FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Amendments

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 (H.R. 5645), H3855 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (H. Res. 872), H3794 [8MY]

Drugs: prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products (S. 2842), S2776 [17MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, S6101 [6SE], H7900 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions

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. 2651), S2075 [11AP] (see H.R. 5472), H3146 [11AP]

Antitrust policy: permit voluntary economic activity by limiting enforcement of antitrust laws (see S. 2491), S1338 [5MR]

Business and industry: clarify that acquisitions that tend to create a monopsony violate certain antitrust laws (see H.R. 5630), H3705 [26AP]

——— 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. 2847), S2679 [15MY] (see H.R. 5645), H3741 [27AP]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (see H. Res. 872), H3781 [7MY]

——— prohibit consideration of spurious economic efficiencies to justify anticompetitive mergers (see H.R. 5642), H3706 [26AP]

——— prohibit pyramid promotional schemes and ensure compensation is not based upon recruitment of participants into a plan, but on sales to individuals who use products or services sold (see S. 3), S7256 [3DE]

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. 2932), S2877 [23MY] (see H.R. 5930), H4692 [23MY]

Consumers: establish duties to require online service providers to protect user data and prohibit use of user data to their detriment (see S. 3744), S7509 [12DE]

——— prohibit different pricing of consumer products and services that are substantially similar if the different pricing is based on gender of individuals to whom the products or services are intended or marketed (see H.R. 5464), H3095 [10AP]

Credit: codify ban on confessions of judgment in law in consumer loan contracts and expand such ban to provide protections to small businesses (see S. 3717), S7356 [6DE] (see H.R. 7354), H10336 [19DE]

——— facilitate development of consumer credit services (see H.R. 6192), H5580 [22JN]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing ability of Dept. of Justice and FTC to enforce existing antitrust laws relative to biologic and biosimilar products (see H.R. 6478), H6649 [23JY]

——— prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products (see S. 2842), S2678 [15MY]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug (see H.R. 6576), H7722 [26JY]

FCC/FTC: establish a joint robocaller bounty pilot program (see H.R. 7343), H10336 [19DE]

Financial institutions: update exception for certain annual notices (see S. 3164), S4734 [28JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3107), S4343 [21JN] (see H.R. 6258), H5973 [28JN]

Firearms: prohibit sale, acquisition, distribution, or import of certain firearms or ammunition parts, prohibit certain marketing or advertising of such parts, and require homemade firearms to have serial numbers (see H.R. 7115), H9462 [2NO]

Information technology: establish a task force for purposes of studying effects of automated social media accounts, known as ‘‘bots,’’ on public discourse and elections (see H.R. 7117), H9467 [6NO]

——— regulate use of automated software programs, or bots, intended to impersonate or replicate human activity on social media and prohibit use of such programs for political advertising (see S. 3127), S4369 [25JN]

Insurance: prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (see H.R. 5502), H3209 [12AP]

Internet: prohibit circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products (see S. 3639), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 7160), H9568 [16NO]

——— protect privacy of users of social media and other online platforms (see S. 2728), S2342 [23AP]

Medicare: increase hospital competition (see H.R. 7084), H9443 [23OC]

Office of Cybersecurity: establish to provide oversight of data security at credit reporting agencies (see S. 2289), S138 [10JA]

Patents: provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with assertion of a patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices (see H.R. 6370), H6195 [13JY]

——— strengthen the patent system and combat abuse (see H.R. 5340), H1727 [20MR]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacurers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market (see S. 3792), S7926 [19DE]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 3792), S7926 [19DE]

Privacy: establish privacy protections for customers of online edge providers (see S. 2639), S2040 [10AP] (see H.R. 5815), H3976 [15MY]

——— prohibit entities from requiring individuals to submit to arbitration for disputes arising from a security breach (see H.R. 5165), H1372 [5MR]

——— promulgate regulations relative to sensitive personal information or behavioral data (see H.R. 6864), H8742 [24SE]

——— provide for greater transparency in and user control over treatment of data collected by mobile applications and enhance security of such data (see H.R. 6547), H7721 [26JY]

——— 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. 5388), H2040 [22MR]

——— require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information (see H.R. 6548), H7721 [26JY]

——— 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. 2640), S2040 [10AP]

——— review and revise standards for safeguarding customer information to ensure that consumer reporting agencies and service providers maintain sufficient safeguards against cyber attacks and related threats (see H.R. 5166), H1372 [5MR]

Product safety: require Federal and State mandated information declarations and labeling requirements applicable to chemical composition of, and radiation emitted by, consumer products meet minimum scientific standards (see S. 3019), S3035 [6JN] (see H.R. 6022), H4848 [6JN]

Taxation: deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 7342), H10336 [19DE]

Telecommunications: require phone, cable, and Internet providers to include all charges in the prices they advertise for service and provide remedies for consumers that have been wrongfully charged (see H.R. 6987), H9405 [28SE]

Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act: implement and enforce relative to certain common carriers (see H.R. 6943), H9150 [27SE]

Telephones: eliminate common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies in order to allow investigation of companies that enable illegal robocalling (see S. 3668), S7190 [28NO]

Tobacco products: include e-cigarettes in smoking bans in schools, clarify that educational assistance can be used for e-cigarette prevention by schools, and authorize studies in e-cigarette use prevention (see S. 3701), S7275 [4DE]

Motions

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 (H.R. 5645), H3856 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: ensure mergers involving pharmaceutical companies do not lead to increases in prescription drug prices, H3856, H3857 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), H3851–H3857 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (H. Res. 872), H3790–H3797 [8MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), motion to recommit, H3856, H3857 [9MY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H6272, H6275–H6282, H6344–H6461 [17JY], H6477, H6530–H6554 [18JY], H6569–H6572 [19JY], H7894–H7896 [6SE]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: modify standards for unlawful acquisitions (S. 1812), S2856 [23MY]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and improving information provided to antitrust enforcers (S. 1811), S2855 [23MY]

Chopra, Rohit: nomination to the FTC, S2473 [26AP]

Drugs: prohibit marketing of bogus opioid treatment programs or products, S6471 [3OC]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug, S5406–S5409 [26JY], S5736 [21AU], S5809–S5811 [22AU], S5882–S5884 [23AU]

Economy: enforce antitrust regulations, S2854–S2856 [23MY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, S5123–S5126 [23JY], S5227, S5230–S5237, S5240, S5241, S5245–S5249 [24JY], S5315–S5317, S5327, S5342, S5351 [25JY], S5394, S5399 [26JY], S5466, S5468, S5469, S5496–S5499 [31JY], S5527–S5531, S5533–S5539, S5573 [1AU], S6045 [6SE]

——— making appropriations (S. 3107), S6203 [18SE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve access to affordable prescription drugs, S7220 [29NO]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 124), S7220 [29NO], S7889 [19DE]

Phillips, Noah J.: nomination to the FTC, S2473 [26AP]

Privacy: require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information, S1573 [8MR]

——— require operators that provide online and similar services to educational agencies or institutions to protect the privacy and security of personally identifiable information (S. 2640), S2042 [10AP]

Senior citizens: prevent elder abuse and exploitation and improve the justice system’s response to victims in elder abuse and exploitation cases (S. 178), S7841 [19DE]

Simons, Joseph: nomination to the FTC, S2473 [26AP]

Slaughter, Rebecca Kelly: nomination to the FTC, S2473 [26AP]

Wilson, Christine S.: nomination to the FTC, S2473 [26AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 872) (H. Rept. 115–664), H3781 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 996) (H. Rept. 115–830), H6262 [16JY]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6258) (H. Rept. 115–792), H5973 [28JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3107) (S. Rept. 115–281), S4343 [21JN]

Nomination of Christine S. Wilson to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S1286 [28FE]

Nomination of Joseph Simons to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S1286 [28FE]

Nomination of Noah J. Phillips to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S1286 [28FE]

Nomination of Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S2439 [25AP]

Nomination of Rohit Chopra to the FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S1286 [28FE]

Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2842) (S. Rept. 115–285), S4512 [27JN]

Tables

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6346–H6378 [17JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 872, consideration of H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, H.R. 2152, Citizens’ Right To Know Act, S.J. Res. 57, disapprove Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule on indirect auto lending, H3790 [8MY]

H. Res. 996, consideration of H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H6274 [17JY]

H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, H3851 [9MY]

H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H6383–H6434 [17JY]