CONSUMERS related term(s) Credit; Product Safety

Amendments

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10949 [13NO]

Credit: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6332, H6335 [18SE]

Crime: prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1742), S11052, S11120 [14NO]

———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), S10588, S10594 [16OC]

———provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S10589, S10594 [16OC]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S11316, S11339, S11341 [18NO]

FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (S. 2869), S10734 [17OC], S11126, S11153 [14NO]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H594, H597, H607 [27FE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S986 [25FE]

Articles and editorials

Another Telecom Fiasco, H6089 [9SE]

Got Stimulus? Broadband Bill Would Beef Up Frail Economy, H592 [27FE]

Keep the Lights on, S2435 [10AP]

Plug the Flow of ``Incentives'', E1801 [9OC]

Succeeding in Business, H4404 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (see H.R. 4479), H1410 [17AP]

———provide protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 4812), H2944 [22MY]

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process (see S. 3026), S9714 [1OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 5744, 5745), H9023 [14NO]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 506), H5789 [25JY] (see H. Res. 606), H8732 [13NO]

———treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H2355 [9MY]

Business and industry: allow a grace period for payment of bills by consumers whose mail service has been disrupted due to a national emergency (see H.R. 3891), H779 [7MR]

———treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 5162), H4931 [18JY]

Cemeteries and funerals: improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems and establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (see S. 3168), S11079 [14NO] (see H.R. 5743), H9023 [14NO]

Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4768), H2607 [16MY]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see S. 2537), S4623 [21MY] (see H.R. 3833), H655 [4MR]

Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association: establish (see S. 3143), S10676 [17OC]

Copyrights: recognize rights of consumers to use copyright protected works (see S.J. Res. 51), S10677 [17OC] (see H.J. Res. 116), H7172 [7OC]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (see S. 2188), S2829 [17AP] (see H.R. 4896), H3291 [6JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (see S. 2843), S7899 [1AU] (see H.R. 3658), H104 [29JA]

Credit: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 2947), S8673 [17SE]

———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), consideration (see H. Res. 528), H6302 [17SE]

Credit unions: expand membership, services for financially underserved communities, investment opportunities, and enhance member protections in certain credit union conversions (see H.R. 5621), H7893 [10OC]

Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 5588), H7737 [9OC]

———establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (see S. 2541), S4702 [22MY]

———make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (see S. 2137), S2723 [16AP]

———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (see H.R. 5424), H6418 [19SE]

———prohibit pyramid promotional schemes (see H.R. 4881), H3291 [6JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy to represent consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceedings before the FERC (see H.R. 3952), H906 [13MR]

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see H.R. 5534), H6982 [2OC]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 2677), S6013 [25JN]

———establish requirements relative to the sale of, or the offer to sell, prescription drugs through the Internet (see H.R. 4990), H3824 [21JN]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see S. 2885), S7900 [1AU]

FCC: deregulate consumer broadband services (see S. 2863), S7900 [1AU]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S7900 [1AU] (see H.R. 4738), H2511 [15MY]

———prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (see H.R. 5685), H8022 [16OC]

FDA: establish authority for the imposition of civil penalties for certain direct-to-consumer advertisements (see H.R. 4833), H3036 [23MY]

———include a notification period before discontinuing a biological product (see S. 2049), S2260 [21MR]

———protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (see S. 2759), S7033 [18JY]

Financial institutions: establish security measures for automatic teller machines to ensure convenience and safety (see H.R. 3662), H104 [29JA]

———facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (see S. 3034), S9846 [2OC] (see H.R. 5414), H6417 [19SE]

———protect customers whose identities are stolen from financial institutions (see H.R. 5474), H6776 [26SE]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY] (see H.R. 3807), H633 [27FE]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 4813), H2944 [22MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 2499), S4145 [9MY] (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE] (see H.R. 4704), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H2944 [22MY]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (see S. 3095), S10359 [10OC]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (see S. 2609), S5366 [11JN]

———establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see H.R. 3911), H780 [7MR]

Housing: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (see H.R. 4818), H2944 [22MY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (see H. Res. 350), H560 [26FE]

Insurance: repeal law allowing for the redomestication of mutual insurance companies (see H.R. 4505), H1482 [18AP]

Medicare: establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (see S. 3098), S10359 [10OC]

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see S. 2688), S6249 [27JN]

Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act: implementation (see H. Res. 478), H4497 [10JY]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (see H.R. 5381), H6250 [12SE] (see H.R. 5504), H6925 [1OC]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see S. 2617), S5535 [13JN]

National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 281), S5041 [5JN]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (see H. Con. Res. 326), H284 [12FE]

Pharmaceuticals: grant waivers permitting individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada and amend laws relative to sale of prescription drugs through the Internet (see H.R. 5217), H5789 [25JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3303 [24AP] (see H.R. 4614), H1674 [25AP]

Privacy: prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (see S. 3064), S10040 [7OC]

———protect and enhance consumer privacy (see H.R. 4678), H2234 [8MY]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (see S. 2201), S2950 [18AP]

Railroads: enhance competition among rail carriers and expedite alternative dispute resolution of disputes involving rail rates, service, or other matters through arbitration (see S. 2245), S3303 [24AP]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 2681), S6126 [26JN]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (see S. 2240), S3303 [24AP]

———promote elder justice (see S. 2933), S8565 [12SE]

———support programs and activities to prevent perpetrators of fraud from victimizing senior citizens (see H. Res. 443), H3562 [13JN]

Social Security: modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (see S. 2700), S6318 [28JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for credit card interest (see H.R. 3704), H227 [7FE]

———treatment of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs (see H.R. 5105), H4552 [11JY]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (see S. 2922), S8456 [10SE]

———regulate interstate commerce in certain devices by protecting digital content and promoting broadband and the transition to digital television (see S. 2048), S2260 [21MR]

———safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment (see H.R. 5522), H6982 [2OC]

Telephones: require written consent by the consumer for disclosure of customer proprietary network information (see S. 1928), S586 [11FE]

Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals to enhance competition with cable television (see H.R. 5516), H6926 [1OC]

Tobacco products: prohibit use of vending machines other than in locations in which the presence of minors is prohibited (see H.R. 4065), H1089 [20MR]

Conference reports

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 333), H5704-H5787 [25JY]

Excerpts

Legislation on the safety of the reimportation of prescription drugs, S6927 [17JY]

Letters

Certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada: Donna E. Shalala, Dept. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]

———Lester M. Crawford, FDA, S6913 [17JY]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Sec. of HHS, S6910 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice Office of Consumer Advocacy establishment to represent consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceedings before the FERC: Charles A. Acquard, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, S1894 [14MR]

Electric power transmission system reliability organization: Elizabeth A. Moler, Exelon Corp., S1881 [14MR]

———John A. Anderson, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, S1880 [14MR]

———Lynne H. Church, Electric Power Supply Association, S1881 [14MR]

———Michael Kergin, S1878 [14MR]

———P.R.H. Landrieu, Mid-Atlantic Area Council, S1880 [14MR]

———Phillip G. Harris, PJM Interconnection, LLC, S1881 [14MR]

Emergency Communications and Competition Act: Chris Murray and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, S8465 [10SE]

———Kermit W. Richardson, National Grange (organization), S8465 [10SE]

———Nancie G. Marzulla, Marzulla & Marzulla (law firm), S8467 [10SE]

———Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, S8466 [10SE]

———Romes Antoine, Avoyel-Taensa Tribe/Nation of Louisiana, S8467 [10SE]

———Wade J. Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S8466 [10SE]

———Wilma Mankiller, S8467 [10SE]

Provide consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power: several organizations, S3242 [24AP]

———Steve Johnson, Washington Public Utility Districts Association, S3243 [24AP]

———Tony Ponticelli, National Alliance for Fair Competition, S3242 [24AP]

Lists

States defining waste-to-energy systems as a renewable energy source, S3287 [24AP]

Supporters of Cantwell amendment to S. 517, national energy policy legislation, on consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power, S3242, S3250 [24AP]

Motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H8825 [14NO]

Credit: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6339 [18SE]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H606 [27FE]

Poems

``Message to the Republican Mob'', E1337 [24JY]

Proposals

Broadband telecommunications capabilities in underserved areas: Senator Clinton, S3403 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (H.R. 4479), E514 [12AP], E558 [17AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), H8825 [14NO]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), concur with Senate amendment with an amendment, H8874-H8877 [14NO]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), conference report, H6065 [5SE], H6108 [9SE], H6132 [10SE], H6306 [18SE], H6696 [26SE], H8824-H8877 [14NO], E1466, E1467 [29JY], E2143 [22NO]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 506), H6241 [12SE]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 606), H8742-H8757 [14NO]

Business and industry: treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (H.R. 5162), E1301 [18JY]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2669-H2676 [21MY]

———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), Senate amendment, H8996-H8998 [14NO]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H3449 [11JN], H3507-H3510 [12JN], H4056, H4060-H4062 [26JN], H4343-H4348 [8JY], H4354, H4355, H4357, H4359, H4360, H4361, H4398, H4400-H4402, H4404-H4407 [9JY], H4431, H4432, H4433 [10JY], H4500, H4501, H4502, H4503, H4534-H4540 [11JY], H4568, H4569 [12JY], H4578, H4580, H4670-H4673 [15JY], H4678, H4680, H4682 [16JY], H4864-H4870 [17JY], H4988, H5074-H5084 [22JY], H5096 [23JY], H5459 [25JY], E1317 [22JY], E1337 [24JY], E1498 [5SE]

Courts: prohibit the sealing of records in class action settlements where the health and safety of the public are at risk, H859, H860 [13MR]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (H.R. 4896), E997 [7JN]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (H.R. 3658), E59 [29JA]

———tribute, E59 [29JA]

Credit: make ownership cost limitations in New York, Ohio, and Nebraska law the minimum standard of protection for rental-purchase agreements, and establish a national standard on cash prices, H6322, H6327, H6333-H6336 [18SE]

———prohibit preemption of State laws that regulate rental-purchase agreements as a form of consumer credit, H6319, H6321-H6329, H6339, H6340 [18SE]

———prohibit shifting of liability for rental-purchase agreements for loss, damage, or destruction of property from the merchant to the consumer, H6322, H6335-H6337 [18SE]

———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), H6216 [11SE], H6320-H6342 [18SE], E1625 [19SE], E1697 [30SE]

———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), consideration (H. Res. 528), H6318-H6320 [18SE]

———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (H.R. 1701), motion to recommit, H6339, H6340 [18SE]

Credit unions: expand membership, services for financially underserved communities, investment opportunities, and enhance member protections in certain credit union conversions (H.R. 5621), E1841 [11OC]

Crime: prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), H3400, H3401 [11JN]

———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), Senate amendment, H8983 [14NO]

Drugs: discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, H659 [5MR], H3207 [5JN], H3427 [11JN], H3495 [12JN], H3581 [17JN], H3645, H3646 [18JN], H3815, H3819 [21JN], H4485-H4491 [10JY], H5068 [22JY]

FCC: enforcement authority over telephone companies that violate telecommunications laws, H571, H583, H585, H590, H597, H601 [27FE]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (H.R. 4738), H6088 [9SE]

———prohibit Bell Operating Cos., from bundling long distance voice services with high speed data services, H590 [27FE]

———prohibit from requiring digitial television tuners in television receivers (H.R. 5685), E1932 [17OC]

Financial institutions: further protect customers whose identities are stolen from the financial institution (H.R. 5474), E1692 [30SE]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices, E1133 [21JN]

Health: classify multiple employer welfare arrangements as association health plans, E127 [12FE]

———limit medical malpractice claims, H4567 [12JY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H2136 [7MY], E127 [12FE]

Housing: make the residential mortgage process more understandable, fair, and competitive (H.R. 4818), E897 [23MY]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H575-H609 [27FE], E237, E241 [28FE], E260 [5MR], E283 [6MR], E300 [7MR]

———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H568-H574 [27FE]

———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), corrections in engrossment, H608 [27FE]

———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), motion to recommit, H603-H607 [27FE]

———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), unanimous-consent request, H601, H602 [27FE]

———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H568, H570-H573, H579, H582-H594, H601-H607 [27FE]

Insurance: protect ownership rights of policyholders in mutual life insurance companies, E560 [17AP]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (H.R. 5504), H8941 [14NO]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: commend promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week (H. Con. Res. 326), H254, H255, H266 [12FE], E168 [14FE]

Pharmaceuticals: effect of advertising on prescription drug prices, H659 [5MR]

———impact of gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs, E1801 [9OC]

———provide access and choice for use of generic drugs under State Medicaid programs, H539 [26FE]

Rural areas: facilitate electric cooperative participation in a competitive electric power industry, E1815 [11OC]

SBA: revise calculation of certain loan subsidy rates, E1609 [19SE], E1961 [28OC]

Senior citizens: support programs and activities to prevent perpetrators of fraud from victimizing senior citizens (H. Res. 443), E1468 [29JY]

Telecommunications: require Bell Operating Cos., to offer high-speed internet to low-income urban areas, H585 [27FE]

———require Bell Operating Cos., to submit a statement on proposed Internet and high speed data services to the Dept. of Justice prior to offering services to a region, H573 [27FE]

Telecommunications Act: interpretation of savings clause relative to antitrust laws, H573 [27FE]

Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals to enhance competition with cable television (H.R. 5516), E1724 [2OC]

Remarks in Senate

Arbitration: provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process (S. 3026), S9697, S9720-S9722 [1OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), S2938 [18AP], S3160 [23AP]

———amend laws (H.R. 333), conference report, S7735 [31JY], S10559 [16OC], S11728 [20NO]

———limit homestead property exemption, S2938 [18AP]

———prevent creditors from employing involuntary bankruptcy actions relative to certain liability claims, S7735 [31JY], S11728 [20NO]

Cemeteries and funerals: improve funeral home, cemetery, and crematory inspection systems and establish consumer protections for funeral service contracts (S. 3168), S11084 [14NO]

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc.: tribute, S9980 [4OC]

Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), S10964-S10966 [13NO]

Consumer Energy Commission: establish, S2238 [21MR], S2455-S2457 [10AP], S2564, S2565 [11AP]

Consumer Product Safety Act: coverage of low-speed electric bicycles (H.R. 727), S11342 [18NO], S11551 [19NO]

Copyrights: recognize rights of consumers to use copyright protected works (S.J. Res. 51), S10729 [17OC]

Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, S6598 [11JY], S7132-S7134 [22JY], S7304 [24JY], S7414, S7415 [26JY]

CPSC: amend flammability standards for children's sleepwear (S. 2188), S2841 [17AP]

———promulgate a product safety standard that requires certain manufacturers to establish and maintain a system for providing notification of recalls to consumers (S. 2843), S7910 [1AU]

Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft and enhance existing identity theft penalties (S. 2541), S4707 [22MY]

———make video voyeurism a Federal crime and protect minors using the Internet from exposure to harmful material (S. 2137), S2729 [16AP]

———prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (S. 1742), S11052-S11056 [14NO], S11207 [15NO]

———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (H.R. 2621), S10593, S10594 [16OC]

———provide penalties for the unauthorized placement of writing or other material inside a consumer product (S. 1233), S10594 [16OC]

Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6910-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy to represent consumers of electricity and natural gas in proceedings before the FERC, S1893, S1894 [14MR]

Drugs: correct impediments to allowing importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S2637-S2639 [15AP]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs, S7565-S7571 [30JY], S7645 [31JY]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 2677), S6019 [25JN]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 754), S7460 [29JY], S11339-S11342 [18NO]

Electric power: provide consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power, S2430-S2438, S2448-S2450 [10AP], S2631 [12AP], S2672 [15AP], S3241-S3251 [24AP]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (S. 2885), S7951 [1AU]

FCC: deregulate consumer broadband services (S. 2863), S7931-S7933 [1AU]

———facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (S. 2869), S7939 [1AU], S11153 [14NO]

———reform spectrum allocation and licensing procedures, S2220 [21MR]

FDA: protect the health and safety of American consumers from seafood contaminated by certain substances (S. 2759), S7043 [18JY]

Financial institutions: facilitate check truncation, foster innovation in the check collection system, and improve the overall efficiency of payment systems (S. 3034), S9852 [2OC]

———protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (S. 2438), S3629 [1MY]

Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 2499), S4163 [9MY]

———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (S. 3001), S9231 [25SE]

Food industry: require FDA premarket review and oversight of all genetically engineered foods (S. 3095), S10371 [10OC]

FTC: amend trade regulation rule on ophthalmic practice to require the release of prescriptions for contact lenses (S. 2609), S5370 [11JN]

———study on pharmaceutical industry marketing rules, S7460 [29JY]

Health: limit medical malpractice claims, S7359 [25JY], S8369 [9SE]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), unanimous-consent request, S8012, S8013 [1AU]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 6), S10610 [17OC]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7359 [25JY], S7839-S7843, S7853 [1AU]

Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), S995 [25FE]

Lawyers and attorneys: disclosure of fee arrangements to clients, S6554 [10JY], S6610-S6616, S6618-S6620 [11JY]

Medicare: establish a program for the competitive acquisition of items and services (S. 3098), S10378 [10OC]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (H.R. 5504), S11205 [15NO], S11342 [18NO]

———improve safety of car restraints and booster seats for children (S. 980), S986 [25FE]

———protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (S. 2617), S5536 [13JN]

National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 281), S5055 [5JN], S5200 [6JN], S6295 [27JN]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S4087 [9MY], S6894-S6922, S6925-S6930 [17JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (S. 2244), S3316-S3319 [24AP], S3502 [29AP], S3550-S3552 [30AP], S3793-S3795 [2MY], S5341 [11JN]

Power resources: allow State Governors to waive certain Federal renewable energy requirements if they would adversely impact electric power customers, S2231-S2233 [21MR]

———clarify definition of ``repowering and cofiring increment'' to ensure proper credit is given for renewable energy generation, S2233, S2234 [21MR]

Privacy: prohibit use of patient databases for marketing without the express consent of the patient (S. 3064), S10046 [7OC]

———protect consumer privacy on the Internet (S. 2201), S2957-S2963 [18AP]

Public utilities: establish an organization to ensure the reliability of the electric power transmission system, S1873-S1882, S1884, S1890, S1895-S1897 [14MR]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (S. 2681), S6128 [26JN], S6354 [8JY]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 2240), S3310-S3316 [24AP]

———promote elder justice (S. 2933), S8592 [13SE], S9899 [3OC]

Small business: analyze potential impacts of rules proposed by certain agencies (S. 849), S4190 [10MY]

Social Security: modify attorney fee assessment system and extend attorney fee direct payment system to improve representation of disabled claimants (S. 2700), S6320 [28JN]

Solid waste: allow States to use municipal solid waste as a renewable energy source, S2235 [21MR]

———modify definitions of biomass and renewable energy to exclude municipal solid waste, S3149 [23AP], S3285-S3287 [24AP], S3415 [25AP]

Taxation: incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability, S3399-S3404 [25AP]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (S. 88), S5768 [19JN]

———provide energy tax incentives, S3113, S3117 [23AP]

Telecommunications: facilitate the deployment of wireless telecommunications networks to further the availability of the Emergency Alert System (S. 2922), S8463-S8468 [10SE]

———regulate interstate commerce in certain devices by protecting digital content and promoting broadband and the transition to digital television (S. 2048), S2269-S2271 [21MR]

Telephones: require written consent by the consumer for disclosure of customer proprietary network information (S. 1928), S587 [11FE]

Reports filed

Aviation Delay Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 633) (S. Rept. 107-162), S5534 [13JN]

Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 333) (H. Rept. 107-617), H5789 [25JY]

Child Passenger Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 980) (S. Rept. 107-137), S852 [14FE]

Child Safety Enhancement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5504) (H. Rept. 107-726), H7171 [7OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 506) (H. Rept. 107-618), H5789 [25JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 606) (H. Rept. 107-781), H8731 [13NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 350) (H. Rept. 107-361), H560 [26FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 528) (H. Rept. 107-661), H6302 [17SE]

Consumer Product Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2621) (H. Rept. 107-485), H3036 [23MY]

Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1701) (H. Rept. 107-590), H4930 [18JY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1701) (H. Rept. 107-590), H6128 [9SE]

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN SPAM) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (Senate) (S. 630) (S. Rept. 107-319), S10570 [16OC]

Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3833) (H. Rept. 107-449), H2234 [8MY]

Drug Competition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 754) (S. Rept. 107-167), S5850 [20JN]

Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 107-322), S10674 [17OC]

Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2541), S11079 [14NO]

National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 281), S6249 [27JN]

Online Personal Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2201) (S. Rept. 107-240), S7898 [1AU]

Requirements Relative to the Sale of, or the Offer To Sell, Prescription Drugs Through the Internet: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4990) (H. Rept. 107-546), H4064, H4067 [26JN]

Restore Your Identity Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1742), S4623 [21MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 333), conference report, H8825 [14NO]

Statements

Inclusion of Electric Cooperatives in a National Energy Policy: Representative Skelton, E1815 [11OC]

Summaries

Risk or Race? Racial Disparities and the Subprime Refinance Market—A Report of the Center for Community Change: Calvin Bradford, Calvin Bradford & Associates, Ltd., S3630 [1MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 326, commend National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promotion of use of child safety seats and seatbelts in motor vehicles and sponsorship of National Child Passenger Safety Week, H254 [12FE]

H. Res. 350, consideration of H.R. 1542, Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act, H568 [27FE]

H. Res. 528, consideration of H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, H6318 [18SE]

H. Res. 606, consideration of conference report on H.R. 333, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, H8742 [14NO]

H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, H6329-H6332 [18SE]

H.R. 2621, Consumer Product Protection Act, H3400 [11JN]

H.R. 2621, Product Packaging Protection Act, S10594 [16OC], H8983 [14NO]

H.R. 3833, Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act, H2669-H2671 [21MY], H8996-H8998 [14NO]

H.R. 5504, Child Safety Enhancement Act, H8941 [14NO]

S. 754, Drug Competition Act, S11341 [18NO]

S. 980, Child Passenger Protection Act, S986 [25FE]

S. 1233, Product Packaging Protection Act, S10594 [16OC]

S. 1742, Identity Theft Victims Assistance Act, S11052-S11055 [14NO]

S. 2048, Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, S2271 [21MR]

S. 2188, Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act, S2842 [17AP]

S. 2201, Online Personal Privacy Act, S2959-S2963 [18AP]

S. 2240, Seniors Safety Act, S3311-S3315 [24AP]

S. 2244, Prescription Drug Price Parity for Americans Act, S3316-S3318 [24AP]

S. 2499, Food Allergen Consumer Protection Act, S4164 [9MY]

S. 2541, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, S4708 [22MY]

S. 2677, Consumer Access to Prescription Drugs Improvement Act, S6020-S6025 [25JN]

S. 2681, Equestrian Helmet Safety Act, S6129 [26JN]

S. 2759, Seafood Safety Enforcement Act, S7044 [18JY]

S. 2843, Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act, S7910 [1AU]

S. 2863, Consumer Broadband Deregulation Act, S7933-S7935 [1AU]

S. 2885, Wire Transfer Fairness and Disclosure Act, S7952 [1AU]

S. 2922, Emergency Communications and Competition Act, S8464 [10SE]

S. 3001, Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, S9231-S9233 [25SE]

S. 3026, Arbitration Fairness Act, S9722 [1OC]

S. 3064, Health Records Confidentiality Act, S10047 [7OC]

S. 3095, Genetically Engineered Foods Act, S10372-S10375 [10OC]

S. Res. 281, National Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week, S5055 [5JN], S6295 [27JN]