FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 3378), H5766 [29JY]

Advertising: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 430), S900 [10FE] (see H.R. 478), H530 [22JA] (see H.R. 1517), H1803 [19MR]

Animals: 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. 1200), S2687 [6MY] (see H.R. 3174), H5465 [23JY]

Antitrust policy: provide expanded coverage and eliminate certain exemptions relative to railroads (see S. 1634), S4298 [18JN]

Business and industry: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see S. 2102), S7046 [30SE] (see H.R. 2745), H4342 [12JN]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 1563), S4103 [11JN] (see H.R. 2734), H4241 [11JN]

Consumers: restrict debt collection practices of certain debt collectors (see S. 2255), S7814 [5NO]

Conversion therapy: prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H3388 [19MY]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: exempt certain consumer reporting agencies in order to facilitate getting information on improving a credit score (see H.R. 347), H403 [14JA]

Electric power: consider including smart grid capability on Energy Guide labels for products (see H.R. 2245), H2820 [8MY]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 423), S899 [10FE] (see H.R. 601), H661 [28JA]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 1910), S6187 [30JY] (see S. 2132), S7124 [5OC] (see H.R. 2995), H5028 [9JY]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 3282), H5762 [29JY]

Government regulations: prescribe regulations on collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see S. 2404), S8684 [15DE]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1741), H2152 [13AP]

Information technology: identify and document best practices for cyber hygiene to improve computer network security (see H.R. 3664), H6787 [1OC]

——— limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2270), S7912 [10NO]

Internet: prohibit the sale or use of certain software to circumvent control measures used by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to event tickets and provide criminal penalties for such acts (see H.R. 708), H810 [4FE]

——— prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to prices of products and services sold online (see S. 2413), S8793 [17DE]

Motor vehicles: develop standards to prevent hacking of vehicle control systems, make owners aware of vehicle data collection, and disclose vehicle performance relative to security and privacy (see S. 1806), S5210 [21JY]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see S. 1173), S2568 [30AP] (see H.R. 2198), H2791 [1MY]

——— require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2526), H3559 [21MY]

Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors: establish (see S. 1490), S3678 [3JN] (see H.R. 2633), H3877 [3JN]

Patents: strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (see S. 632), S1246 [3MR]

Pharmaceuticals: ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (see S. 2023), S6604 [10SE] (see H.R. 3513), H6074 [16SE]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 2019), S6533 [9SE]

Privacy: establish regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals and improve laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children (see S. 547), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1053), H1114 [24FE]

——— protect consumers and businesses from identity theft and require notice of security breaches (see S. 961), S2220 [15AP]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see S. 177), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 580), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1704), H2110 [26MR]

——— protect financial information of consumers and require notice of security breaches (see H.R. 2205), H2791 [1MY]

——— require certain entities that collect and maintain personal information of individuals to secure such information and to provide notice in the case of a breach of security involving such information (see H.R. 1770), H2208 [14AP] (see H.R. 4187), H9079 [8DE]

——— require operators that provide online and similar services to educational agencies or institutions to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (see S. 1788), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 2092), H2652 [29AP]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 396), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 747), H852 [5FE]

Telephones: criminalize the knowing use of commercial robocalls without prior express written consent of the recipient (see S. 1681), S4648 [25JN]

——— improve enforcement of prohibitions on robocalls, including fraudulent robocalls (see S. 1540), S4021 [10JN]

——— provide additional technical and procedural standards for artificial or prerecorded voice messages and establish such standards for live solicitations (see H.R. 852), H917 [10FE]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 827), H915 [10FE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 3378), E1165 [29JY]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (H.R. 601), H2120, H2121 [13AP]

Motor vehicles: clarify that only rental car companies whose primary business is renting vehicles are prohibited from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7721, H7722 [4NO]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7406 [3NO], H8996, H8997 [3DE]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (H.R. 2198), H5537 [28JY]

Patents: strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (S. 632), H1797 [19MR], H2413 [22AP]

Pharmaceuticals: address rising cost of generic drugs, H6232 [25SE]

Remarks in Senate

Advertising: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, S4929 [9JY], S7580–S7583, S7587 [28OC]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates, S8335 [3DE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, S5448 [22JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 2132), S7127 [5OC], S7130 [6OC]

Google, Inc.: investigation into alleged inappropriate content on Google YouTube Kids mobile application, S4335 [22JN]

Pharmaceuticals: condemn and call for investigation of pharmaceutical companies purchasing rights of existing drugs and drastically increasing the price of such drugs, S7118 [5OC]

——— ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (S. 2023), S6997, S6998 [29SE]

Privacy: prohibit companies from reselling student data, using student data or profiles for advertising purposes, and ensure proper encryption to protect student data from cyber theft, S4995, S4996 [13JY]

——— protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (S. 177), S183 [13JA]

——— require operators that provide online and similar services to educational agencies or institutions to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (S. 1788), S5912 [27JY]

Telephones: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry, S2010 [26MR]

Reports filed

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 601) (H. Rept. 114–59), H2151 [13AP]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2995) (H. Rept. 114–194), H5028 [9JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1910) (S. Rept. 114–97), S6186 [30JY]

Texts of

H.R. 601, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, H2121 [13AP]

S. 396, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S834–S836 [5FE]