ANTITRUST POLICY

Amendments

Education: make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), S9543, S9552 [25SE], H10264 [27SE]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (see S. 3081), S5039 [4JN]

Financial institutions: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (see S. 3086), S5204 [5JN] (see H.R. 5546), H1416 [6MR]

NCAA: demand antitrust investigation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and support establishment of a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system (see H. Res. 1120), H2486 [17AP]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue complaints of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries (see S. 2964), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 2976), S3790 [6MY]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see H.R. 6074), H4060 [15MY]

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (see S. 2991), S3891 [7MY] (see S. 3044), S4487 [20MY] (see H.R. 6653), H7627 [30JY]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (see H.R. 5994), H3402 [8MY]

Cloture motions

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5020 [4JN], S5376 [6JN], S5409 [10JN]

Motions

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), S5376 [6JN], S5410 [10JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Justice: establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (S. 3081), H5577 [18JN]

Economy: prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions, H3872 [14MY]

Education: make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), H2922-H2924 [30AP]

———make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), Senate amendment, H10264, H10265 [27SE]

FCIC: allow approved insurance companies to consult with each other and the FCIC during periodic renegotiations for the standard reinsurance agreement, H3820 [14MY]

Financial institutions: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (H.R. 5546), E318 [6MR]

NCAA: demand antitrust investigation of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and support establishment of a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Championship playoff system (H. Res. 1120), E644 [17AP]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), H2588, H2644 [23AP], H2750 [24AP], H3015 [1MY], H4106 [19MY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 6074), H4104-H4109 [19MY], H4294, H4310 [20MY], H4328 [21MY], H4879 [4JN], H4978, H4979 [5JN], H5113, H5117, H5118 [10JN], H5586 [19JN], H6005 [24JN], E988 [21MY]

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, H5316 [11JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (H.R. 6653), E1691 [1AU]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), H5568 [18JN]

Telecommunications: ensure competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet (H.R. 5994), E859 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Justice: establish the Petroleum Industry Antitrust Task Force (S. 3081), S5042 [4JN]

Education: make permanent the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under antitrust laws (H.R. 1777), S9552 [25SE]

Financial institutions: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (S. 3086), S5208-S5210 [5JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: pursue complaints of anticompetitive practices against certain oil exporting countries, S5402 [10JN]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, S1732 [7MR], S3565 [30AP], S3686 [1MY], S3938 [8MY], S4096 [13MY], S5426 [10JN], S5468 [11JN], S5572 [12JN], S7265 [24JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), S1418 [29FE], S6349 [7JY], S6950 [21JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 2264), unanimous-consent request, S6185 [26JN], S7826 [31JY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 879), S6322 [27JN], S7826 [31JY]

Power resources: provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 2991), S3931 [7MY], S3935, S3936, S3938 [8MY], S3988, S3994, S3999, S4009, S4023-S4025 [12MY], S4434 [20MY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), S4556 [20MY], S4559 [21MY], S6950 [21JY], S7134 [23JY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5152, S5159 [5JN], S5375 [6JN], S5378, S5386 [9JN], S5397-S5410, S5418 [10JN], S5461, S5468-S5497, S5502, S5505, S5509, S5513, S5516 [11JN], S5540 [12JN], S5708, S5718-S5720 [18JN], S6204, S6211 [26JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S5020 [4JN]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), unanimous-consent request, S7823 [31JY]

Reports filed

Community Pharmacy Fairness Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 971) (H. Rept. 110-898), H10330 [28SE]

Credit Card Fair Fee Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5546) (H. Rept. 110-913), H10827 [3OC]

Need-Based Educational Aid Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1777) (H. Rept. 110-577), H2223 [10AP]

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1650) (H. Rept. 110-860), H8475 [18SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1777, Need-Based Educational Aid Act, H2922 [30AP]

H.R. 6074, Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act, H4104 [19MY]

S. 2991, Consumer-First Energy Act, S3902-S3906 [7MY]

S. 3044, Consumer-First Energy Act, S4491-S4495 [20MY]