1865, H1937 [6AP]

———establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), H10655-H10690 [24OC], E1907, E1910, E1921 [25OC], E1974 [28OC]

———include builders and building inspectors on consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction, H1902 [6AP]

Dept. of Transportation: oversight of airline industry competitive activities relative to mergers (H.R. 4978), H7068 [26JY]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, H7875 [20SE], H7937, H7938 [21SE], H8206 [27SE], H9638, H9639, H9670, H9672-H9680, H9693-H9708 [11OC], H10394 [19OC], E1866 [19OC], E1891 [24OC], E1903 [25OC]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H5427-H5433 [28JN], H5849 [12JY], H7875, H7907-H7914 [20SE], H8052, H8053 [25SE], H11753 [1NO], E1460 [13SE]

———distribution of prescription drugs (H.R. 4301), E586 [13AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (H.R. 5235), E1538 [20SE]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (H.R. 5476), E1808 [17OC]

Electric power: protect consumers against rate increases in Western regions, H7220 [6SE]

Electronic commerce: require disclosure of ownership and management information on Internet websites (H.R. 5620), E2060 [1NO]

FAA: use of passenger facility charges, H1007, H1026 [15MR]

FCC: regulation of pay phones, E1923 [25OC]

FDA: assessment of allergenicity of genetically engineered foods, H5594-H5596 [29JN]

———investigate drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare, E1655 [3OC], E1764 [12OC], E1792 [13OC]

———investigation of drug manufacturer pricing practices relative to Medicare and Medicaid, E1882 [23OC], E2033, E2037 [31OC]

———testing and recall of genetically engineered livestock feed sold for human consumption, H7741 [19SE]

Financial institutions: ensure consumer privacy when establishing a framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers (H.R. 3320), E1652 [3OC]

———ensure personal financial privacy and give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 1924), H2661 [9MY]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

———give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (H.R. 1929), E616 [2MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 3823), E222 [2MR]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (H.R. 4250), E541 [12AP]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4380), E652, E653 [4MY]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (H.R. 4585), H6606 [20JY]

Food: improve safety of shell eggs, H5771, H5772 [11JY]

———repeal labeling requirements on foods containing saccharin (H.R. 5668), E2237 [15DE]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, H5782, H5783 [11JY]

Food industry: safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 3883), E2054 [1NO], E2072 [2NO]

FRS: monetary policy, H9806 [11OC]

Gambling: combat illegal activities in the gaming industry, E469 [30MR], E1953 [26OC]

Government: impact of regulations on personal liberties, H186 [2FE]

———require report by agencies on activities to monitor or collect information from visitors to Federal Internet sites, H6664 [20JY]

Health: ethical standards of health care facilities and medical corporations, E1269 [19JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H16-H19 [27JA], H77-H81 [31JA], H96, H97, H98, H129-H137, H139-H143, H157 [1FE], H170 [2FE], H248-H252 [8FE], H275-H277 [9FE], H367-H370 [14FE], H376, H426 [15FE], H1465-H1468 [28MR], H2488, H2504 [3MY], H2745-H2748, H2750 [9MY], H5831-H5836 [11JY], H7086-H7090 [26JY], H7572-H7575 [13SE], H7985-H7988 [21SE], H10224, H10240 [18OC], H10399 [19OC], H10892-H10905 [25OC], H11245, H11247, H11248, H11250, H11253, H11254 [26OC], H11435-H11442 [27OC], H11452, H11476-H11483 [28OC], H11512-H11520 [29OC], H11595-H11608, H11609 [30OC], H11754-H11761 [1NO], H11807, H11808 [2NO], H12012-H12016 [5DE], H12036-H12040 [7DE], E7 [27JA]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2723), H739-H747 [8MR], H970-H974 [14MR], H6448-H6450 [18JY], H7986 [21SE]

Health care professionals: negotiation over fees, payments, or reimbursements with health plans, H5637-H5639, H5643, H5644 [29JN]

Homeowners Protection Act: technical corrections, E2182 [14DE]

———technical corrections (H.R. 3637), H3578-H3581 [23MY]

Housing: private mortgage insurance requirements, H1863 [6AP]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: impact of unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments, H2785, H2786 [10MY]

ITC: study the impact of prescription drug prices on the economy, E1299 [21JY]

Medicare: improve access to health insurance by offering certain individuals a Medicare buy-in option and allow tax credit for payment of premiums (H.R. 4938), E1304 [24JY]

———make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program, H10816 [25OC], H11806 [2NO]

Motor vehicles: enhance advertising of terms and costs of car leases and permit consumer comparison of advertised lease offerings (H.R. 4540), E847-E849 [25MY]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products, H9631 [10OC]

———improve safety of car seats for children, H9630 [10OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), H9624-H9632 [10OC], E1778 [13OC], E1803, E1816 [17OC], E2024 [30OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 428), H9852 [12OC]

———require tire manufacturers to clearly print identification numbers to allow consumers to easily identify recalled products and ensure that a replacement and reimbursement process for recalled tires is in place, H9630 [10OC]

Petroleum: ensure that petroleum importers, refiners, and wholesalers accumulate minimally adequate supplies of home heating oil to meet reasonably foreseeable needs in the Northeast, E543 [12AP]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, H5211, H5269-H5274 [27JN], H8413-H8415, H8420, H8421, H8423 [28SE], E1049 [19JN]

———tax incentives to encourage domestic production, H12089 [14DE]

Pharmaceuticals: eliminate barriers to improve access to generic drugs, H7742 [19SE], E1527, E1528, E1529 [19SE]

———impact of pharmaceutical company mergers on prices, competition, and research activities, E973 [12JN]

———provide tax credit to retirement age individuals, remove barriers to importation, and prohibit certain regulation of Internet sites relative to prescription drugs (H.R. 3636), E114 [10FE]

———reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, H4291-H4293 [13JN]

Power resources: effects of deregulation of electric utilities, H7246, H7247 [6SE]

———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding through reductions in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4550-H4555 [15JN]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (H.R. 5571), E1949 [26OC]

———prohibit the display of an individual's Social Security number for commercial purposes without the consent of the individual, H11203 [26OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, H11450 [28OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (H.R. 5430), E1934 [25OC]

Product safety: establish flammability testing standards and labeling regulations for upholstered furniture which is sold in interstate commerce (H.R. 4368), E626 [3MY]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), H10007-H10011 [17OC], E1967 [28OC]

———tribute to CPSC and Postal Service efforts to expose defective products, E964 [9JN]

Public utilities: provide for the reliability of the electric power transmission system (H.R. 4941), H11321 [26OC]

Sarasota, FL: use of passenger facility charges at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, H1028 [15MR]

SEC: recordkeeping requirements relative to the purchase of penny stocks, H4360, H4361 [14JN]

———require improved disclosure of after-tax returns relative to mutual fund performance (H.R. 1089), H1648-H1651 [3AP]

Senior citizens: warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (S. 3164), H11583, H11584 [30OC]

Small business: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]

———limit punitive damages against small businesses except in cases where they are proven to have acted with specific intent to cause harm, H476, H477 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H463-H486 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), amendment process, H280 [10FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), consideration (H. Res. 423), H461-H463 [16FE]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: define ``punitive damages'' as those awarded to punish or deter similar behavior and not including civil penalties, fines, or treble damages assessed by a State or Federal agency, H478, H479 [16FE]

———define ``small business'' relative to revenue and clarify provisions on product liability, hate crimes, and State punitive damages application and opt-out procedures, H480-H485 [16FE]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (H. Con. Res. 312), H5179-H5181 [27JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, H5223 [27JN], H8413-H8415, H8420, H8421, H8423 [28SE]

SunCruz Casino, LLD: tribute to new ownership, E1953 [26OC]

Taxation: allow individuals a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance through a pooling arrangement (H.R. 2185), E247 [8MR], E269 [9MR]

———condition repeal of excise tax on telephone use and other communications services on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H3834 [25MY]

———deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (H.R. 3665), H2281 [13AP], E148 [15FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2785-H2821 [10MY], H3477 [22MY], E712, E720 [11MY], E742 [17MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), consideration (H. Res. 496), H2783-H2785 [10MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), motion to recommit, H2819 [10MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 4460), E741 [17MY]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3056, H3058-H3062 [16MY], E751 [17MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services, H2970 [15MY], H3533 [23MY], H11506 [29OC]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), H2641 [8MY], H3477, H3478 [22MY], H3534 [23MY], H3842-H3854, H3864 [25MY], H4365 [14JN], H7156 [27JY], E884 [6JN], E922 [9JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), consideration (H. Res. 511), H3830-H3840 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 3916), motion to recommit, H3835-H3837, H3851-H3853 [25MY]

———State tax treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H2815, H2816 [10MY]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4111), E448 [30MR]

———temporarily suspend and permanently repeal increases in motor fuel taxes (H.R. 4776), E1153 [29JN]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs that fail to provide certain information to the consumer (H.R. 4686), E1026 [15JN]

Technology: modify accounting system used in reviewing certain mergers and acquisitions, E343 [16MR]

Telecommunications: assure competition in markets, E114 [10FE]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (H.R. 3100), H8272-H8275 [27SE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11283, H11287-H11289, H11291, H11293 [26OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, E2014 [28OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283-H2302 [13AP], E109 [10FE], E165 [16FE], E782 [19MY]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), consideration (H. Res. 475), H2258 [13AP]

Texas: implementation of legislation to protect enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H17-H19 [27JA], H426 [15FE], H970-H974 [14MR], H11202 [26OC]

Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related research, and develop safer tobacco products (H.R. 4041), E371 [21MR]

Remarks in Senate

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process for consumers and employers (S. 3210), S10624-S10626 [17OC]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (S. 2891), S7243 [19JY]

———improve quality of airline service, S11022-S11024 [25OC]

Baby Safety Month: observance, S9031 [22SE]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 833), S255-S257 [2FE], S3934-S3937 [15MY], S3965-S3970 [16MY], S4338 [24MY], S5383-S5389 [20JN], S6249 [30JN], S7383 [20JY]

———amend laws (H.R. 833), insert S. 625 language in lieu, S255 [2FE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report, S10345 [12OC], S10770, S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11205, S11206 [27OC], S11342 [29OC], S11368, S11378-S11381 [30OC], S11385-S11401, S11404-S11413, S11436-S11442 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11461-S11466, S11485 [1NO], S11506 [2NO], S11552-S11554 [5DE], S11622-S11642, S11656-S11658, S11660 [6DE], S11683-S11730 [7DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—motion to proceed, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S11550, S11558 [5DE]

———amend laws (H.R. 2415), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S10769 [19OC]

———amend laws (S. 625), S11 [24JA], S49-S58-S63, S72-S74 [26JA], S135-S137, S140-S144 [31JA], S167-S188, S190-S197, S200-S202 [1FE], S225-S257 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1553, S1554, S1555 [22MR]

———amend laws (S. 625), unanimous-consent agreement, S11, S44 [24JA]

———amend laws (S. 3046), S8611 [15SE]

———automatic stays relative to tenant evictions after the filing of a bankruptcy petition, S136 [31JA], S237, S239, S243, S244, S248 [2FE], S11439 [31OC]

———disallow claims of certain insured depository institutions, S57 [26JA], S168-S178 [1FE]

———discourage predatory lending practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S10771-S10775 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629 [6DE], S11686 [7DE]

———establish needs-based filing system relative to income levels, S135 [31JA]

———exclusion of pawned tangible personal property, S51, S53 [26JA]

———limit homestead property exemption, S136 [31JA], S11693, S11725, S11726, S11727 [7DE]

———prohibit coercive debt collection practices, S57 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———prohibit sale of customer databases containing personally identifiable information by companies in bankruptcy proceedings (S. 2857), S6575 [12JY], S11778 [14DE]

———prohibition on conversion of non-exempt assets into exempt homestead property and preservation of States' rights to set homestead exemptions, S11439 [31OC], S11446-S11450, S11463 [1NO]

———regulation of tactics used to encourage reaffirmation agreements, S233-S236 [2FE]

———require debtors to seek help from credit counseling agencies prior to filing for bankruptcy protection, S137 [31JA], S11439 [31OC]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, S136 [31JA], S11552 [5DE], S11624, S11639-S11642 [6DE], S11697, S11724, S11725, S11727, S11728 [7DE]

———treatment of child support payments, S11437-S11442 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Computers: encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), S1831 [28MR], S1843-S1846 [29MR]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), appointment of conferees—unanimous-consent request, S1206-S1209 [7MR]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report, S5176, S5215-S5231 [15JN], S5281-S5290 [16JN], S5552 [21JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S5182 [15JN]

———encourage expansion of electronic commerce (S. 761), unanimous-consent request, S1663 [23MR]

———ensure consumer access to electronic records dealing with the consent granted through an electronic signature, S5228 [15JN], S5282-S5290 [16JN]

———require operators of Internet web sites to obtain a user's consent before sending health information to another entity, S5320 [19JN]

Courts: waive Federal preemption of State laws in cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims (S. 2369), S2347 [6AP]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction over child safety devices for handguns (S. 2810), S6025 [28JN], S6113 [29JN]

———increase civil and criminal penalties imposed against companies that fail to report information on defective or dangerous products (S. 2820), S6134 [29JN]

Credit: prohibit distribution of negotiable checks or instruments in consumer solicitations (H.R. 2351), S2115 [4AP]

———prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions, S140-S143 [31JA]

———prohibit unilateral imposition of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer credit transactions (S. 2117), S933-S935 [29FE]

———protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S143 [31JA]

Credit cards: consumer protections, S253 [2FE], S10771, S10773, S10774 [19OC], S11446-S11450 [1NO], S11626-S11629, S11634 [6DE], S11726-S11730 [7DE]

Crime: prevent identity fraud (S. 2328), S1987 [30MR]

———prevent identity fraud (S. 2924), S7663 [26JY], S11427-S11432 [31OC], S11491 [1NO], S11941 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reauthorize authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs (S. 3230), S10946, S10947 [24OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3559 [4MY]

Dept. of Transportation: motor vehicle safety standard for tires, S10403 [12OC]

———review certain airline customer service practices and make recommendations for reform, S5179 [15JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7142 [18JY], S7194-S7216 [19JY], S7377 [20JY]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S9029 [22SE], S9255, S9258 [26SE], S10523 [13OC], S10669, S10675-S10678, S10681-S10688, S10691-S10698, S10732 [18OC]

———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (S. 2520), S3693-S3695 [9MY]

———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S1862 [29MR], S2320 [6AP], S8781-S8785 [20SE]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 2993), S7908 [27JY]

———enhance consumer protection in the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet pharmacies (S. 3208), S10620-S10623 [17OC]

———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (S. 2464), S2942 [26AP], S4171 [18MY]

———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (S. 2466), S2944 [26AP]

Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (S. 2071), S628 [10FE], S6293-S6295 [30JN]

FCC: regulation of pay phones, S7650 [26JY]

FDA: adverse event monitoring system for dietary supplements funding, S7371 [20JY]

———food safety initiative activities funding, S7368, S7375 [20JY]

———Office of Generic Drugs funding, S7329, S7330, S7376 [20JY]

Financial institutions: authorize loan guarantees to cooperative lending entities to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1934-S1939, S1965 [30MR]

———ensure personal financial privacy and give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 1924), S11778 [14DE]

———establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

———give customers notice and choice about how institutions share or sell personally identifiable sensitive financial information (S. 2360), S2235 [5AP]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2415), S2632 [12AP]

———strengthen consumer control over use and disclosure of personal financial and health information (S. 2513), S3532-S3537 [4MY], S11779 [14DE]

Food: inspection of meat and poultry products by meat processing company employees instead of Dept. of Agriculture inspectors, S3045 [1MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (S. 2080), S683-S685 [22FE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3184), S10253 [11OC]

———safety of genetically engineered foods (S. 2315), S1894 [29MR]

Foreign trade: investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S. (S. Res. 348), S8105 [6SE]

———promote safety of genetically engineered foods, S3178-S3180 [1MY]

———require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (S. 3005), S8105 [6SE]

Government: require report by agencies on activities to monitor or collect information from visitors to Federal Internet sites, S11868 [15DE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S1111-S1113 [2MR], S2339 [6AP], S2450 [10AP], S2891 [26AP], S4787-S4808 [8JN], S5729 [23JN], S6079-S6093 [29JN], S7516-S7519 [25JY], S7980 [5SE], S8630 [15SE], S9401 [27SE], S9427, S9428 [28SE], S9926, S9927 [5OC], S10127-S10129 [10OC], S10746, S10748 [19OC], S10886 [23OC], S10963, S10967-S10972 [25OC], S11064, S11082, S11111 [26OC], S11334, S11335, S11337 [29OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3057), S8641 [18SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 3058), S8641 [18SE]

Health Care Financing Administration: imposition of fines for improper Medicaid coverage changes, S6204 [30JN]

Insurance: establish grants for States to establish health insurance consumer assistance programs (S. 2819), S6132-S6134 [29JN]

———legal accountability for actions by health insurance companies and HMO's, S4799, S4801, S4806 [8JN]

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: application of Administrative Procedure Act, S1967 [30MR]

———application of copyright and communications laws, S1967 [30MR]

Medicaid: make drug pricing information available to the public (S. 2963), S7855-S7858 [27JY]

Medicare: make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program, S10669 [18OC]

———make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program (S. 2905), S7449 [21JY]

Microsoft Corp.: impact of Dept. of Justice antitrust suit on consumers and the economy, S6247 [30JN], S8565 [14SE]

Motor vehicles: impose criminal and civil penalties for failure to recall and knowingly distributing defective vehicles or parts (S. 3070), S8763 [19SE]

———impose criminal and civil penalties for false statements and failure to file reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3012), S8112 [6SE]

———improve safety of car seats for children (S. 2070), S626 [10FE], S10614 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), S10229-S10232, S10272-S10274 [11OC], S10398 [12OC], S10614 [17OC], S11562 [5DE]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 428), S10632 [17OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), S8635 [15SE], S8652 [18SE], S9566 [2OC], S10040, S10042, S10044, S10061 [6OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent agreement, S10048-S10050 [6OC]

———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), unanimous-consent request, S10040, S10051, S10060, S10061, S10067, S10068 [6OC]

———require the President to negotiate an international agreement governing the recall of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects (S. 3061), S8636 [15SE]

NIH: require proposal to ensure reasonable rate of return from drug manufacturers on drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S5832-S5834 [27JN]

Pharmaceuticals: direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs, S11489 [1NO]

———provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under Federal health care programs (S. 2501), S3328 [3MY], S11564 [5DE]

———reinstate reasonable pricing requirements for drugs developed with Federal funding or research, S6096-S6099 [29JN], S6186 [30JN]

Power resources: Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, S7027, S7028 [17JY], S7101 [18JY]

Privacy: disclose the collection of information through computer software (S. 3180), S10089 [6OC]

———enhance and protect privacy of computer users (S. 3083), S8858 [20SE]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet, S10963 [25OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (S. 2928), S7668-S7672 [26JY]

———protect consumer privacy (S. 2606), S4299-S4311 [23MY]

Product safety: penalize the knowing and reckless introduction of a defective product into interstate commerce (S. 3014), S8188 [7SE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (H.R. 4281), S11648, S11649 [6DE]

———promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (S. 1495), S10893 [23OC]

Public utilities: facilitate transition to more reliability, competition and efficiency in electric power industry (S. 2098), S809-S812 [24FE], S6294 [30JN]

———provide for competition in electric power industry, S11470 [1NO]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information, S9935 [5OC]

———enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (S. 621), S9886-S9892 [5OC]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 751), S8190 [7SE], S9945 [5OC]

———warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves, S10918 [24OC]

———warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (S. 3042), S8504 [13SE]

———warn of the dangers of telemarketing fraud, including Internet fraud, and provide information that will help individuals protect themselves (S. 3164), S9945 [5OC], S10941 [24OC], S11123 [26OC], S11366 [30OC]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), S1753 [27MR], S1765 [28MR]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: reauthorize, S8810 [20SE]

Taxation: deny tax benefits for research conducted by pharmaceutical companies where U.S. consumers pay more for products of that research than foreign consumers (S. 2465), S2943 [26AP]

———extend the moratorium on taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce and assist States in simplifying their sales and use taxes (S. 2775), S5676-S5679 [22JN], S5732, S5733 [23JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), S4118 [17MY], S4122 [18MY], S4937 [12JN]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2255), S1516 [21MR]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 2698), S4827-S4834 [8JN], S5099 [14JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday, S6499-S6501 [12JY]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2262), S1528 [21MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2263), S1528 [21MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S1663 [23MR], S1701 [27MR], S1915-S1923 [29MR], S1925, S1941, S1942, S1944-S1946, S1958-S1961 [30MR], S2432 [7AP], S2449, S2451-S2460 [10AP], S2485-S2506 [11AP], S2607 [12AP], S2699, S2700 [13AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), cloture motion, S1831 [28MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1968-S1970 [30MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), unanimous-consent request, S1830, S1831 [28MR]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2790), S5809-S5811 [26JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2791), S5773-S5775 [26JN]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2808), S6040 [28JN], S6185 [30JN]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2028), S329 [3FE]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 2036), S453 [7FE], S457 [8FE]

———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), S4396 [24MY], S4496 [25MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services, S6632, S6633 [13JY], S8794 [20SE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (S. 2330), S1988, S1989 [30MR], S5102 [14JN]

———temporarily suspend motor fuel taxes, S6617-S6627 [13JY]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumer's caller identification service (S. 2029), S330 [3FE]

Television: authorize loan guarantees for broadcast satellite launch vehicles relative to access to local broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S1952 [30MR]

———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, S4937 [12JN], S10074 [6OC], S11233, S11234 [27OC]

———authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1926-S1941, S1946-S1958, S1961-S1968 [30MR], S10242 [11OC]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers, S603-S605 [10FE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), S8271 [8SE]

———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), unanimous-consent request, S8293 [8SE]

———require any entity receiving full amount of loan guarantees to provide all local broadcast signals of that State, S1940 [30MR]

Trademarks: prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes (S. 2105), S816-S820 [24FE]

Reports

Prescription Drugs with Foreign Labels, H9674 [11OC]

Reports filed

Analyze Potential Impacts of Rules Proposed by Certain Agencies on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1882) (H. Rept. 106-643), H3867 [25MY]

Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2415) (H. Rept. 106-970), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 624) (H. Rept. 106-971), H9766 [11OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 523) (H. Rept. 106-670), H4219 [12JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 423) (H. Rept. 106-498), H454 [15FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 106-579), H2238 [12AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 496) (H. Rept. 106-611), H2769 [9MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3916, Telephone Use and Other Communications Services Excise Taxes Repeal: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 511) (H. Rept. 106-637), H3648 [23MY]

Electric Reliability 2000 Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2071) (S. Rept. 106-324), S5883 [27JN], S6013 [28JN]

Electronic Commerce Technology Promotion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1912) (S. Rept. 106-349), S7229 [19JY]

Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5018) (H. Rept. 106-932), H8799 [4OC]

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Committee of Conference (S. 761) (H. Rept. 106-661), H4119 [8JN]

Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1291) (H. Rept. 106-615), H3048 [15MY]

Internet False Identification Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2924), S9464 [28SE]

Internet Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3709) (H. Rept. 106-609), H2654 [8MY]

Know Your Caller Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3100) (H. Rept. 106-872), H7931 [20SE]

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2097) (S. Rept. 106-243), S1461 [20MR]

Manufactured Housing Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1452) (S. Rept. 106-274), S2726 [13AP]

Medical Financial Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Banking and Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4585) (H. Rept. 106-773), H6717 [20JY]

Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Equipment Defect Notification Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3059) (S. Rept. 106-423), S9381 [27SE]

Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1089) (H. Rept. 106-547), H1412 [27MR]

Promote New and Revised Toxicological Tests That Protect Human, Animal, and Environmental Health While Reducing Need for Animal Testing: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 4281) (H. Rept. 106-908), H9907 [16OC]

———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1495) (S. Rept. 106-496), S10252 [11OC]

Rental Fairness Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1954) (H. Rept. 106-774), H6717 [20JY]

Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H630 [1MR]

———Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3615) (H. Rept. 106-508), H1956 [6AP]

Small Business Liability Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2366) (H. Rept. 106-494), H218 [7FE]

Telephone Use and Other Communications Services Excise Taxes Repeal: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3916) (S. Rept. 106-328), S6347 [10JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3916) (H. Rept. 106-631), H3522 [22MY]

Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 5164) (H. Rept. 106-954), H9634 [10OC]

Truth in Telephone Billing Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3011) (H. Rept. 106-978), H9899 [12OC]

Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3113) (H. Rept. 106-700), H5168 [26JN]

Rulings of the Chair

Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas (S. 2097), S1956 [30MR]

Statements

Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act: Senators Sarbanes, Hollings, and Wyden, S5229-S5231 [15JN]

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: National Conference of State Legislatures, S4797 [8JN]

Top 10 Reasons Why Repealing Part of the Federal Gas Tax Is a Bad Idea: American Road & Transportation Builders Association, S1918 [29MR]

Studies

Impact on Patients of Delays in Passing a Patients' Bill of Rights: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Minority Staff, S2340 [6AP]

Internet Sampling of Health Insurance Policy Rates: Representative Stark, E247 [8MR]

Summaries

Airline Competition Preservation Act (H.R. 4978), H7069 [26JY]

Internet False Identification Prevention Act (S. 2924), S11430 [31OC]

Internet Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act (S. 3208), S10621 [17OC]

Medicare Early Access and Tax Credit Act (H.R. 4938), E1305 [24JY]

Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act (S. 2415), S2635 [12AP]

Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act (S. 3012), S8113 [6SE]

Tables

Comparision of prescription drug prices in Washington (State) and Canada, S2091 [4AP]

Health insurance price quotes after medical underwriting, E269 [9MR]

Prescription drug import provisions in agriculture appropriations legislation, S10525 [13OC]

Socio-demographic characteristics of long-term care insurance purchasers, E8 [27JA]

U.S. bankruptcy filings 1980-1998, S175 [1FE]

Testimonies

Protection of Enrollees in Managed Care Plans and HMO's: Mary Munnings Lewandowski, S10128 [10OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 312, regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers, H5180 [27JN]

H. Con. Res. 427, corrections in enrollment of S. 3186, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9840 [12OC]

H. Con. Res. 428, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 5164, Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act, H9852 [12OC]

H. Res. 423, consideration of H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H461 [16FE]

H. Res. 496, consideration of H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2783 [10MY]

H. Res. 511, consideration of H.R. 3916, repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services, H3830 [25MY]

H. Res. 523, consideration of conference report on S. 761, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H4347 [14JN]

H. Res. 624, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2415, Bankruptcy Reform Act, H9826 [12OC]

H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act, S393-S453 [7FE]

H.R. 1089, Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act, H1649 [3AP]

H.R. 1291, Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act, H3058 [16MY]

H.R. 2366, Small Business Liability Reform Act, H474-H476 [16FE]

H.R. 3100, Know Your Caller Act, H8272 [27SE]

H.R. 3113, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act, H6369-H6371 [18JY]

H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act, H2285-H2289 [13AP]

H.R. 3637, Homeowners Protection Act technical corrections, H3578 [23MY]

H.R. 3709, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, H2801 [10MY]

H.R. 3916, repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services, H3842 [25MY]

H.R. 4281, promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing, H10007 [17OC]

H.R. 5164, Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation Act, H9624-H9627 [10OC]

S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, H486 [16FE]

S. 1452, Manufactured Housing Improvement Act, S3563-S3567 [4MY], H10655-H10683 [24OC]

S. 2028, Internet Nondiscrimination Act, S329 [3FE]

S. 2070, Child Passenger Protection Act, S627 [10FE]

S. 2071, Electric Reliability 2000 Act, S628-S632 [10FE], S6352-S6356 [10JY]

S. 2080, Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, S685 [22FE]

S. 2094, Stable Oil Supply (SOS) Home Heating Act, S807 [24FE]

S. 2105, Antitampering Act, S817-S819 [24FE]

S. 2117, Consumer Credit Fair Dispute Resolution Act, S935 [29FE]

S. 2255, extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S1517 [21MR]

S. 2315, Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act, S1894-S1897 [29MR]

S. 2369, waive Federal preemption of State laws in court cases awarding punitive damages against moving companies engaging in unfair practices in processing of property claims, S2348 [6AP]

S. 2415, Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act, S2633-S2635 [12AP]

S. 2501, Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act, S3329-S3331 [3MY]

S. 2513, Financial Information Privacy Protection Act, S3532-S3535 [4MY]

S. 2554, prohibit the display of an individual's Social Security number for commercial purposes without the consent of the individual, S3946 [15MY]

S. 2570, ensure the fair and equitable treatment of TVA customers in the event of restructuring of the electric utility industry, S4021-S4023 [16MY]

S. 2606, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, S4302-S4309 [23MY]

S. 2698, Broadband Internet Access Act, S4829 [8JN]

S. 2790, Federal Fuel Tax Relief Act, S5811 [26JN]

S. 2791, Federal Fuels Tax Suspension Act, S5812 [26JN]

S. 2819, Health Care Consumer Assistance Act, S6132-S6134 [29JN]

S. 2905, Medicare+Choice Program Improvement Act, S7450 [21JY]

S. 2924, Internet False Identification Prevention Act, S11427, S11431 [31OC], S11941 [15DE], H12511 [15DE]

S. 2928, Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act, S7669 [26JY]

S. 2993, Drug Competition Act, S7908 [27JY]

S. 3012, Transportation Information Recall Enhancement Act, S8113 [6SE]

S. 3083, Enhancement of Privacy and Public Safety in Cyberspace Act, S8859-S8862 [20SE]

S. 3104, require country-of-origin marking on door hinges, S9200 [25SE]

S. 3164, Protecting Seniors From Fraud Act, S10941 [24OC], H11583 [30OC]

S. 3180, Spyware Control and Privacy Protection Act, S10090 [6OC]

S. 3184, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10254-S10256 [11OC]

S. 3210, Consumer and Employee Arbitration Bill of Rights, S10626 [17OC]

S. 3230, Dept. of Agriculture reauthorization of authority to pay costs associated with removal of commodities that pose a health or safety risk and adjust certain child nutrition programs, S10947 [24OC]

S. Res. 348, investigate and prevent the unreported importation of ginseng products into the U.S., S8116 [6SE]