CONSUMERS see also Credit; Product Safety; Toys

Amendments

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 2609), S4562 [16JY]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5624, H5629, H5631, H5632, H5634, H5635, H5636 [23JN]

Dept. of Transportation: improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (S. 2086), S3243 [21MY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H2037, H2039, H2040, H2041 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 475), H1738 [11FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (S. 517), S4510 [15JY]

Analyses

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act (H.R. 5421), H8179–H8181 [1DE]

Articles and editorials

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

Congress Poised To Slam States on Internet Access Charges, H6233 [15JY]

GOP ‘Cost-Benefit’ Bill Benefits Wall Street and Costs Americans, H5633 [23JN]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

Here’s What Reformers Say Is Missing From Congress Cellphone Unlocking Bill, H1909 [25FE]

House’s Cellphone Unlocking Bill—Thanks but No Thanks, H1910–H1912 [25FE]

It’s Okay To Lend Outside QM—CFPB Director Richard Cordray, H2043 [27FE]

It’s Time To Level the Playing Field for Main Street Businesses, S2712 [6MY]

Koch Brothers’ Ads Shameful, S1160 [26FE]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

Rep. Goodlatte Slips Secret Change Into Phone Unlocking Bill That Opens the DMCA Up for Wider Abuse, H1908 [25FE]

Unlocking To Get a Vote in Congress, but the Bill Is Flawed, H1908 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow credit reporting agencies to notify active servicemembers when an adverse action is posted on their credit report (see S. 2456), S3544 [10JN] (see H.R. 4672), H4475 [19MY]

Aviation: limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers (see H.R. 5462), H7528 [15SE]

Bankruptcy: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (see H.R. 5421), H7387 [9SE]

Business and industry: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see H.R. 4856), H5363 [12JN]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 2609), S4502 [15JY]

——— establish standardized labeling allowing consumers to identify products manufactured in the U.S., allow a tax credit for equity investments in small business, and establish small business savings accounts (see S. 2680), S5050 [29JY]

——— prohibit contracts that prohibit consumers from making certain public comments on businesses (see H.R. 5499), H7617 [16SE]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 4413), H2990 [7AP]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), consideration (see H. Res. 629), H5493 [18JN]

Chemicals: regulate and phase out use of persistent bioaccumulative and toxic chemical substances (see S. 2656), S4903 [24JY]

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 2230), S2327 [9AP] (see H.R. 4436), H3142 [9AP]

——— provide for disclosure and codes of conduct with respect to consumer financial products or services and institutions of higher education (see S. 2385), S3293 [22MY]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 2898), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5572), H7883 [18SE]

Corporations: establish criminal penalties for corporate officers failing to inform and warn of serious dangers posed by corporate actions or products (see S. 2615), S4557 [16JY]

Courts: prohibit from making an award of costs to a defendant except on a finding that an action was brought in bad faith relative to debt collection (see H.R. 4624), H4057 [9MY]

CPSC: ban certain chemical flame retardants from upholstered furniture and children’s products (see S. 2811), S5588 [15SE]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S4404 [10JY] (see H.R. 5486), H7617 [16SE]

——— require household cleaning products bear a label that contains a complete and accurate list of ingredients (see H.R. 4476), H3196 [10AP]

Credit: empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 4183), H2256 [6MR]

——— enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 2224), S2326 [9AP]

——— establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6397 [17JY]

——— limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures (see H.R. 4596), H3939 [7MY]

——— require public disclosure of method used to calculate consumer credit scores and inclusion of debt settlement agreements in consumer reports (see H.R. 5479), H7617 [16SE]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: exempt certain consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 5446), H7433 [10SE]

Crime: add certain tax-related crimes to the definition of aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 5236), H7039 [29JY]

Debit cards: provide debit cardholders with consumer protections equivalent to those available to credit cardholders (see S. 2200), S2095 [2AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: exclude ‘‘Choose and Cut’’ Christmas tree producers from the Christmas tree promotion, research, and information order (see H.R. 5827), H9044 [10DE]

——— support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meats from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, and reform certain livestock programs (see S. 2764), S5217 [31JY]

Dept. of Commerce: require more accurate calculation of propane costs and clarify impact of propane prices on Propane Education & Research Council educational outreach activities (see H.R. 5705), H7979 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see S. 2075), S1281 [4MR] (see H.R. 4217), H2360 [12MR]

——— prohibit closure or reduced operation of military commissary stores and exchange stores (see H.R. 3996), H1658 [5FE]

Dept. of Education: amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

——— clarify that a closure of a branch or campus of an institution of higher education may qualify a borrower for loan discharge under the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 4860), H5363 [12JN]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (see S. 2281), S2614 [1MY]

Dept. of Energy: assess impact on the public interest prior to approval of additional permits to export natural gas (see S. 2088), S1365 [6MR]

——— provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (see S. 2638), S4705 [22JY]

——— recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4219), H2360 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H1510 [29JA]

Dept. of Justice: clarify standard required for importation of sporting arms (see H.R. 4135), H2097 [28FE]

——— create and maintain a public database of administrative, civil, and criminal actions against corporate entities (see H.R. 4452), H3195 [10AP]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2255 [6MR]

——— eliminate cap on maximum civil penalties allowed against automakers for safety violations or failure to report known defects (see S. 2398), S3294 [22MY]

——— enhance transportation programs to connect people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal transportation network (see H.R. 5591), H7884 [18SE]

——— ensure motor vehicle crash avoidance information is provided alongside of crashworthiness information where such information is made available to the public (see H.R. 4340), H2744 [27MR]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (see S. 2085), S1315 [5MR] (see H.R. 4076), H1937 [25FE]

——— improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (see S. 2086), S1365 [6MR]

——— increase maximum penalty for unfair and deceptive practices relative to advertising of the costs of air transportation (see S. 2290), S2647 [5MY]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 3828), H134 [9JA]

Drugs: improve prosecution of the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs known as analogues (see H.R. 4975), H5768 [25JN]

Economy: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2695 [26MR]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers and provide reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and loan cancellation in exchange for public service (see H.R. 3892), H472 [15JA]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

EPA: revise third-party certification requirements for labeling of certain electronic products under the Energy Star program (see H.R. 4921), H5557 [19JN]

FCC: assign the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis the responsibility of bringing institutional focus to approving new technologies and improving regulatory certainty (see S. 2817), S5628 [16SE]

——— expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see S. 2787), S5507 [10SE]

——— limit authority over providers of broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 4752), H4909 [28MY]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (see S. 2583), S4404 [10JY] (see H.R. 5161), H6655 [22JY]

——— prohibit regulation of certain network management practices of broadband Internet access service providers (see H.R. 4070), H1880 [21FE]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see S. 2476), S3719 [17JN] (see H.R. 4880), H5398 [17JN]

——— restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see S. 1981), S702 [3FE] (see H.R. 3982), H1544 [3FE]

FDA: allow for regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquids like tobacco cigarettes and establish labeling, packaging, and dosage limits for such products (see H.R. 5010), H5818 [26JN]

——— ensure eligible product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and licensed biological products to enable development and testing of new products (see H.R. 5657), H7886 [18SE]

——— establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 4432), H3142 [9AP]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (see H.R. 5750), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4250), H2433 [13MR]

——— require bottled water manufacturers and distributors to disclose bottled water quality information (see H.R. 4978), H5816 [26JN]

FEMA: provide for flood insurance policies with higher deductibles and lower rates under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4071), H1880 [21FE]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4352), H2801 [1AP]

FERC: clarify legal authority to require regional grid operators in interstate wholesale markets to allow customers to be compensated for voluntarily reducing their electricity consumption (see S. 2947), S6204 [20NO]

——— prohibit from issuing certain decisions that will raise costs for ratepayers (see S. 2928), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 4327), H2743 [27MR]

——— review decisions of the North American Electric Reliability Corp., affecting cost allocation under system support resources agreements (see S. 2929), S6022 [17NO] (see H.R. 5722), H8033 [17NO]

Financial institutions: establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 2242), S2378 [10AP]

——— exempt community banks from certain regulatory requirements, include a community bank representative in the FRS Board of Governors, and create a process to designate a county as a rural area (see H.R. 5786), H8365 [3DE]

——— modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H3363 [30AP]

——— provide greater fee disclosures for consumers who have prepaid cards (see S. 1903), S223 [9JA]

——— provide requirements for Federal banking agencies when directing a depository institution to terminate a specific customer account and provide for additional requirements relative to certain subpoenas (see H.R. 5758), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide that residential mortgages held in portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages for purposes of presumption of ability to repay requirements (see S. 2641), S4705 [22JY]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 721), H7454 [11SE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 2212), S2161 [3AP]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H1718 [10FE]

Firearms: express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 468), H1511 [29JA]

Foreign trade: eliminate consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor (see H.R. 5247), H7039 [29JY]

FRS: apply the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4262), H2484 [14MR]

——— establish an advisory opinion process for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4662), H4434 [15MY]

——— increase threshold at which regulated depository institutions are subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau direct examination and reporting requirements (see S. 2732), S5216 [31JY]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7295 [8SE]

——— provide for a notice and comment period before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues guidance (see H.R. 4684), H4684 [20MY] (see H.R. 4811), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide requirements that must be followed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when carrying out certain examinations (see H.R. 4804), H5072 [5JN]

——— repeal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau authority to restrict mandatory pre-dispute arbitration (see H.R. 4734), H4829 [22MY]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission (see S. 2213), S2161 [3AP]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau development of a model form for a disclosure notice to be used by depository institutions and credit unions relative to checking account costs and fees (see H.R. 5188), H6813 [24JY]

——— require creation of a consumer opt-out list for collected data by, free credit monitoring by, and a Senate confirmed Director of, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and improve security of collected data (see H.R. 4604), H3940 [7MY]

——— require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, when issuing a research paper, to include all studies, data, and analyses on which the paper was based (see H.R. 4539), H3407 [1MY]

FTC: issue rules to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications (see S. 2756), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4023), H1718 [10FE]

——— prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S1174 [26FE] (see H.R. 4325), H2743 [27MR] (see H.R. 5010), H5818 [26JN]

——— report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4341), H2744 [27MR]

——— revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H2360 [12MR]

Health: develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and establish right of removal to Federal courts for defendants in medical malpractice actions involving Federal payors (see H.R. 4106), H2064 [27FE]

Information technology: limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2171), S1818 [27MR]

——— restrict ability of the Federal Government to undermine privacy and encryption technology in commercial products and in NIST computer security and encryption standards (see S. 2500), S3863 [19JN]

Insurance: clarify State authority to regulate private flood insurance coverage in order to provide more flexibility and options (see H.R. 4558), H3407 [1MY]

International Association of Insurance Supervisors: disapprove proposed measure to eliminate public observers (see S. Res. 561), S5783 [18SE] (see H. Res. 735), H7887 [18SE]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend (see S. 2735), S5217 [31JY]

IRS: clarify use of credentials by enrolled agents (see S. 2447), S3475 [5JN]

Lawyers and attorneys: preclude law firms and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when taking certain actions (see S. 2328), S2953 [13MY]

Medicare: allow individuals to elect to receive the Medicare Summary Notice electronically (see H.R. 4853), H5362 [12JN]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see S. 2975), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 5809), H8868 [8DE]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 5808), H8868 [8DE]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 5556), H7883 [18SE]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (see S. 2949), S6204 [20NO]

——— limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (see S. 1925), S325 [14JA]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 2819), S5628 [16SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: increase and improve public access to motor vehicle safety information, enhance accountability, and protect motor vehicle consumers (see H.R. 5654), H7886 [18SE]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance (see S. Res. 443), S2953 [13MY]

NIH: research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 4746), H4909 [28MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

——— eliminate health care exchange cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2733), S5217 [31JY]

——— extend open enrollment period for health care plans (see H.R. 4210), H2360 [12MR]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see H.R. 4406), H2961 [4AP]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options (see S. 1915), S291 [13JA]

——— provide a permanent path for the direct enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (see S. 2173), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide certain uninsured individuals a special enrollment period after tax filing for enrollment in qualified health plans offered through an exchange (see H.R. 5147), H6398 [17JY]

——— provide for conditions on renewal of health insurance plans purchased through exchanges (see S. 2801), S5564 [11SE]

——— provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across State lines (see S. 2174), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide temporary shift in scheduled collection of transitional reinsurance program payments (see S. 2253), S2379 [10AP] (see H.R. 4735), H4829 [22MY]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 2064), S1233 [27FE]

——— repeal if it is determined that the Act has resulted in more uninsured individuals than at the time of enactment (see H.R. 3849), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3812), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3851), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal risk corridor program (see H.R. 5175), H6744 [23JY]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (see H.R. 3835), H134 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— sunset provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors, and repeal risk adjustment for health plans to prevent bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3985), H1544 [3FE]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 2549), S4153 [26JN]

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (see H.R. 4339), H2744 [27MR]

——— require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce (see H.R. 4338), H2744 [27MR]

Postal Service: provide that the payment of a bill, invoice, or statement of account due, if made by mail, shall be considered to have been made on the date with which the envelope used to transmit such payment is postmarked (see H.R. 3909), H1241 [16JA]

——— provide that the Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services (see H.R. 5179), H6745 [23JY]

——— take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7241 [1AU]

Power resources: improve propane supply and pricing information, coordinate response to shortages, and study need for regional propane reserves (see S. 2762), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 5469), H7528 [15SE]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see S. 1897), S132 [8JA] (see H.R. 3990), H1592 [4FE]

——— protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and require notice of security breaches (see S. 1927), S372 [15JA]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see S. 1976), S655 [30JA] (see H.R. 4400), H2961 [4AP]

——— protect consumers from identity theft, provide notice of and remedies for security breaches, and enhance accountability and penalties for unauthorized use of personally identifiable information (see S. 1995), S763 [4FE]

——— provide privacy protections that enable certain individuals to remove their profiles from the healthcare.gov website (see H.R. 5610), H7885 [18SE]

——— require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information (see S. 2025), S947 [12FE]

——— require notification when personally identifying information is disclosed by a Government agency (see H.R. 5202), H6814 [24JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see S. 2572), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5033), H6034 [9JY]

——— expand prohibition on the manufacture, distribution, and importation of children’s products that contain phthalates (see S. 2120), S1584 [12MR]

——— require businesses to warn employees, consumers, and the appropriate Federal officials of any product or service that poses serious danger to the public (see H.R. 4451), H3195 [10AP]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4391), H2913 [3AP]

Public documents: prohibit the Government sale of Government documents that are available for free online by abolishing the National Technical Information Service (see S. 2206), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4382), H2853 [2AP]

Public utilities: provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information and allow for the adoption of innovative products and services to help consumers manage energy usage (see S. 2165), S1818 [27MR] (see H.R. 5073), H6106 [10JY]

Real estate: provide protections to borrowers (see H.R. 4963), H5767 [25JN]

Senior citizens: provide access to health and financial support services (see S. 2763), S5217 [31JY]

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 4202), H2301 [11MR]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5629 [16SE] (see H. Res. 728), H7617 [16SE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S291 [13JA]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H1480 [28JA]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5767 [25JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for the purchase of heating and cooling equipment which meets the Energy Star program requirements and is used in certain high-cost energy communities (see S. 2059), S1233 [27FE]

——— allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 4600), H3940 [7MY]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see S. 2342), S3074 [15MY]

——— disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (see S. 2239), S2378 [10AP]

——— extend deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 3942), H1479 [28JA]

——— increase and extend new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles credit and enable such credit to be converted to a rebate at the point of sale (see H.R. 4584), H3446 [6MY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 4789), H5063 [30MY]

——— prevent identity theft related tax refund fraud (see S. 2736), S5217 [31JY]

——— provide a consumer renewable credit for a utility that sells renewable power (see S. 1899), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3838), H134 [9JA]

——— provide a credit for property certified by the EPA under the WaterSense program (see S. 2227), S2326 [9AP] (see H.R. 4114), H2064 [27FE]

——— provide for a progressive consumption tax, individual and corporate tax reform, and refunds of excess consumption tax revenue (see S. 3005), S6626 [11DE]

——— regulate tax return preparers and refund anticipation payment arrangements (see H.R. 4463), H3196 [10AP]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (H.R. 1123), disapprove last-minute inclusion of new language in Committee on the Judiciary (House) report (see H. Res. 706), H7185 [31JY]

Telecommunications: require mobile service providers and mobile device manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from mobile devices and render such devices inoperable (see S. 2032), S948 [12FE] (see H.R. 4065), H1776 [14FE]

Telephones: criminalize the knowing use of commercial robocalls without prior express written consent of the recipient (see S. 1959), S486 [27JA]

——— expand National Do Not Call Registry to include Super PACs and other third-party political groups, prohibit robo-calls to telephone numbers on the Registry, and prohibit push-polling (see S. 2957), S6204 [20NO]

——— improve enforcement of prohibitions on robocalls, including fraudulent robocalls (see S. 3010), S6788 [12DE]

——— prevent caller ID spoofing (see S. 2956), S6204 [20NO]

——— prohibit the unauthorized remote shut down of a cellular phone (see H.R. 4952), H5724 [24JN]

Television: facilitate paid television service in certain counties in Colorado (see S. 2375), S3237 [21MY]

E-Mails 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Letters

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appropriations process: Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H6199 [14JY]

Customer Protection and End User Relief Act: Alexander M. Cutler, Business Roundtable (organization), E1101 [3JY]

——— Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H5620 [23JN]

——— Amit Narang and Bartlett Naylor, Public Citizen (organization), H5615 [23JN]

——— Andy Blocker, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), E1103 [3JY]

——— Coalition for Derivatives End-Users, E1100 [3JY]

——— Dan Gilligan, Petroleum Marketers Association of America and Michael C. Trunzo, New England Fuel Institute, H5617 [23JN]

——— Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, E1102 [3JY]

——— Jo Ann Emerson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, E1102 [3JY]

——— Micah Hauptman and Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H5615 [23JN]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, E1100 [3JY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5613 [23JN]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5613 [23JN]

——— several production agriculture and agribusiness organizations, E1103 [3JY]

——— Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, H5618–H5620 [23JN]

——— Susan N. Kelly, American Public Power Association, E1101 [3JY]

——— Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, E1103 [3JY]

——— William Funk, Richard Murphy, and Thomas O. McGarity, Center for Progressive Reform (organization), H5621 [23JN]

Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation (HHEATT) Act: Michael C. Trunzo, New England Fuel Institute, H2104 [4MR]

——— Richard Roldan, National Propane Gas Association, H2103 [4MR]

Limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers: Nicholas E. Calio, Airlines for America (organization), H7613 [16SE]

MF Global Inc., liquidation customer claim payment: James W. Giddens, EPIQ Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, H5630 [23JN]

Notification of personal information security breach: Jonathan C. Trull, Colorado Chief Information Security Officer, H148 [10JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H6232 [15JY]

——— several State and local government associations, H6232 [15JY]

Prohibit bulk unlocking of mobile wireless devices for resale: Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, H1906 [25FE]

Prohibit funding for proposed CPSC rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’: Ann Brown, H6283 [15JY]

——— Senator King, H6283 [15JY]

——— Senators Casey and Toomey, H6283 [15JY]

Regulation D Study Act: Jim Nussle, Credit Union National Association, H8245 [2DE]

Reliable Home Heating Act: Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1060 [24JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1060 [24JN]

Sunscreen Innovation Act: Brett M. Coldiron, American Academy of Dermatology Association, H6931 [28JY]

——— Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society, H6931 [28JY]

——— Mary Antonucci, Melanoma Research Foundation, H6932 [28JY]

——— Steven Goldberg, BASF Corp., H6931 [28JY]

——— Wendy K.D. Selig, Melanoma Research Alliance, H6932 [28JY]

Transparent Airfares Act: Charlie Leocha, Travelers United, Inc., E1318 [1AU]

——— James P. Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, H6867 [28JY]

——— Lee Moak, Air Line Pilots Association, International, H6867 [28JY]

——— several organizations, H6866 [28JY], E1318 [1AU]

——— Susan Grant, Consumer Federation of America, E1318 [1AU]

Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act: Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H1906 [25FE]

Lists

Americans for Financial Reform (organization) members, H5622 [23JN]

Effects of H.R. 3086, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, on Texas, H6232 [15JY]

Organizations opposing H.R. 3086, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, H6234 [15JY]

Organizations supporting Jackson Lee amendment to H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act, on preserving existing law requiring legal challenge to CFTC regulation be first reviewed by the district court, H5635 [23JN]

Motions

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 2609), S5885 [12NO]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5663 [24JN]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H2052 [27FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H1226 [16JA]

Press releases

Customer Protection and End User Relief Act: Dennis Kelleher, Better Markets (organization), H5616 [23JN]

Response to CoreLogic Analysis of Qualified Mortgage (QM) Standards: Center for Responsible Lending (organization), H2042 [27FE]

Target Addresses Issue of Customers Carrying Firearms in Stores: Target Brands, Inc. (excerpt), S4206 [7JY]

Remarks in House

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2154 [5MR]

Aviation: limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers (H.R. 5462), H7612, H7613 [16SE]

Bankruptcy: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (H.R. 5421), H8174–H8181 [1DE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (H.R. 684), H6229, H6230, H6234 [15JY]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 2609), H6313 [16JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: standards and protocols relative to security breach notification, H145 [10JA]

CFTC: conduct study to determine whether high-frequency trading increases market volatility, H5629 [23JN]

——— ensure that the assessment of costs and benefits regarding rules and orders will be affirmed by a court unless that assessment is found to be an abuse of discretion, H5631 [23JN]

——— preserve existing law requiring legal challenge to regulation be first reviewed by the district court, H5634, H5635 [23JN]

——— prohibit judicial review of any consideration of the costs and benefits of its rules and orders, H5631, H5632 [23JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5592 [20JN], H5612–H5638 [23JN], H5659–H5665 [24JN], H8990 [10DE], E1061 [24JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), consideration (H. Res. 629), H5508–H5513 [19JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), corrections in engrossment, H5612 [23JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), motion to recommit, H5663, H5664 [24JN]

——— require a report on number of entities regulated, their size, practice models, and managed assets, H5629–H5631 [23JN]

——— require the costs and benefits be considered when promulgating rules and issuing orders, H5633, H5634 [23JN]

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (H.R. 4436), E558 [9AP]

CPSC: funding, H6331, H6332 [16JY]

——— increase third-party testing regulatory relief funding through reduction in IRS enforcement account funding, H6187, H6188 [14JY], E1177 [16JY]

——— prohibit funding for proposed rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’, H6282–H6284 [15JY], E1177 [16JY]

——— remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit the issuance of safety standards (H.R. 2464), H5322 [12JN]

Credit: prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (H.R. 2733), H1917 [25FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Healthy Food Financing Initiative funding, H5260 [11JN]

Dept. of Commerce: create the America Star Program to establish standardized labeling for manufactured products allowing consumers to identify the extent to which the products are manufactured in the U.S. (H.R. 2664), H4920 [29MY], H8200 [1DE]

——— require more accurate calculation of propane costs and clarify impact of propane prices on Propane Education & Research Council educational outreach activities (H.R. 5705), H8891, H8892 [9DE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement financial literacy training program for incoming and transitioning servicemembers to prevent targeting by predatory lenders, H4745 [21MY], H5452, H5453 [18JN]

——— prohibit closure of military commissary stores, H3343 [30AP]

——— proposal to close commissaries, H84 [9JA]

Dept. of Education: clarify that a closure of a branch or campus of an institution of higher education may qualify a borrower for loan discharge under the Higher Education Act (H.R. 4860), H5735 [25JN], E979 [12JN]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college, H6683 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: condition approval of permits to export natural gas on the consultation with the U.S. Maritime Administration on the availability of U.S.-flagged ships, H6077, H6078 [10JY]

——— condition approval of permits to export natural gas on use of domestic shipping components, H6076, H6077 [10JY]

——— condition approval of permits to export natural gas on use of domestic shipping components and prohibit approval of permits that increase prices for consumers or to nations that pose national security threat, H5750 [25JN]

——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest, H5744, H5745 [25JN]

——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest (H.R. 1189), H4716 [21MY]

——— prohibit funding for ceiling fan and light kit standards, H6086 [10JY]

——— State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H6014 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to obtain contents of wire or electronic communications in a remote computing service that are more than 180 days old, H4998 [29MY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (H.R. 4156), H6866–H6868 [28JY], E1318 [1AU]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (H.R. 4076), H2086 [28FE], H2103–H2106 [4MR], H2593 [24MR], H5603 [23JN]

——— improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (S. 2086), H5602–H5604 [23JN]

Education: increase transparency in Federal budgeting to modify risk assessment in Federal student loan programs, H2968, H2969 [7AP]

EPA: economic impact of enforcement of certain air pollution and water pollution regulations, H1649–H1656 [5FE]

——— ensure ability to issue rules that save consumers money on electricity bills and encourage energy efficiency, H2211–H2214 [6MR]

——— regulate hydraulic fracturing, H2685–H2690 [26MR]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, H7865 [18SE]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), H30 [8JA], H7111 [30JY]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (H.R. 3670), H7347–H7349 [9SE], E1389 [11SE]

——— increase consumer choice and competition in the wireless telecommications marketplace, H4020 [9MY]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (H.R. 5161), H7349, H7350 [9SE], E1389 [11SE]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (S. 2583), H7965 [13NO]

——— proposal to eliminate sports blackout rule, H7398 [10SE]

FDA: extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (H.R. 5750), H8938 [10DE]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (H.R. 4250), H6928–H6933 [28JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (S. 2141), H7959 [13NO]

Federal agencies and departments: prevent delay of any regulation that saves tax dollars, helps small businesses and veterans, prevents discrimination, or protects consumers, H2025, H2026 [27FE]

FERC: reform decisionmaking process for creating new energy capacity zones to include local stakeholder input, H6054 [10JY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 1750), H2032 [27FE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to analyze impact of proposed rules on financial industry and consumer and small business access to credit, H2039, H2040 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H1681 [6FE], H1728 [11FE], H1947 [26FE], H2028–H2043, H2050–H2055 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 475), H1731–H1739 [11FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), motion to recommit, H2052, H2053 [27FE]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (H.R. 1249), E966 [12JN]

FRS: acknowledge and honor work of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in providing protection and relief to consumers from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in financial markets, H2042, H2043 [27FE]

——— congressional oversight of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appropriations process, H6197–H6199 [14JY]

——— Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding, E1172 [16JY]

——— establishment of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H6129 [11JY]

——— proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage regulations, H30 [8JA], H2042, H2043 [27FE]

——— repeal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exclusive rulemaking authority and restore judicial review, H2029, H2040, H2041 [27FE]

——— strengthen and maintain funding levels of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H2052, H2053 [27FE]

FTC: report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (H.R. 4341), H3251 [29AP]

GAO: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (H.R. 3240), H188 [14JA], H8244–H8246 [2DE]

General Motors Co.: investigation into allegations of releasing misleading information relative to ignition switch defects and National Highway Safety Traffic Administration oversight, H4461 [19MY]

Government regulations: exempt regulatory actions affecting veterans, seniors, consumers, and communities affected by natural disasters from certain regulations under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, H2083, H2084 [28FE]

Holston Medical Group (business): tribute to partnership with CarePayment (company) to offer financing plans to help consumers manage medical expenses, E1732 [4DE]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend, H6313 [16JY]

IRS: enforcement funding, H6189, H6190 [14JY]

——— prohibit funding for use in contravention of Internal Revenue Code section relating to confidentiality and disclosure of returns and return information, H6276, H6277 [15JY]

——— taxpayer services funding through reductions in enforcement account funding, H6186, H6187 [14JY]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance, H4047 [9MY], E668 [2MY]

NIH: research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 4746), E847 [28MY]

NSF International (organization): tribute, E1279 [30JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H3441 [6MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5251 [11JN]

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, H2787 [1AP], H7396 [10SE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

——— impact of implementation on Medicare payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— provide for disclosure of lower costs and additional health benefits to individuals and families enrolled in health exchanges, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (H.R. 3812), H137 [10JA]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (H.R. 3835), H112 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, H6180 [14JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H241 [15JA], H1218–H1228 [16JA], E76 [15JA], E101 [17JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H87–H96 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), motion to recommit, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (H. Res. 711), E1322 [1AU]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (H.R. 1847), H4998 [29MY]

——— protect the rights of individuals against Government violations, H2090–H2092 [28FE]

——— update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (H.R. 1852), H1730 [11FE], H4998 [29MY]

SEC: prohibit funding to study, promulgate, draft, review, implement, and enforce new standards of conduct for brokers, dealers, and investment advisers, H6322, H6323 [16JY]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H7110 [30JY]

——— require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers, H6207 [14JY]

Small Business Saturday: observance, H8077 [19NO]

Sports: decrease the frequency of sports blackouts and require the application of the antitrust laws to Major League Baseball (H.R. 3452), H7055 [30JY]

Taxation: extend deduction of State and local general sales taxes, H5326 [12JN]

——— grandfather existing local collection fees under a permanent moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, H6231, H6232 [15JY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 4789), E884 [30MY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), H6140 [14JY], H6227, H6228–H6234 [15JY], H6355 [17JY], E1170 [16JY]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (H.R. 1123), H1904–H1913 [25FE]

——— allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (S. 517), H6835 [25JY]

——— prohibit bulk unlocking of mobile wireless devices for resale, H1905–H1912 [25FE]

Underwriters Laboratories LLC: anniversary, E465 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S9–S11 [6JA], S718 [4FE], S1509 [11MR], S2752 [7MY], S3330 [2JN], S4989 [28JY], S5679 [17SE], S5897 [12NO]

——— oppose carbon pollution fee, S2059, S2078 [2AP]

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1160 [26FE], S1257 [4MR], S1759 [26MR], S2409 [28AP]

Aviation: limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers (H.R. 5462), S6354 [4DE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 2609), S4511 [15JY], S4513 [16JY], S4599–S4601 [17JY], S5184 [31JY]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 2609), motion to proceed, S5885 [12NO]

——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2707–S2712 [6MY], S6126–S6130 [19NO]

Colleges and universities: establish a mechanism to allow borrowers of private education loans to refinance their loans (S. 1266), S2777 [7MY]

——— provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (S. 2230), S3564 [11JN]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): legislative priorities, S6832 [15DE]

CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product, S5044 [29JY]

——— hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, S5299 [31JY]

——— introduction of Senior Safety Initiative, S3537 [10JN]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 2581), S4406 [10JY], S4447 [14JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish, S679 [3FE]

Dept. of Commerce: require more accurate calculation of propane costs and clarify impact of propane prices on Propane Education & Research Council educational outreach activities (H.R. 5705), S6580 [10DE]

Dept. of Education: add disclosure requirements to the institution of higher education financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (S. 1156), S2776 [7MY]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (S. 2281), S2776 [7MY]

Dept. of Energy: ensure large-capacity hot water heaters that are part of a demand response program can continue to be manufacutured, S2891 [12MY]

——— prohibit new energy efficiency mandates on residual boilers, S2853 [8MY]

——— provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (S. 2638), S4741 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure recalls of defective exploding airbags occur and impose maximum allowable fine against automobile manufacturers for delays in replacing such airbags, S5899 [12NO]

——— extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (H.R. 4076), S1667 [13MR]

——— improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (S. 2086), S3243 [21MY]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (S. 1803), S921–S924 [12FE], S2778, S2780 [7MY], S3165 [20MY]

EPA: economic impact of certain water pollution regulations, S4318–S4321 [9JY]

——— impose carbon pollution fee, S3993 [25JN]

——— impose carbon pollution fee and use proceeds to provide rebate to consumers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and regulate hydraulic fracturing (S. 332), S1399 [10MR]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, S2847 [8MY], S4861 [24JY]

——— study economic impact of regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from existing powerplants and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, S2696 [6MY]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: anniversary, S4139 [26JN]

FCC: assign the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis the responsibility of bringing institutional focus to approving new technologies and improving regulatory certainty (S. 2817), S5632 [16SE]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (S. 2583), S5874 [18SE]

——— promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (S. 2476), S3720 [17JN], S4388 [10JY], S6768 [12DE]

——— restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices, S2996 [14MY], S3168 [20MY], S5472 [10SE], S6119 [19NO]

FDA: expand authority to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and flavored cigars, S342, S359 [15JA]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (S. 2141), S1725 [25MR], S5715–S5720 [17SE]

——— provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products aimed at attracting minors, S4139 [26JN]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (S. 1349), S4708 [22JY]

——— provide that residential mortgages held in portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages for purposes of presumption of ability to repay requirements (S. 2641), S4708 [22JY]

Floods: establish limitations on force-placed insurance, S618 [30JA]

FRS: anniversary of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, S4671 [22JY]

——— proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage regulations, S57 [7JA]

General Motors Co.: allegations of releasing misleading information relative to ignition switch defects, S1723 [25MR], S2144 [3AP]

Germany: impact of transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels, S3410 [4JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA]

Health care facilities: prohibit medical device manufacturers from requiring hospitals and buyers from signing a confidentiality agreement to prevent them from revealing medical device prices to third parties, S3350 [3JN]

Internet Tax Freedom Act: extend (S. 2735), S5184, S5185 [31JY], S6830, S6831 [15DE]

——— extend (S. 2735), unanimous-consent request, S5183, S5184 [31JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

Motor vehicles: limit retrieval of data from vehicle event data recorders (S. 1925), S327–S329 [14JA]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6255–S6257 [2DE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize, S722 [4FE]

National Travel and Tourism Week: observance, S2626 [5MY]

——— observance (S. Res. 443), S2980 [13MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP], S2628 [5MY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3171–S3174 [20MY], S3443 [5JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, S3440, S3441 [5JN]

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, S3281 [22MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options, S2069 [2AP]

——— repeal, S1502 [11MR]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (S. 2064), S1235 [27FE]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, S3649 [12JN]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (S. 1590), S351 [15JA]

Privacy: improve privacy of electronic communications (S. 607), S5846 [18SE]

——— prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (S. 1897), S100, S134 [8JA]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (S. 1976), S656 [30JA]

Small Business Saturday: designate (S. Res. 548), S5650 [16SE]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary, S342, S358–S360, S363 [15JA], S434 [16JA]

Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd.: refusal to appear in U.S. District Court regarding drywall manufactured in China litigation, S4977 [28JY], S5043 [29JY], S5299 [31JY]

Target Brands, Inc.: request for shoppers to not carry firearms in stores even where open carry is permitted by local laws, S4206 [7JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for the purchase of heating and cooling equipment which meets the Energy Star program requirements and is used in certain high-cost energy communities, S2765 [7MY]

——— extend deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S6898 [16DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce, S4872 [24JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), S5182, S5184, S5185, S5194 [31JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), unanimous-consent request, S5183 [31JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (S. 1431), S3250 [22MY]

——— provide tax rate parity among all tobacco products (S. 194), S343 [15JA]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (S. 517), S4510 [15JY], S4546 [16JY]

Telephones: prevent caller ID spoofing (S. 2956), S6208 [20NO]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 42), S5846 [18SE]

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Risk Management Handbook Volume III—Standard 7.1—Incident Handling and Breach Notification: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (excerpt), H146 [10JA]

Reports filed

Anti-Spoofing Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3670) (H. Rept. 113–572), H7295 [8SE]

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3519) (H. Rept. 113–347), H1685 [6FE]

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581), S5779 [18SE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581) (S. Rept. 113–311), S6788 [12DE]

Consideration of H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 113–350), H1718 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 629) (H. Rept. 113–476), H5493 [18JN]

Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3193) (H. Rept. 113–346), H1685 [6FE]

Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2571) (H. Rept. 113–344), H1685 [6FE]

Customer Protection and End User Relief Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 4413) (H. Rept. 113–469), H5072 [5JN]

Driver Privacy Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1925) (S. Rept. 113–255), S5588 [15SE]

Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2583), S5697 [17SE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2583) (S. Rept. 113–280), S6234 [1DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5161) (H. Rept. 113–575), H7295 [8SE]

Fighting Fraud—Lessons Learned From the Senate Aging Committee’s Consumer Hotline: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 113–305), S6626 [11DE]

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5421) (H. Rept. 113–630), H8225 [1DE]

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 864) (S. Rept. 113–142), S1923 [1AP]

Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3086) (H. Rept. 113–510), H5826 [3JY]

Pushing the Envelope—Publishers Clearing House in the New Era of Direct Marketing: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 113–153), S2424 [28AP]

Regulation D Study Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3240) (H. Rept. 113–640), H8272 [2DE]

Reliable Home Heating Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2086) (S. Rept. 113–162), S3183 [20MY]

Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2446) (H. Rept. 113–345), H1685 [6FE]

Safe Rental Car Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 921) (S. Rept. 113–253), S5588 [15SE]

Sunscreen Innovation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4250) (H. Rept. 113–558), H6813 [24JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2141), S5697 [17SE]

Transparent Airfares Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4156) (H. Rept. 113–554), H6813 [24JY]

Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1123) (H. Rept. 113–356), H1936 [25FE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 517), S4403 [10JY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 517) (S. Rept. 113–212), S4618 [17JY]

Youth Sports Concussion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014), S6388 [8DE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014) (S. Rept. 113–310), S6788 [12DE]

Statements

Customer Protection and End User Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H5616 [23JN]

Marketplace Fairness Act: Several Conservative Individuals and Governors, S6128 [19NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

——— Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Summaries

Customer Protection and End User Relief Act (H.R. 4413): End User Exemption for Certain Derivative Sales Provisions, H8990 [10DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 475, consideration of H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, H1731 [11FE]

H. Res. 629, consideration of H.R. 4413, Customer Protection and End User Relief Act, H5508 [19JN]

H.R. 1123, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, H1904 [25FE]

H.R. 3086, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, H6228 [15JY]

H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, H2037–H2039 [27FE]

H.R. 3240, Regulation D Study Act, H8244 [2DE]

H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H1219 [16JA]

H.R. 3670, Anti-Spoofing Act, H7347 [9SE]

H.R. 4076, Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation (HHEATT) Act, H2103 [4MR]

H.R. 4156, Transparent Airfares Act, H6866 [28JY]

H.R. 4250, Sunscreen Innovation Act, H6928–H6930 [28JY]

H.R. 5161, Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act, H7349 [9SE]

H.R. 5421, Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act, H8174–H8177 [1DE]

H.R. 5462, limit fees charged to passengers of air carriers, H7612 [16SE]

H.R. 5705, Propane Education and Research Enhancement Act, H8891 [9DE]

S. 517, Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, S4510 [15JY], H6835 [25JY]

S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, S134–S142 [8JA]

S. 2086, Reliable Home Heating Act, S3243 [21MY], H5602 [23JN]

S. 2141, Sunscreen Innovation Act, S5715–S5720 [17SE], H7959–H7964 [13NO]

S. 2204, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S2162–S2164 [3AP]

S. 2476, Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act, S3721 [17JN]

S. 2581, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, S4406 [10JY]

S. 2583, Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses (E-LABEL) Act, S5874 [18SE], H7965 [13NO]

S. 2736, Tax Refund Theft Prevention Act, S5222–S5224 [31JY]

S. 2956, Phone Scam Prevention Act, S6208 [20NO]

S. Res. 330, ‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’ anniversary, S292 [13JA]

S. Res. 443, National Travel and Tourism Week, S2957 [13MY]

S. Res. 548, Small Business Saturday, S5635 [16SE]

S. Res. 561, disapprove proposed measure by International Association of Insurance Supervisors to eliminate public observers, S5796 [18SE]