ADVERTISING

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate authority to make certain grants to support development, production, or marketing of alcoholic beverages and rescind CCC funds made available for such grants (see H.R. 4631), H949 [25FE]

——— prohibit certain activities and require greater transparency in commodity check-off programs (see S. 3201), S5079 [13JY]

——— prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation of producers in commodity check-off programs (see S. 3200), S5079 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit use of collected fees to advertise exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 5868), H5009 [14JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to submit a transparency and justification report prior to increasing certain drug prices (see S. 3335), S5842 [15SE] (see H.R. 6043), H5522 [15SE]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 2593), S1057 [25FE] (see H.R. 4604), H892 [24FE]

——— remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (see H.R. 5508), H3966 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: increase maximum penalty for unfair and deceptive practices relative to advertising costs of air transportation (see S. 2547), S875 [11FE]

Drugs: allow written marijuana advertisements in States where marijuana is legal (see S. 2504), S670 [4FE] (see H.R. 4467), H589 [4FE]

Elections: provide political advertising vouchers and payments to defray costs of postage for congressional general election candidates who agree to restrictions on contributions and expenditures (see H.R. 6449), H7396 [7DE]

FCC: require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (see H.R. 6055), H5523 [15SE]

FDA: restrict direct-to-consumer drug advertising (see H.R. 4565), H817 [12FE]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices relative to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5198), H2281 [11MY]

FTC: establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to provision of funeral goods or services (see H.R. 5212), H2341 [12MY]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see S. 2880), S2556 [28AP]

——— report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4445), H566 [3FE]

——— simplify process to unsubscribe from commercial e-mail messages (see H.R. 4709), H1144 [3MR]

Health: modernize prescription verification process for contact lenses and clarify consumer protections regarding false advertising of contact lenses (see S. 2777), S1853 [11AP] (see H.R. 6157), H5864 [22SE]

——— provide for reciprocal marketing approval of certain drugs, biological products, and devices that are authorized to be lawfully marketed abroad (see H.R. 6241), H6100 [28SE]

Hotels, motels, etc.: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of hotel room rates (see S. 2599), S1057 [25FE]

Olympic Games: discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships (see S. Res. 490), S3795 [10JN]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit marketing of authorized generic drugs (see H.R. 6284), H6102 [28SE]

Political campaigns: reform campaign finance system by implementing new disclosure and transparency requirements, limiting influence of outside money and special interests, and reducing certain conflicts of interest (see S. 6), S4299 [16JN] (see H.R. 5494), H3965 [16JN]

——— require corporations to disclose to shareholders amounts disbursed for certain political activity (see H.R. 6338), H6299 [17NO]

Taxation: deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see S. 2936), S2877 [17MY] (see H.R. 5232), H2385 [13MY]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (see S. 2623), S1277 [3MR]

Voting: develop academic curriculum on importance, history of suppression, and current restrictive laws, issue stamp recognizing efforts supporting the right to vote, and promote elections and automatic registration (see H. Res. 866), H5436 [13SE]

Letters

Address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H2198 [10MY]

Remarks in House

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts, H2969 [24MY]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (H.R. 985), H6120–H6126 [14NO], E1508 [17NO]

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (H.R. 4604), H3270 [26MY]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, H88–H94 [6JA], H293 [12JA], H858 [24FE], H1574 [23MR], H2114 [29AP], H2194, H2195–H2209 [10MY], H2225, H2226 [11MY], H2288, H2293, H2295, H2319, H2320–H2323 [12MY], H2346 [13MY], E1005 [28JN]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (H.R. 2805), H90 [6JA], H2201 [10MY]

——— allow written marijuana advertisements in States where marijuana is legal (H.R. 4467), E122 [4FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment permitting Congress and the States to establish limits on contributions and expenditures in elections for public office (H.J. Res. 38), H6015 [28SE]

EPA: prohibit funding to support advocacy groups for purposes of influencing the outcome of certain congressional legislation, H4796, H4797 [12JY]

FCC: prohibit funding in contravention of rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance, H4533 [7JY]

——— require material in the online public inspection file of a covered entity, including political ad buying information, to be made available in a format that is machine-readable, H1749, H1750 [15AP]

——— revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance, H1647 [13AP], H1744 [15AP]

FRS: prohibit Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding for advertising, H4535, H4536 [7JY]

FTC: report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products, H420 [1FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, H2445 [17MY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 430), H697, H700 [10FE], H3109 [25MY]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H1887 [20AP]

Voting: develop academic curriculum on importance, history of suppression, and current restrictive laws, issue stamp recognizing efforts supporting the right to vote, and promote elections and automatic registration (H. Res. 866), H5791 [21SE]

Remarks in Senate

Drugs: address prescription opioid abuse, S230, S231 [27JA], S459, S460 [2FE], S556 [3FE], S899 [22FE], S925, S933–S937 [23FE], S2306, S2314–S2317 [20AP]

——— address prescription opioid and heroin abuse, S42 [12JA], S531 [3FE], S2717–S2719, S2725, S2738 [12MY]

——— allow written marijuana advertisements in States where marijuana is legal (S. 2504), S671 [4FE]

——— improve prosecution of the sale and distribution of synthetic drugs known as analogues (S. 36), S4439 [22JN]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children, S2141 [19AP]

Olympic Games: discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships (S. Res. 490), S3812 [10JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 229), S152 [21JA]

——— reform campaign finance system by implementing new disclosure and transparency requirements, limiting influence of outside money and special interests, and reducing certain conflicts of interest (S. 6), S3936 [15JN], S4402 [21JN], S4527–S4529 [23JN]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (S. 1538), S152, S155 [21JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S142, S152, S155 [21JA], S541 [3FE]

——— impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S6122 [27SE]

——— impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S4402 [21JN]

Reports filed

Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 985) (H. Rept. 114–671), H4572 [8JY]

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1490) (S. Rept. 114–370), S6355 [15NO]

Summaries

We the People Act (S. 6), S4528 [23JN]

Texts of

H.R. 985, Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act, H6120–H6125 [14NO]

S. 2504, Marijuana Advertising in Legal States (MAILS) Act, S672 [4FE]

S. Res. 490, discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Olympic Team USA to attract sponsorships, S3797 [10JN]