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Appointments

Antitrust Modernization Commission, S2872 [26FE]

Articles and editorials

Big Shakedown on Russian Business, E1646 [25JY]

Let's Compete, S10136 [29JY]

Program Puts College Students on Business-Leadership Paths, H3416 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (see H.R. 1293), H1901 [13MR]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging of products and services that are widely needed during a designated disaster (see H.R. 3236), H9213 [2OC]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (see S. 946), S5484 [29AP]

Free Enterprise Education Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 253), H7617 [24JY]

Government: limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (see S. 981), S5651 [1MY]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (see S. 1508), S10617 [31JY] (see S. 1656), S11988 [25SE]

———prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (see H.R. 3071), H8175 [10SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (see H.R. 2117), H4203 [15MY]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (see S. 352), S2187 [11FE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]

Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 107), H1396 [26FE]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1389), S9244 [10JY]

———authorizing appropriations to enhance railroad competition (see H.R. 2192), H4527 [21MY]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see S. 1046), S6070 [13MY] (see H.R. 2052), H3973 [9MY]

Factsheets

Family Farm and Ranch Innovation Act (H.R. 1293), E460 [13MR]

Letters

Enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs: Timothy J. Muris, FTC, S15886 [25NO]

Proposals

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2989): compromise language to ensure fair treatment of Federal employees in competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15916 [25NO]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness in ways that provide environmental benefits (H.R. 1293), E459 [13MR]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging of products and services that are widely needed during a designated disaster (H.R. 3236), E1967 [2OC]

Drury University: tribute to Students In Free Enterprise World Cup Team, E2306 [17NO]

FCC: impact of local telephone exchange carriers' network unbundling regulations on the telecommunications industry, H1662 [6MR], H2316 [26MR], H2405 [27MR], H3056, H3058 [10AP], H3574 [1MY], H4373 [21MY], E493 [18MR], E678 [3AP], E736 [11AP], E778 [12AP], E848 [1MY], E882, E888 [7MY], E915, E916, E920 [9MY], E1004, E1006, E1007, E1008 [21MY], E1052, E1059, E1062 [22MY], E1654, E1656 [25JY]

Government: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, H12841 [8DE]

———growth in size and spending, H6595-H6600 [10JY]

Housing: prohibit Federal funding for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and remove certain advantages granted to such enterprises (H.R. 3071), E1767 [11SE]

———remove certain advantages for housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises relative to other secondary mortgage market enterprises (H.R. 2117), E972 [15MY]

New Orleans, LA: tribute to opening of Junior Achievement, Inc., Exchange City educational exhibit, E2333 [19NO]

Russia: adherence to free market economic principles, E1646 [25JY]

Stillwater Mining Co.: acquisition by Norilsk Nickel (Russian company), E1389 [27JN]

Students in Free Enterprise (organization): tribute, E200 [12FE]

———tribute (H. Res. 107), H3415-H3417 [29AP]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S9529-S9531, S9564 [17JY]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs, S8012 [18JN], S8351 [23JN], S8429, S8431 [24JN], S8692 [26JN], S15884-S15886 [25NO]

———enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing enforcement of existing antitrust laws relative to brand name and generic drugs (S. 946), S5493, S5494 [29AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, S8187-S8198, S8200 [19JN]

FTC: address issue of anticompetitive practices in the oil industry, S3049 [4MR]

Government: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15915-S15917 [25NO]

———limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (S. 981), S5673 [1MY]

Housing: enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1508), S10623 [31JY]

———enhance regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises (S. 1656), S11990 [25SE]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 352), S2210 [11FE], S9080 [9JY]

Surface Transportation Board: authorizing appropriations (S. 1389), S9248 [10JY]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations, S14447 [11NO]

———preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (S. 1046), S11385 [11SE], S11505, S11507, S11517, S11518 [16SE]

Reports filed

Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1046) (S. Rept. 108-141), S11032 [3SE]

Surface Transportation Board Appropriations: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1389) (S. Rept. 108-129), S10970 [2SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 107, tribute to Students in Free Enterprise (organization), H3415 [29AP]

S. 981, Business and Taxpayer Procurement Protection Act, S5673 [1MY]

S. 1046, Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act, S6082 [13MY]

S. 1389, Surface Transportation Board appropriations, S9248 [10JY]

S. 1508, Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act, S10623-S10631 [31JY]

S. 1656, Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Modernization Act, S11991-S11999 [25SE]