CONSUMERS related term(s) Credit; Product Safety

Amendments

Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5087, H5089, H5090 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5062 [12JY]

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), S1365, S1369 [15FE], H593 [7MR]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4225, S4226, S4230, S4231, S4232, S4234, S4237, S4238, S4239 [9MY], S4262, S4285, S4286, S4294, S4295, S4343, S4344, S4345, S4347, S4356, S4357, S4358, S4361, S4365, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371, S4372, S4373, S4374, S4375, S4377, S4378 [10MY], S4479, S4480, S4481, S4494, S4497, S4498, S4499, S4500, S4501, S4502 [11MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3569, H3570, H3571, H3573, H3574, H3575, H3576, H3581 [8JN]

Articles and editorials

Compare and Contrast, S4312 [10MY]

Fuel Costs Ease but Could Climb Higher, H1924 [2MY]

How We Got to $3 a Gallon, E845 [16MY]

Prices Rise, and Interest Rates Sure To Follow, H3981 [14JN]

States Find It Tough To Prove Gas Prices Illegal, H1924 [2MY]

Taking Lumps—As Utilities Seek More Coal, Railroads Struggle To Deliver, S2304 [16MR]

Watch This Hookup Closely, S2302 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: 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. 5266), H1979 [2MY]

Aviation: extend the suspended service ticket honor requirement (see S. 2572), S3211 [6AP]

Business and industry: require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain subscription services in the same manner and by the same means that such customers subscribed to such service (see H.R. 5184), H1741 [25AP]

———require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see S. 2553), S2901 [5AP] (see H.R. 4932), H867 [9MR]

Commission on Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance: establish (see H.R. 5587), H3787 [12JN]

Communications Act: amend (see S. 2686), S3801 [1MY]

Computers: promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (see S. 2360), S1644 [2MR] (see S. 2917), S4836 [19MY]

———promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H1980 [2MY]

Conservation of energy: establish a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program (see H.R. 5632), H4189 [16JN]

Copyrights: harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses relative to certain sound recordings (see S. 2644), S3506 [25AP] (see H.R. 5361), H2584 [11MY]

CPSC: confirm jurisdiction relative to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring such bars include a quick-release mechanism (see H.R. 5339), H2501 [10MY]

———establish a consumer product safety standard for each durable infant or toddler product (see H.R. 4896), H645 [7MR]

———issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see S. 3458), S5598 [7JN]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (see H.R. 5383), H2585 [11MY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (see H. Res. 906), H4957 [10JY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 5350), H2502 [10MY]

———protect consumers, especially young consumers, from increasing consumer debt and credit card solicitations and establish financial literacy and education program in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2654), S3588 [26AP]

———provide clarification relating to credit monitoring services (see H.R. 5445), H3016 [22MY]

Credit cards: prohibit universal default practices by issuers, limit fees that may be imposed on accounts, and require issuers to verify a prospective consumer's ability to pay before extending credit to the consumer (see S. 2655), S3588 [26AP]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: clarify definition of a credit repair organization (see S. 3518), S5949 [15JN]

Crime: increase the maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 4987), H1128 [16MR]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4657), H23 [31JA]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see S. 2177, 2178), S14 [18JA] (see S. 2264), S978 [9FE] (see S. 2389), S1893 [8MR] (see H.R. 4662), H23 (see H.R. 4678), H24 [31JA] (see H.R. 4709, 4714), H223 [8FE] (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide block grants to States to provide needs-based assistance to households of consumers of high-priced fuel (see S. 2820), S4695 [17MY]

Drugs: prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 4910), H790 [8MR]

———remove market exclusivity for certain drugs in order to enhance competition, improve access to generic drugs, and reduce consumer prices (see S. 2300), S1413 [16FE]

Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H564 [2MR]

Energy Policy and Conservation Act: clarify congressional intent on Federal preemption relative to energy conservation for consumer products (see H.R. 5478), H3306 (see H.R. 5478), H3359 [25MY]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide individuals the ability to control access to their credit reports (see H.R. 5482), H3306 (see H.R. 5482), H3359 [25MY]

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act: amend relative to availability of contact lenses (see S. 2480), S2533 [29MR] (see H.R. 5762), H5046 [11JY]

FCC: promote and expedite wireless broadband deployment in rural and other areas (see S. 2332), S1461 [17FE] (see H.R. 5085), H1452 [4AP]

———require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (see S. 2327), S1461 [17FE]

FDA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 426), H3787 [12JN]

———conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (see H.R. 4767), H387 [16FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (see S. 3546), S6283 [21JN]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (see H.R. 5268), H1979 [2MY]

———extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see S. 3484), S5659 [8JN] (see H.R. 5563), H3641 [8JN]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H1979 [2MY]

FTC: establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy and Outreach (see S. 2436), S2313 [16MR]

———revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 4931), H867 [9MR] (see H.R. 5325), H2338 [9MY]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 2322), S1461 [17FE]

———permit health insurance issuers an alternative to guaranteed coverage in the small group market to promote affordable access to portable health insurance (see H.R. 5475), H3226 [24MY]

———prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services (see H.R. 5688), H4679 [27JN]

———recognize rising cost of health care and encourage greater patient empowerment, choice, and responsibility in health care decisions (see H. Res. 876), H4189 [16JN]

Housing: stop mortgage transactions which operate to promote fraud, risk, and underdevelopment (see S. 2280), S1175 [14FE]

Insurance: issue charters and licenses for sale, solicitation, negotiation, and underwriting, regulate national insurers and agencies, and provide protections to policyholders (see S. 2509), S2901 [5AP]

———require disclosure of insurance coverage and noncoverage by insurance companies and provide FTC enforcement (see S. 3239), S5230 [25MY]

Labeling: require ratings labels on video games and prohibit sales and rentals of adult-rated video games to minors (see H.R. 5345), H2502 [10MY]

Motor vehicles: require car dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders (``black boxes'') on new automobiles and require the option to enable and disable such devices on future automobiles (see H.R. 5609), H4008 [14JN]

National Technical Information Service: require distribution of monthly updates of SSA Death Master List to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies to facilitate fraud prevention (see H.R. 5494), H3307 (see H.R. 5494), H3359 [25MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 3582), S6560 [27JN]

———provide for prices that are fair to the producer and the consumer (see H.R. 4850), H564 [2MR]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H2585 [11MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (see H.R. 5253), H1979 [2MY]

———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see S. 2670), S3703 [27AP] (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]

Privacy: protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and require notice of security breaches (see S. 3568), S6492 [26JN]

———require owners of Internet sites to destroy obsolete data containing personal information (see H.R. 4731), H224 [8FE]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (see S. 2921), S4891 [22MY]

Safety: provide for safe equestrian helmets (see S. 3552), S6283 [21JN]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H1128 [16MR]

———prevent abuse and exploitation of older individuals (see H.R. 5722), H4915 [29JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to homeowners for Energy Star qualified homes (see H.R. 4856), H564 [2MR]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR] (see H.R. 5422), H2832 (see H.R. 5422), H2890 [18MY]

———provide a highway fuel tax holiday funded by the repeal of certain production incentives (see H.R. 5285), H2101 [3MY]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs (see S. 2636), S3506 [25AP]

———reduce Federal excise tax on highway motor fuels when the weekly U.S. retail gasoline price, regular grade, is over a certain dollar amount per gallon (see H.R. 5240), H1916 [27AP]

———repeal oil industry subsidies (see H.R. 5234), H1915 [27AP]

———require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities transactions (see S. 2414), S2122 [14MR] (see H.R. 5367), H2584 [11MY]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (see H.R. 5417), H2832 (see H.R. 5417), H2890 [18MY]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (see H.R. 5252), H1921 [1MY]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (see H. Res. 850), H3495 [7JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see S. 2630), S3420 [24AP] (see H.R. 5095), H1561 [5AP] (see H.R. 5126), H1677 [6AP] (see H.R. 5304), H2174 [4MY]

Television: provide a national franchise and other regulatory relief to video service providers who offer a-la-carte programming for cable television (see S. 3457), S5598 [7JN]

———provide consumers information about the broadcast television transition from an analog to a digital format (see H.R. 5264), H1979 [2MY]

Cloture motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4326 [10MY], S4459 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4165 [9MY]

Letters

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Association for Financial Professionals, Investment Company Institute, and Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

———Jim Kaitz, Association for Financial Professionals, H5084 [12JY]

———John R. Vogt, Bond Market Association, H5084 [12JY]

———Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, H5084 [12JY]

———Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable, H5085 [12JY]

Federal Energy Price Protection Act: Leonard Bernstein, National Association of Pupil Transportation, and John D. Corr, Jr., National School Transportation Association, H2002 [3MY]

———Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1999 [3MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H1999 [3MY]

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, S4200 [9MY]

———Christopher F. Koller, S4452 [11MY]

———Cleve L. Killingsworth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, S4458 [11MY]

———Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, S4313 [10MY]

———Mila Kofman, Georgetown University, S4326 [10MY]

———Peter J. Dunbar, Washington State Medical Association, S4200 [9MY]

Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act: Jeannine Kenney, Consumers Union, H1692 [25AP]

———LeRoy D. Baca, H1693 [25AP]

Lower Prices Reduced With Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs (Lower PRICED Drugs) Act: Annette Guarisco, Coalition for a Competitive Pharmaceutical Market, S1422 [16FE]

———David P. Sloane, AARP, S1422 [16FE]

———Kathleen Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, S1422 [16FE]

———Ken W. Cole, General Motors Corp., S1422 [16FE]

Permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction: David P. Sloane, AARP, S2020 [13MR]

Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S4312 [10MY]

Lists

Organizations oppposed to S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4197 [9MY]

Motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4095 [5MY], S4286 [10MY]

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3583 [8JN]

Outlines

Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act (H.R. 5383), E817 [12MY]

Press releases

Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music (PERFORM) Act: National Music Publishers' Association, S3511 [25AP]

———Recording Industry Association of America, S3511 [25AP]

Sprint Nextel Sues To Shut Down Online Services That Illegally Obtain and Sell Confidential Telephone Records: Sprint Nextel Corp., H1693 [25AP]

T-Mobile Sues Cell Record Brokers for Criminal Profiteering: T-Mobile U.S.A., Inc., H1693 [25AP]

Verizon Wireless Applauds Cell Phone Privacy Bill: Verizon, Inc., H1693 [25AP]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H2965 [22MY], H3021, H3090-H3093 [23MY]

———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 (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Patrol: confiscation and destruction of reimported prescription drugs from Canada, H299 [15FE], H3289 [25MY]

Business and industry: require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain subscription services in the same manner and by the same means that such customers subscribed to such service (H.R. 5184), E595 [25AP]

Children and youth: limit exposure of children to violent and racist video games, E904 [19MY]

———limit exposure of children to violent video games, H1437 [4AP], H2763 [18MY]

Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (H.R. 5273), E680 [2MY]

Copyrights: harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses relative to certain sound recordings (H.R. 5361), E826 [12MY]

Credit: ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures and protect underage consumers (H.R. 5383), E817 [12MY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5080-H5094 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), consideration (H. Res. 906), H5056-H5062 [12JY]

———improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), corrections in engrossment, H5095 [12JY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 5350), E788 [10MY]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (H.R. 4709), H1690-H1694, H1704 [25AP], E90 [8FE]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (H.R. 4943), H1889 [27AP]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), H593-H596 [7MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: removal of consumer public interest representation from the National Organic Standards Board, H3054, H3055 [23MY]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide individuals the ability to control access to their credit reports (H.R. 5482), E993 [26MY]

Families USA (organization): study on Medicare prescription drug plans, E1254 [23JN], E1310 [28JN]

FCC: clarify authority of courts to hear antitrust cases involving complaints over Internet network access, H3575, H3576 [8JN]

———funding relative to prohibiting deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls, H4707 [28JN]

———permit local governments to resolve certain rights-of-way disputes, H3517 [8JN]

———preserve authority to require VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees, H3581, H3582 [8JN]

———preserve openness of the Internet, promote fair competition among network and service providers, and support an expedited complaint process, H3511, H3552-H3556, H3558, H3560-H3562, H3577-H3580 [8JN], E1104, E1110 [9JN]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), H4357-H4359 [21JN]

———conduct consumer testing to determine appropriateness of labeling requirements for indoor tanning devices and whether the requirements provide sufficient information on the risks such devices pose (H.R. 4767), E188 [17FE]

Food: ensure safety of genetically engineered foods (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, H1723 [25AP]

———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products, H1836 [26AP], H2094 [3MY]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace, H1384 [30MR]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), H2308 [9MY]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (H.R. 2355), H611 [7MR]

IRS: prohibit funding for electronic tax preparation and filing service development, H3931 [14JN], E1216 [20JN]

Local government: allow a franchising authority to issue an order requiring compliance with FCC revised consumer protection rules, H3572, H3573 [8JN]

Medicare: permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, H4333 [21JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, H4967 [11JY]

National Technical Information Service: require distribution of monthly updates of SSA Death Master List to all nationwide consumer reporting agencies to facilitate fraud prevention (H.R. 5494), E989 [26MY]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (H.R. 5372), H3216 [24MY], E856 [17MY], E904 [19MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, H2106 [4MY], H3019, H3023, H3134 [23MY], H3216 [24MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), H1993-H1999 [3MY], H2183 [9MY], E701 [3MY], E736 [5MY], E823 [12MY], E845 [16MY]

———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (H.R. 3936), H1685 [25AP], H1750, H1821 [26AP], H1874 [27AP], H1923 [2MY], H1995 [3MY], H3216 [24MY], H4814, H4816 [29JN], H5101 [12JY]

Privacy: protect and enhance consumer privacy (H.R. 3140), H1185 [28MR]

———protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (H.R. 4127), H3502 [8JN]

———require owners of Internet sites to destroy obsolete data containing personal information (H.R. 4731), E91 [8FE]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, H4355 [21JN]

Taxation: allow a credit to homeowners for Energy Star qualified homes (H.R. 4856), H648 [8MR]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers, H1719 [25AP], H1986 [3MY], H2874 [18MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers, H1683, H1684, H1733-H1737 [25AP]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 1898), E998 [26MY]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, H2344 [10MY], H3131-H3134 [23MY]

———suspend Federal gas tax throughout the summer driving season, H1956 [2MY], H1986 [3MY]

Telecommunications: establish phased-in, market-based buildout of services to enable cable operators to serve all households in a franchise area, H3584-H3586 [8JN]

———prevent companies from deleting certain areas out of existing franchises, H3554, H3557-H3559, H3581, H3584-H3586 [8JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3551-H3587 [8JN], E1089, E1104, E1108, E1110 [9JN], E1168, E1172, E1181, E1192 [16JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3506-H3518 [8JN], E1131 [13JN]

———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), motion to recommit, H3583-H3586 [8JN]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services, H794 [9MR]

———public, educational, and local government (PEG) cable access channels funding, H3507 [8JN]

———reduce fee paid to local franchise authorities for public access, educational, governmental/institutional networks (PEG/iNet) support by women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged firms, H3570, H3571 [8JN]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5126), H3386-H3388 [6JN], H4707 [28JN]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 5304), H4707 [28JN]

Remarks in Senate

Aviation: extend the suspended service ticket honor requirement (S. 2572), S3234 [6AP]

Business and industry: prohibit price gouging during certain disasters and emergencies (S. 1854), S3782 [1MY]

Children and youth: limit exposure of children to violent video games (S. 2126), S1888 [8MR]

Communications Act: amend (S. 2686), S3803, S3804 [1MY], S6624-S6627 [28JN]

Computers: promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (S. 2360), S1652 [2MR], S5642 [8JN]

———promote a free and open Internet by requiring network operators to treat all content equally and ensuring transparency in provision of any communications (S. 2917), S4840, S4841 [19MY], S6624-S6627 [28JN]

Copyrights: harmonize rate setting standards for copyright licenses relative to certain sound recordings (S. 2644), S3509 [25AP]

Credit: protect consumers, especially young consumers, from increasing consumer debt and credit card solicitations and establish financial literacy and education program in elementary and secondary schools (S. 2654), S3592 [26AP]

Credit cards: prohibit universal default practices by issuers, limit fees that may be imposed on accounts, and require issuers to verify a prospective consumer's ability to pay before extending credit to the consumer (S. 2655), S3592 [26AP]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: clarify definition of a credit repair organization (S. 3518), S5956 [15JN]

Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (S. 2177), S15 [18JA]

———prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (S. 2389), S1895 [8MR]

———provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), S1124, S1125 [13FE], S1367-S1369 [15FE], S1829 [7MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prevent Bureau of Customs and Border Protection seizure of imported prescription drugs for personal use, S7295-S7302, S7304, S7305 [11JY]

Drugs: remove market exclusivity for certain drugs in order to enhance competition, improve access to generic drugs, and reduce consumer prices (S. 2300), S1420 [16FE]

FCC: require issuance of a final order relative to usage of white spaces of the broadband spectrum (S. 2327), S1471 [17FE]

FDA: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 426), S7180, S7181 [29JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: require serious adverse event reporting for dietary supplements and nonprescription drugs (S. 3546), S6285-S6287 [21JN]

Financial institutions: authorize demonstration project grants to entities to provide low-cost, small loans (S. 1347), S1530 [28FE]

Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (S. 3484), S5669 [8JN]

FTC: conduct an inquiry into the retail price of gasoline, S3439, S3482 [25AP], S3936 [3MY]

———enhance enforcement against illegal spam, spyware, and cross-border fraud and deception (S. 1608), S2389 [16MR]

———establish an Office of Consumer Advocacy and Outreach (S. 2436), S2327 [16MR]

———improve ability to protect consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies (S. 1735), S3483 [25AP], S3782 [1MY]

———improve ability to protect consumers from price-gouging during energy emergencies (S. 1735), unanimous-consent request, S3484 [25AP], S5446 [6JN]

———investigate and assess penalties for price gouging with respect to oil and gas products (S. 1743), S3782 [1MY]

Hawaii Credit Union League: tribute, S1530 [28FE]

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4241, S4242, S4247-S4327, S4382 [10MY], S4415, S4425-S4430, S4434, S4446-S4462 [11MY], S4518 [12MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095, S4096 [5MY], S4127, S4137, S4140, S4147-S4149 [8MY], S4163-S4185, S4187-S4204 [9MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent agreement, S4390 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent request, S4426, S4427 [11MY]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (S. 2322), S1462 [17FE]

———require small business health plans to comply with the benefits adopted by a majority of States, S4449 [11MY]

Housing: stop mortgage transactions which operate to promote fraud, risk, and underdevelopment (S. 2280), S1177 [14FE]

Insurance: ensure that commercial insurers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (S. 1525), S4136 [8MY]

———require disclosure of insurance coverage and noncoverage by insurance companies and provide FTC enforcement (S. 3239), S5256, S5257 [25MY]

Law enforcement: clarify the prohibition on the trafficking in goods or services (S. 1095), S1369 [15FE]

Medicare: permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs, S4101 [5MY], S6470 [26JN]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for, and allow the reimportation of, prescription drugs (S. 239), S358 [31JA]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs, S4298 [10MY]

———permit negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs and use resulting savings for budget deficit reduction, S2020 [13MR], S2165-S2168, S2178, S2179 [15MR]

Mental health: extend provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, S2275 [16MR]

Petroleum: address price gouging and market manipulation and provide for a report on oil industry mergers, S3686 [27AP]

Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs, S4194 [9MY]

———importation of prescription drugs (S. 334), S7301 [11JY]

———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S1514 [28FE]

———prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 3582), S6577-S6579 [27JN]

Power resources: increase supply of natural gas, home heating oil, and refining capacity, S1778-S1780 [6MR]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil, S4028 [4MY]

———prohibit price gouging in the sale of gasoline, diesel fuel, crude oil, and home heating oil (H.R. 5253), S5394 [26MY]

———prohibit price gouging relating to gasoline and diesel fuels in areas affected by major disasters (S. 1744), S3782 [1MY]

———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (S. 2670), S3712 [27AP]

Privacy: prevent and mitigate identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1789), S5217 [25MY], S6542 [27JN]

———protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and require notice of security breaches (S. 3568), S6494 [26JN]

Railroads: enhance competition in order to improve service and rates (S. 919), S1956 [9MR]

———improve rail capacity, S2303 [16MR]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (S. 2010), S5946 [15JN]

Taxation: impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers, S3483 [25AP], S3528, S3529 [26AP], S3936 [3MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and rebate the tax collected back to consumers (S. 1631), S1346 [15FE], S3785 [1MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and use proceeds to provide a consumer rebate, fund LIHEAP, provide incentives for manufacture of energy efficient vehicles, and support funding of highway projects (S. 1981), S3441 [25AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, S1391 [16FE]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs, S3548, S3550 [26AP], S3769 [1MY]

———provide a rebate to help taxpayers with higher fuel costs (S. 2636), S3439 [25AP]

———provide taxpayer protection and assistance relative to tax preparation (S. 832), S1530 [28FE]

———repeal oil industry subsidies, S3485, S3486 [25AP], S3530 [26AP], S4438 [11MY], S4830-S4832 [19MY]

———require broker reporting of customer's basis in securities transactions (S. 2414), S2128 [14MR], S2196-S2199 [15MR]

Telephones: merger of AT&T Corp., and BellSouth Corp., S2302 [16MR]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (S. 2630), S3422 [24AP]

Television: provide a national franchise and other regulatory relief to video service providers who offer a-la-carte programming for cable television (S. 3457), S5600 [7JN]

Reports filed

Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5252) (H. Rept. 109-470), H2704, H2756 [17MY], H3423 [6JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 906) (H. Rept. 109-550), H4957 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5252, Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 850) (H. Rept. 109-491), H3495 [7JN]

Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2178), S1643 [2MR]

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2990) (H. Rept. 109-546), H4957 [10JY]

Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA): Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H2179 [8MY]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H3423 [6JN]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4127) (H. Rept. 109-453), H3423 [6JN]

FDA Anniversary: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 426) (H. Rept. 109-511), H4327 [20JN]

Financial Data Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3997) (H. Rept. 109-454), H3423 [6JN]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3997) (H. Rept. 109-454), H2180 [8MY]

Health Care Choice Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2355) (H. Rept. 109-378), H387 [16FE]

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1955), S3703 [27AP]

Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5417) (H. Rept. 109-541), H4914 [29JN]

Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4709) (H. Rept. 109-395), H1127 [16MR]

National Tire Fuel Efficiency Consumer Information Program Establishment: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5632) (H. Rept. 109-537), H4794 [28JN]

Prevent Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4943) (H. Rept. 109-398), H1195 [28MR]

Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2389) (S. Rept. 109-253), S4211 [9MY]

Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge (SPY BLOCK) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 687) (S. Rept. 109-262), S5717 [12JN]

Truth in Caller ID Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5126) (H. Rept. 109-489), H3423 [6JN]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1608) (S. Rept. 109-219), S2121 [14MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3507 [8JN]

Statements

Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H5086 [12JY]

Summaries

Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protection Act (H.R. 5266), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Right To Know Act (H.R. 5269), E687 [2MY]

Genetically Engineered Food Safety Act (H.R. 5268), E687 [2MY]

Tables

Public, Education, and Government (PEG) Access support funding from cable companies, E1089 [9JN]

Testimonies

Oil Industry Subsidies: Several Oil Company Executives, S3486 [25AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 426, FDA anniversary, H4357 [21JN]

H. Res. 850, consideration of H.R. 5252, Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act, H3506 [8JN]

H. Res. 906, consideration of H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act, H5056 [12JY]

H.R. 32, Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, H593 [7MR]

H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act, H5087-H5089 [12JY]

H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act, H1690 [25AP]

H.R. 5126, Truth in Caller ID Act, H3386 [6JN]

H.R. 5252, Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act, H3563-H3569 [8JN]

H.R. 5253, Federal Energy Price Protection Act, H1993 [3MY]

S. 1608, Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act, S2389-S2392 [16MR]

S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4277-S4285 [10MY]

S. 2177, Phone Records Protection Act, S15 [18JA]

S. 2300, Lower Prices Reduced With Increased Competition and Efficient Development of Drugs (Lower PRICED Drugs) Act, S1421 [16FE]

S. 2322, Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act, S1463 [17FE]

S. 2327, Wireless Innovation (Winn) Act, S1472 [17FE]

S. 2360, Internet Non-Discrimination Act, S1652 [2MR]

S. 2389, Protecting Consumer Phone Records Act, S1895-S1897 [8MR]

S. 2436, Federal Trade Commission Consumer Advocacy Act, S2327 [16MR]

S. 2630, Truth in Caller ID Act, S3423 [24AP]

S. 2644, Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music (PERFORM) Act, S3510 [25AP]

S. 2670, Energy Fairness for America Act, S3712-S3714 [27AP]

S. 3239, Honesty Is the Best Insurance Policy Act, S5344 [26MY]

S. 3582, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act, S6578 [27JN]