FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Amendments
Antitrust policy: require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds (S. 1854), S10834, S10849 [19OC]
Articles and editorials
DoubleClick Exec Says Privacy Legislation Needn't Crimp Results, S794 [24FE]
Driving Up Drug Prices, S7908 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions
Drugs: 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]
Government regulations: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 5283), H8061 [25SE]
Motor vehicles: prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (see H.R. 5479), H10036 [17OC]
Privacy: 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]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (see S. 2063), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 3560), H90 [31JA]
Telephones: prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising by carriers providing ``dial-around'' long distance services (see H.R. 5619), H11781 [1NO]
Press releases
FTC Charges Drug Manufacturers With Stifling Competition in Two Prescription Drug Markets, H5309 [28JN]
Remarks in House
Antitrust policy: activities funding, H4989-H4992 [22JN]
Children and youth: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, H7569 [13SE]
Computers: prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of personal information collected from, and about, children on the Internet, E616 [2MY]
———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]
Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (H.R. 5235), E1538 [20SE]
Health care professionals: exempt labor negotiations with health plans from antitrust laws if the FTC or Dept. of Justice certify the negotiations, H5639-H5641 [29JN]
Motor vehicles: prohibit certain discriminatory pricing policies in wholesale motor fuel sales (H.R. 5479), E1803 [17OC]
Privacy: protect consumer privacy on the Internet, H11450 [28OC]
———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (H.R. 5430), E1934 [25OC]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (H.R. 3560), E111 [10FE]
Technology: modify accounting system used in reviewing certain mergers and acquisitions, E343 [16MR]
Remarks in Senate
Antitrust policy: require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds, S11240 [27OC], S11872 [15DE]
———require companies to file a premerger notification with the Dept. of Justice or the FTC if the size of the transaction exceeds certain monetary thresholds (S. 1854), S10848-S10850 [19OC], S10920 [24OC], S10989 [25OC]
Appropriations: authorizing (S. 1687), S10159 [10OC]
Children and youth: report on marketing of violence to children by entertainment industry, S8528 [13SE], S8606-S8608 [14SE], S10611-S10613 [17OC]
Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 2993), S7908 [27JY]
Firearms: study marketing practices of the firearms industry relative to children, S1478 [21MR]
Food industry: investigation of grocery store product slotting fees, S11231 [27OC]
Privacy: 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]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services, S794 [24FE], S4254 [23MY]
———regulate use of personal information obtained by interactive computer services (S. 2063), S713 [23FE]
Reports filed
FTC Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1687) (S. Rept. 106-385), S8019 [5SE]
Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 3113) (H. Rept. 106-700), H5168 [26JN]
Texts of
H.R. 3113, Unsolicited Electronic Mail Act, H6369-H6371 [18JY]
S. 1687, FTC appropriations, S10159 [10OC]
S. 1854, 21st Century Acquisition Reform and Improvement Act, S10848, S10849 [19OC]
S. 2606, Consumer Privacy Protection Act, S4302-S4309 [23MY]
S. 2928, Consumer Internet Privacy Enhancement Act, S7669 [26JY]