ANTITRUST POLICY

Amendments

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]

Articles and editorials

Study Finds Major Airlines and Chicago Violate Federal Antitrust Laws To Support High Monopoly Fares and Block New Competition, H4631 [15JY], H5145 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit packers from owning or feeding livestock intended for slaughter, prohibit excessive concentration among certain agricultural commodities dealers and establish an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture (see H.R. 3810), H633 [27FE]

Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (see H.R. 4643), H2099 [2MY]

———application of antitrust laws to permit collective development and implementation of a standard contract form for playwrights for the licensing of plays (see S. 2082), S2485 [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: review agriculture mergers and acquisitions and outlaw unfair practices in the agriculture industry (see H.R. 5357), H6171 [10SE]

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

Government regulations: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 4849), H3036 [23MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]

Insurance: modify antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurance, address current health care provider issues, and reform medical malpractice litigation process and insurance market (see H.R. 5253), H5993 [26JY]

———modify antitrust exemption for the insurance industry (see H.R. 5437), H6558 [24SE]

Remarks in House

Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to certain negotiations of freelance writers and artists for the sale of their written and graphic material to publishers (H.R. 4643), E702 [3MY]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 3897), E293 [7MR]

Telecommunications: 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]

Remarks in Senate

Arts and humanities: application of antitrust laws to permit collective development and implementation of a standard contract form for playwrights for the licensing of plays (S. 2082), S2486 [10AP]

Drugs: 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]

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

Telecommunications: application of antitrust policy, S3586 [1MY]

Reports filed

Antitrust Technical Corrections Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 809), S8565 [12SE]

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

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

Studies

If You Build It, We Won't Come—Collective Refusal of the Major Airlines To Compete in the Chicago Air Travel Market: Suburban O'Hare Commission, H4622-H4630 [15JY], H5136-H5144 [23JY]

Summaries

Violations of Federal Antitrust Laws Made by Major Airlines in Their Refusal To Compete With Each Other in Fortress Hub Markets: Suburban O'Hare Commission, H4630 [15JY], H5144 [23JY]

Texts of

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

S. 2082, Playwrights Licensing Relief Act, S2486 [10AP]

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