ADVERTISING

Amendments

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 576), S6608, S6611 [11JY]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9325, S9340 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act: establish a reward system to provide monetary awards to individuals who provide information relative to violations (see H.R. 5717), H2069 [8AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: promote domesticated beef, establish an importers council to promote nondomestic beef, and establish new referendum requirements (see S. 3404), S7904 [31JY]

Dept. of Commerce: create an Office of Domestic Product Promotion (see H.R. 6573), H6824 [22JY]

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 576), S4793 [22MY]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see S. 3154, 3156), S5753 [18JN] (see H.R. 6209), H5110 [9JN]

FDA: implement safeguards in direct-to-consumer advertising following FDA approval of prescription drugs and medical devices (see H.R. 6151), H4830 [22MY]

Federal Election Campaign Act: restrict political robocalls (see H.R. 5747), H2150 [9AP]

Fish and fishing: include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (see S. 2803), S2346 [2AP] (see H.R. 5850), H2486 [17AP]

FTC: explicitly prohibit the sending of text messages containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 5769), H2223 [10AP]

———prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see S. 2793), S2295 [1AP]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S3507 [29AP] (see H.R. 5669), H1888 [1AP]

Labeling: require certain labeling of unsolicited commercial mail (see H.R. 5895), H2758 [24AP]

National Advertising Specialty Day: designate (see S. Res. 722), S10812 [8DE]

NCAA: prohibit the promotion, marketing, or advertising of any post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a playoff system (see H.R. 7330), H10975 [10DE]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 7022), H9084 [23SE]

———regulate political outreach through automated prerecorded phone messages (see S. 2624), S919 [12FE]

Senior citizens: protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (see S. 2794), S2295 [1AP]

Taxation: establish certain advertising and disclosure requirements relative to tax refund anticipation loans (see H.R. 7188), H10299 [27SE]

Telecommunications: prohibit text message spam (see S. 3138), S5657 [16JN]

Tobacco products: prohibit cigarette manufacturers from making claims or representations based on data derived from the cigarette testing method established by the FTC (see S. 2685), S1467 [3MR]

Letters

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7576 [30JY]

———Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7576, H7577 [30JY]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7577 [30JY]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7576 [30JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HUD: establish Office of Housing Counseling (H.R. 3019), H3128 [7MY], H8354-H8358 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: advertise in the national media to promote awareness of veterans' benefits (H.R. 3681), H4185-H4187 [20MY], E1002 [21MY], E1056, E1066 [23MY]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (H.R. 6209), E1170 [9JN]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (H.R. 1108), H7546-H7577 [30JY], H7636 [31JY], E1663, E1699 [1AU]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (H.R. 5669), H1943 [2AP], H4896-H4899 [4JN], H9921 [25SE], E512 [4AP]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), H9920-H9922 [25SE]

NCAA: prohibit the promotion, marketing, or advertising of any post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a playoff system (H.R. 7330), E2379 [10DE]

SBA: develop an initiative with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to publicize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to veterans and encourage veterans to apply for grants, H2622 [23AP]

Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (H.R. 3541), H591 [6FE]

Remarks in Senate

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 576), S4808 [22MY], S6611 [11JY]

Fish and fishing: include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen in certain collective marketing associations (S. 2803), S2358 [2AP]

FTC: grant rulemaking authority to allow regulation and prosecution of companies engaged in deceptive mortgage advertising, S2623 [7AP]

Health: reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (S. 2932), S9340 [23SE]

Political campaigns: regulate political outreach through automated prerecorded phone messages (S. 2624), S920 [12FE]

Senior citizens: protect from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices by senior financial advisors who have misleading designations (S. 2794), S2297 [1AP]

Telephones: eliminate automatic removal of telephone numbers on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry (H.R. 3541), S750 [6FE]

Reports filed

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 576), S5592 [12JN]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1108) (H. Rept. 110-762), H6725 [17JY]

Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5669) (H. Rept. 110-681), H4973 [4JN]

Spina Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5729) (H. Rept. 110-645), H4059 [15MY]

Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2685) (S. Rept. 110-512), S9655 [26SE]

Veterans Benefit Awareness Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3681) (H. Rept. 110-644), H4059 [15MY]

Statements

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: Congressional Black Caucus, H7572 [30JY]

Texts of

H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, H7546-H7568 [30JY]

H.R. 3019, Expand and Preserve Homeownership Through Counseling Act, H8354-H8356 [17SE]

H.R. 3681, Veterans Benefit Awareness Act, H4185 [20MY]

H.R. 5669, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, H4896 [4JN]

S. 2803, Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act, S2358 [2AP]

S. 2932, Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act, S9340 [23SE], H9920 [25SE]

S. Res. 576, Digital Television Transition Awareness Month, S4808 [22MY]

S. Res. 722, National Advertising Specialty Day, S10816 [8DE]