ANTITRUST POLICY

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: eliminate sunset of provisions relative to the Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (see S. 3259), S2642 [26AP]

———extend (see H.R. 5330), H3540 [18MY]

Insurance: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 4626), H646 [22FE]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), consideration (see H. Res. 1098), H753 [23FE]

Political action committees: make antitrust laws applicable to certain committees established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation (see H.R. 4433), H138 [13JA]

Motions

Insurance: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), H787 [24FE]

Remarks in House

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: extend Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (H.R. 2675), E882 [19MY]

———extend (H.R. 5330), H3716, H3717 [24MY], E1071 [10JN]

Health: consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]

———ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers (H.R. 3596), H762, H766 [24FE]

Insurance: allow sharing of historical loss data and performance of actuarial services by health insurance companies, H774-H778, H788 [24FE]

———further competition in the insurance industry (H.R. 1583), H1919 [21MR]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), H744-H751 [23FE], H758, H771-H791 [24FE], H837, H918-H920 [25FE], H1354 [11MR], E245, E256 [25FE], E263 [26FE], E514 [13AP]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), consideration (H. Res. 1098), H761-H769 [24FE]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), motion to recommit, H788-H790 [24FE]

Remarks in Senate

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: eliminate sunset of provisions relative to the Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (S. 3259), S2649 [26AP]

———extend (H.R. 5330), S4559, S4560 [27MY]

Consumers: restore rule making it illegal for manufacturers to set a minimum price below which a retailer cannot sell the manufacturer's product, S3698 [13MY]

Financial institutions: ensure application of antitrust laws to enhance accountability and protect consumers, S3626 [12MY]

Health: ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers, S3154 [5MY]

Insurance: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers, S3626 [12MY]

———restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (H.R. 4626), S824 [26FE], S825 [1MR], S2015 [24MR], S2087 [25MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1098) (H. Rept. 111-418), H753 [23FE]

Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3190) (H. Rept. 111-676), H8263 [8DE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 148) (S. Rept. 111-227), S6078 [21JY]

Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 233) (H. Rept. 111-669), H7757 [30NO]

Tables

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5330, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act extension, H3743 [24MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 1098, consideration of H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, H761 [24FE]

H.R. 4626, Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, H771 [24FE]

H.R. 5330, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act extension, H3716 [24MY]

S. 3259, Antitrust Criminal Penalties Enforcement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act, S2650 [26AP]