FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Amendments

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3351), H5130, H5131, H5132, H5133, H5134, H5135, H5136 [25JN], H5177, H5179, H5180, H5183, H5184, H5185, H5186, H5187, H5188, H5196 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), consideration (H. Res. 460), H5099 [25JN]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3873, H3874, H3876, H3877, H3878, H3879, H3880, H3882, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3889, H3891, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3900, H3901 [16MY]

——— reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), consideration (H. Res. 377), H3811 [15MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2646), H3679 [9MY]

Advertising: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of rates for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (see H.R. 4489), H7988 [25SE]

Animals: issue rules to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications (see S. 1290), S2613 [2MY] (see H.R. 1607), H2582 [7MR]

Antitrust policy: authorize Dept. of Justice and FTC to seek civil monetary penalties to deter certain Sherman Act violations (see S. 2237), S5012 [23JY]

Business and industry: modify standards for unlawful acquisitions (see S. 307), S800 [31JA]

——— prohibit physical retail businesses from refusing cash payments (see H.R. 2630), H3678 [9MY]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see S. 2008), S4628 [27JN] (see H.R. 3570), H5257 [27JN]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources (see S. 1937), S4169 [20JN]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and improving information provided to antitrust enforcers (see S. 306), S800 [31JA]

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. 748), S1792 [12MR] (see H.R. 3900), H7240 [23JY]

Consumers: enforce prohibitions on debt collection, evictions, foreclosures, credit downgrades, and other actions to protect the public from harmful consequences of the Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 819), H1242 [28JA]

——— establish duties to require online service providers to protect user data and prohibit use of user data to their detriment (see S. 2961), S6788 [2DE]

——— increase protections relative to negative option agreements entered into on the Internet (see H.R. 2683), H3727 [10MY]

——— prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see S. 1850), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3248), H4693 [13JN]

——— prevent deceptive and harassing practices when collecting debt owed to a State or local government, index award of debt collection damages for inflation, and prohibit referral of emergency individual assistance debt (see H.R. 3948), H7377 [24JY]

——— 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. 2048), H3066 [3AP]

——— prohibit use of exploitative and deceptive practices by large online operators and promote consumer welfare in use of behavioral research by such providers (see S. 1084), S2328 [9AP]

——— restrict debt collection practices of certain debt collectors (see S. 2516), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 4403), H7834 [19SE]

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. 1961), S4504 [25JN] (see H.R. 3490), H5167 [25JN]

Data brokers: establish requirements relative to acquisition, use, and protection of brokered personal information and registration with the FTC (see S. 2342), S5196 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition and extend funding for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers and other public health programs (see H.R. 2700), H3788 [14MY]

Drugs: deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar and foster competition and facilitate review of drug petitions filed in good faith (see S. 1224), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2374), H3302 [29AP]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (see S. 1416), S2770 [9MY] (see H.R. 4398), H7834 [19SE] (see H.R. 5133), H8958 [18NO]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (see S. 1227), S2485 [29AP] (see H.R. 2376), H3302 [29AP]

Employment: prohibit agreements between employers that directly restrict current or future employment of any employee (see S. 2215), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3920), H7241 [23JY]

FCC/FTC: establish a joint robocaller bounty pilot program (see H.R. 1304), H2038 [15FE]

FDA: allow rejection of a citizen petition if it is believed the primary purpose of the petition is to delay approval of a pending drug application and refer such petitioners to the FTC (see S. 1169), S2433 [11AP] (see H.R. 2455), H3404 [1MY]

——— enhance health warnings on cigarette packages, raise minimum age to purchase tobacco products, restrict tobacco flavors, and regulate sale and marketing of all tobacco, including e-cigarettes and accessories (see H.R. 2339), H3274 [18AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 2524), S5602 [19SE] (see H.R. 264), H280 [8JA] (see H.R. 3351), H4916 [19JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 264), consideration (see H. Res. 28), H280 [8JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), consideration (see H. Res. 460), H5074 [24JN]

Health: lower health care costs by ending surprise medical bills, reducing drug prices, and improving health care transparency, public health, and exchange of health information (see S. 1895), S3843 [19JN]

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. 2860), H4063 [21MY]

——— 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. 2125), S4856 [16JY] (see H.R. 4536), H8054 [26SE]

——— require businesses to strengthen data privacy protections for consumers, increase research in technology to protect consumer privacy, and protect small businesses from over-regulation (see S. 583), S1540 [27FE]

——— require entities that use, store, or share personal information to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments (see S. 1108), S2386 [10AP] (see H.R. 2231), H3253 [10AP]

Insurance: prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (see H.R. 3693), H5584 [10JY]

Internet: increase consumer choice by requiring large online communications platforms to make services interoperable with other platforms, make user data portable, and allow third-party services to manage account settings (see S. 2658), S5965 [22OC]

——— prohibit circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products (see S. 2957), S6756 [21NO] (see H.R. 5263), H9175 [22NO]

——— prohibit collection of private data by social media companies and grant users property rights to all of the data that they generate on the Internet (see S. 806), S1898 [14MR]

——— protect consumers from deceptive practices by online hotel reservation booking sites, simplify complaint reporting system, and study impact of fraud on consumers (see S. 2229), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 3956), H7377 [24JY]

——— protect privacy of users of social media and other online platforms (see S. 189), S293 [17JA]

——— require large interactive computer service providers to prove content moderation is politically neutral in order to retain immunity from liability for illegal content posted by third parties (see S. 1914), S3844 [19JN]

——— require large Internet platforms to notify users of use of algorithms that filter what information is shown and allow users to opt out of curated content (see S. 2763), S6333 [31OC]

——— require online marketplaces disclose certain verified information relative to sellers of children’s products to inform consumers (see S. 3073), S7113 [17DE]

——— require online retailers and Internet applications to disclose country of origin of products imported into the U.S. (see S. 2208), S5012 [23JY]

——— require online retailers to disclose country of origin of products imported into the U.S. (see S. 1711), S3215 [4JN]

——— require social media companies to ban certain features that are designed to be addictive, require choice parity for consent, and give users the power to monitor their time spent on social media (see S. 2314), S5195 [30JY]

Investments: authorize additional appropriations to prevent unfair or deceptive practices relative to digital tokens or cryptocurrency and require a report to Congress on actions relative to such technologies (see H.R. 2154), H3216 [9AP]

Medicare: increase hospital competition (see H.R. 506), H517 [11JA]

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. 2182), S4948 [18JY]

National security: safeguard sensitive data from foreign governments that pose risks to national security by imposing data security requirements and strengthening review of foreign investments (see S. 2889), S6625 [18NO]

Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors: establish (see S. 512), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 2301), H3263 [12AP]

Office of Cybersecurity: establish to hold large credit reporting agencies accountable for data breaches involving consumer data (see S. 1336), S2687 [7MY] (see H.R. 2545), H3473 [7MY]

Office of Fair Lending Testing: establish to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws (see H.R. 166), H207 [3JA]

Patents: provide that certain bad faith communications in connection with assertion of a patent are unfair or deceptive acts or practices (see H.R. 108), H205 [3JA]

——— strengthen patent system and combat abuse (see S. 2082), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3666), H5583 [10JY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacurers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market (see H.R. 1499), H2366 [5MR]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see S. 64), S103 [9JA] (see H.R. 1344), H2100 [25FE] (see H.R. 1499), H2366 [5MR]

——— prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from compensating other companies to delay entry of generic drugs, biosimilar biological products, or interchangeable biological products into the market (see H.R. 2375), H3302 [29AP]

Privacy: establish a national Do Not Track system to protect privacy of Internet users by allowing them to block collection of certain data by online companies (see S. 1578), S3005 [21MY]

——— grant additional authorities to require entities that use, store, or share personal information to protect such information (see S. 2637), S5896 [17OC]

——— impose privacy requirements on providers of Internet services similar to requirements imposed on Federal agencies (see S. 142), S273 [16JA]

——— prohibit entities from requiring individuals to submit to arbitration for disputes arising from a security breach (see H.R. 327), H283 [8JA]

——— prohibit genetic testing services from disclosing or using consumers’ personal information without their explicit consent (see H.R. 2155), H3216 [9AP]

——— promulgate regulations relative to sensitive personal information or behavioral data (see H.R. 2013), H2938 [1AP]

——— require certain entities that collect and maintain personal information of individuals to secure such information and provide notice in the case of a breach of security involving such information (see H.R. 1282), H2032 [14FE]

——— require data brokers to establish procedures to ensure accuracy of collected personal information (see S. 2577), S5748 [26SE]

——— require entities to provide consumers with the opportunity to prohibit collection or use of certain data concerning the consumer and to request deletion of such data (see S. 2186), S4948 [18JY]

——— 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. 331), H283 [8JA]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program enforced by an independent Horseracing Anti-Doping and Medication Control Authority (see S. 1820), S3363 [12JN] (see H.R. 1754), H2742 [14MR]

Technology: limit use, recording, or transmission of any speech or sound captured by a smart speaker or video captured by a video doorbell and establish penalties for such actions without express consent of consumer (see H.R. 4048), H7466 [25JY]

——— prohibit certain entities from using facial recognition technology to identify or track an end user without obtaining their consent (see S. 847), S1899 [14MR]

——— promulgate regulations requiring manufacturers to give notice to consumers as to whether Internet-connected devices contain cameras or microphones (see S. 2532), S5663 [24SE]

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 S. 510), S1383 [14FE] (see H.R. 1220), H2029 [14FE]

Telephones: eliminate common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies in order to allow investigation of companies that enable illegal robocalling (see S. 2349), S5247 [31JY]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 805), H1242 [28JA]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (see S. 3132), S7208 [19DE] (see H.R. 4779), H8386 [22OC]

Video games: eliminate monetization practices from video games played by children by regulating certain pay-to-win microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in interactive digital entertainment products (see S. 1629), S3104 [23MY]

Motions

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 264), H337 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), H5194 [26JN]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4779, Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act extension, H10305 [16DE]

Remarks in House

Advertising: prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of rates for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (H.R. 4489), H7999 [26SE]

Children and youth: enforcement actions against companies that fail to protect personal information of children funding, H5179 [26JN]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (H.R. 2376), H3455 [7MY]

Financial services and general Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H5179 [26JN]

——— across-the-board funding reduction for non-defense activities, H5185, H5186 [26JN]

——— making appropriations, H186, H187 [3JA], H1155 [23JA], H10381 [17DE], E70 [22JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 264), H312–H338 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 264), consideration (H. Res. 28), H302–H311 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 264), motion to recommit, H337, H338 [9JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), H5022 [21JN], H5104–H5138, H5159–H5161, H5164 [25JN], H5177–H5197 [26JN], E846 [26JN], E865 [28JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), consideration (H. Res. 460), H5091–H5100 [25JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 3351), motion to recommit, H5194, H5195 [26JN]

Health: reduce prescription drug prices, facilitate entry of generic and biosimilar products into the market, strengthen Federal exchanges, and reverse extension of short-term health plans (H.R. 987), H3715 [10MY], H3731 [14MY], H3800 [15MY], H3851, H3852, H3853–H3911, H3913 [16MY], H4123 [23MY], H4401 [11JN], H5085 [25JN], H5175 [26JN], H7693 [12SE], H9248 [4DE], E623 [17MY]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit biological product manufacturers from compensating biosimilar and interchangeable product companies to delay entry of biosimilar and interchangeable products into the market, H3800 [15MY], H3856 [16MY]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H3800 [15MY], H3856 [16MY]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (H.R. 4779), H10286, H10287 [16DE]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (S. 2008), S4631 [27JN]

——— require all foreign and domestic companies registered with the SEC to report annually on amounts paid to each country for access to oil, gas, and minerals, S2632 [6MY]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections, S4789 [11JY]

Drugs: deter filing of sham citizen petitions to cover an attempt to interfere with approval of a competing generic drug or biosimilar and foster competition and facilitate review of drug petitions filed in good faith (S. 1224), S2868 [15MY], S4488 [25JN], S4710 [9JY], S5177 [30JY]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (S. 1416), S2870 [15MY], S3180 [4JN], S4488 [25JN], S4762, S4763 [10JY], S5009 [23JY], S5506 [17SE], S6217 [29OC], S6272 [30OC], S6368 [5NO], S6459 [7NO], S6497 [12NO], S6520–S6524, S6527 [13NO], S6640 [19NO], S6742 [21NO]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents by drug product manufacturers (S. 1416), unanimous-consent request, S6521–S6523 [13NO], S6967, S6968 [11DE]

——— require drug manufacturers to disclose prices of prescription drugs in any direct-to-consumer advertising and marketing to practitioners of a drug, S1865 [14MR], S2733 [8MY], S3177 [4JN], S6418 [6NO], S6459 [7NO], S6498 [12NO], S6521, S6522 [13NO]

——— study role of intermediaries in the pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (S. 1227), S4488 [25JN], S4753 [10JY], S5177 [30JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 264), S106 [9JA], S111 [10JA]

Information technology: require entities that use, store, or share personal information to conduct automated decision system impact assessments and data protection impact assessments (S. 1108), S2389 [10AP]

Internet: require large Internet platforms to notify users of use of algorithms that filter what information is shown and allow users to opt out of curated content (S. 2763), S6367 [5NO], S7126 [18DE]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (S. 64), S2001 [26MR], S6527 [13NO]

Telephones: eliminate common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies in order to allow investigation of companies that enable illegal robocalling (S. 2349), S5252 [31JY]

Wireless Lab (Russian company): investigate privacy and security concerns relative to mobile application FaceApp, S4926 [18JY]

Reports filed

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1416), S4676 [28JN]

Consideration of H.R. 264, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 28) (H. Rept. 116–1), H280 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 377) (H. Rept. 116–61), H3787 [14MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2722, Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 460) (H. Rept. 116–126), H5074 [24JN]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3351) (H. Rept. 116–122), H4916 [19JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2524) (S. Rept. 116–111), S5602 [19SE]

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1895), S4698 [8JY]

Prescription Pricing for the People Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1227), S4676 [28JN]

Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1499) (H. Rept. 116–52), H3725 [10MY]

Stop Significant and Time-Wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1224), S4676 [28JN]

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4779) (H. Rept. 116–351), H10305 [16DE]

Statements

Lower Health Care Costs Act: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S4623 [27JN]

Tables

Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3786 [14MY], H3921 [16MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 28, consideration of H.R. 264, financial services and general Government appropriations, H302 [9JA]

H. Res. 377, consideration of H.R. 5, Equality Act, H.R. 312, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act, and H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3801 [15MY]

H. Res. 460, consideration of H.R. 2722, Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act and H.R. 3351, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5091 [25JN]

H.R. 264, financial services and general Government appropriations, H312–H331 [9JA]

H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act, H3868–H3873 [16MY]

H.R. 3351, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5110–H5130 [25JN]

H.R. 4779, Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act extension, H10286 [16DE]

S. 2763, Filter Bubble Transparency Act, S6337 [31OC]