ANTITRUST POLICY

Amendments

Government regulations: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), S3607, S3610 [2AP], H3654 [2JN]

Bills and resolutions

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 (see S. 2349), S4373 [26AP] (see H.R. 4615), H4579 [18JN]

Business and industry: prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's media outlets, restore fairness in broadcasting, and foster and promote localism, diversity, and competition in the media (see H.R. 4069), H1739 [30MR]

Health: make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 5278), H8858 [7OC]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: initiate World Trade Organization dispute proceedings against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 2624), S7827 [8JY] (see H.R. 4780), H5401 [8JY]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 2270), S3566 [1AP] (see H.R. 4106), H2018 [1AP]

Telecommunications: clarify application of antitrust laws in the telecommunications industry (see H.R. 4412), H3437 (see H.R. 4412), H3537 [20MY]

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (see H.R. 3969), H1074 [12MR]

Analyses

Standards Development Organization Advancement Act (H.R. 1086), H3657-H3659 [2JN]

Remarks in House

Financial institutions: reduce waiting period for mergers by banks and bank holding companies following approval by the Dept. of Justice, H1264 [18MR]

FTC: provide Independent Physician Associations guidance and time to ameliorate any arrangement that could violate antitrust laws prior to any enforcement action, H5321 [7JY]

Government regulations: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), Senate amendment, H3654-H3660 [2JN]

Microsoft Corp.: European Union decision on violation of antitrust laws, H1376 [24MR], H1486 [25MR], E463 [26MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: initiate World Trade Organization dispute proceedings against the Ukrainian government, H5821 [15JY]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 4106), E508 [2AP]

Telecommunications: clarify application of antitrust laws in the telecommunications industry (H.R. 4412), E934 [21MY]

———strengthen limitation on transfer of telecommunications licenses to foreign companies with government ownership (H.R. 3969), E366 [12MR]

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. 2349), S4377, S4378 [26AP]

Colleges and universities: application of antitrust laws to graduate medical education residency matching programs, S3981, S3985, S3991 [8AP], S5223 [11MY]

Government regulations: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (H.R. 1086), S3610-S3619 [2AP], S6340 [2JN]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 352), S1429 [23FE], S3764 [6AP]

Microsoft Corp.: European Union decision on violation of antitrust laws, S2992 [23MR], S3092 [24MR], S3175 [25MR], S3389 [31MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: initiate World Trade Organization dispute proceedings against certain oil exporting countries (S. 2624), S7837 [8JY]

Petroleum: enhance FTC or Dept. of Justice authority to prevent anticompetitive practices in tightly concentrated gasoline markets (S. 1737), S2836-S2839 [22MR], S3254 [29MR], S3317 [30MR], S3554 [1AP], S5468 [13MY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 2270), S3569, S3570 [1AP], S8143 [15JY]

Reports filed

Enhancing Federal Obscenity Reporting and Copyright Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1933), S5949 [20MY]

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2270), S4300 [22AP]

Statements

Standards Development Organization Advancement Act (H.R. 1086): Representatives Sensenbrenner and Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3657 [2JN]

Texts of

H.R. 1086, Standards Development Organization Advancement Act, S3610-S3613 [2AP]

S. 2270, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, S3569 [1AP]

S. 2349, Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act, S4378 [26AP]

S. 2624, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative initiation of World Trade Organization dispute proceedings against certain oil exporting countries, S7838 [8JY]