FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 5817), H3103 [17MY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3301), S4203 [14JN] (see H.R. 6020), H4063 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 6200), H5291 [25JY]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (see H.R. 5977), H3914 [20JN]

Information technology: promulgate rules requiring Internet merchants to disclose use of price-altering computer programs (see H.R. 6508), H6274 [21SE]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 3706), S8364 [21DE]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 3995), H692 [9FE]

Telecommunications: require disclosures to consumers on the capability of software to monitor mobile device usage and require consent of the consumer prior to monitoring (see H.R. 6377), H5922 [12SE]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (see S. 3410), S5212 [19JY] (see H.R. 6131), H4906 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: approval of merger between Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco, E704 [7MY]

——— potential merger between Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco, E673 [26AP]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (H.R. 1895), E1601 [21SE]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 964), H1036 [29FE], H1104 [1MR], H1175, H1176 [6MR]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (H.R. 5817), H6580–H6584 [3DE], H6723, H6724 [12DE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (H.R. 6200), E1327 [25JY]

Government regulations: exempt Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations to protect consumers from any regulatory freeze, H5268, H5269 [25JY]

Petroleum: provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (H.R. 1748), H1229 [7MR]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (H.R. 6131), H5829, H5830 [11SE]

Remarks in Senate

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, S3411 [22MY], S3542, S3547, S3553, S3557 [24MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S2273 [29MR], S8631 [1JA]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (H.R. 6131), S6827 [14NO]

Wright, Joshua D.: confirmation to the FTC, S8663 [2JA]

Reports filed

Commercial Seafood Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 50) (S. Rept. 112–131), S131 [26JA]

Consideration of H.R. 6020, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6020) (H. Rept. 112–550), H4063 [26JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3301) (S. Rept. 112–177), S4203 [14JN]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act Extension: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3410), S5731 [31JY]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6131) (H. Rept. 112–653), H5764 [10SE]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3410) (S. Rept. 112–248), S7458 [5DE]

Statements

Small Banks’ Regulatory Burdens: Adam Levitin, Georgetown University Law School, H6582 [3DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 6020, financial services and general Government appropriations, H4609 [29JN]

H.R. 5817, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, H6580 [3DE], H6723 [12DE]

H.R. 6131, Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act extension, H5829 [11SE]