CONSUMERS related term(s) Credit; Product Safety; Toys

Amendments

Children and youth: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5135 [18MY]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), consideration (H. Res. 1232), H6717 [19JY]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), H3797 [17MR]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), consideration (H. Res. 979), H3758 [16MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), H5627, H5629 [16JN]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), consideration (H. Res. 1170), H5505 [14JN]

Families and domestic relations: suspend duties and other restrictions on importation of infant formula to address shortage in U.S. and allow WIC program recipients to purchase formula from any producer (S. 4261), S3109, S3170 [23JN]

FCC: ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), S9724 [21DE]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), H5189, H5190 [19MY]

——— authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5135 [18MY]

Articles and editorials

Americans Give Health Care System Failing Mark—AP-NORC Poll, S4554 [13SE]

Cybercrime Predictions for 2022—Deepfakes, Cryptocurrencies, and Misinformation, H3871 [28MR]

GOP Keeps Slamming Biden Over Inflation, but It Has No Solutions To Offer, H7413 [29JY]

Insulin Copay Cap Passes House Hurdle, But Senate Looks for a Broader Bill, H7676 [12AU]

Letters From an American, June 14, 2022 (excerpt), S2985 [16JN]

Lina Khan’s Unfair and Deceptive Approach to Antitrust, H8261 [29SE]

‘Little Evidence’ Keystone Pipeline Would Level Prices Despite GOP Claims, H1386 [9MR]

Oil Companies’ Profits Soared to $174bn This Year as US Gas Prices Rose, H1388 [9MR]

U.S. Gas Prices Have Fallen for 91 Straight Days, a Relief for Consumers, H7981 [20SE]

Without Major Changes, More Americans Could Be Victims of Online Crime, H3873 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: specify standards governing claims of consciously parallel pricing coordination in civil actions and clarify meaning of contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy under Sherman Act (see H.R. 8777), H7738 [6SE]

Armed Forces: expand certain Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections to dependents of members (see H.R. 8114), H5644 [16JN]

ATF: eliminate Enterprise Content Management Imaging Repository System (see H.R. 6950), H1328 [7MR]

Aviation: ensure prompt refunds for cancelled airline flights and tickets (see H.R. 9636), H9909 [20DE]

——— provide for cash refunds for cancelled airline flights and tickets (see S. 4665), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8605), H7537 [29JY]

Bankruptcy: make private and Federal student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 9110), H8371 [30SE]

——— replace current system, streamline filing process, reduce fees, protect consumers, address racial and gender disparities, and close certain loopholes (see S. 4980), S5225 [28SE]

Body armor: prohibit purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor by civilians, with exceptions (see H.R. 8118), H5644 [16JN] (see H.R. 8147), H5684 [17JN]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish database to collect, aggregate, analyze, and publish comprehensive data on Federal corporate criminal enforcement actions (see S. 5141), S6857 [29NO] (see H.R. 9362), H8647 [29NO]

Business and industry: establish criminal penalties for failing to inform and warn of serious dangers (see S. 5139), S6857 [29NO] (see H.R. 9361), H8647 [29NO]

——— make price gouging unlawful, expand FTC ability to seek permanent injunctions and equitable relief, and require companies disclose costs and pricing strategies in SEC filings (see S. 4214), S2493 [12MY] (see H.R. 7736), H4919 [12MY]

——— prohibit all transactions from TikTok, Inc., or other social media companies in, or under influence of, certain foreign countries of concern (see S. 5245), S7134 [13DE] (see H.R. 9508), H9729 [13DE]

——— prohibit certain anticompetitive mergers, allow rejection of proposed acquisitions, and implement procedures for reviews and breaking up anticompetitive consummated acquisitions (see S. 3847), S1225 [16MR] (see H.R. 7101), H3775 [16MR]

——— prohibit physical retail businesses from refusing cash payments (see S. 4497), S3160 [23JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: ensure nursing facilities report information on medical directors of such facilities and make such information available to public (see H.R. 8832), H7880 [15SE]

CFTC: provide jurisdiction to oversee spot digital commodity market (see S. 4760), S3919 [3AU] (see H.R. 8730), H7716 [19AU] (see H.R. 8950), H8111 [22SE]

Children and youth: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (see H.R. 7790), H5096 [17MY]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), consideration (see H. Res. 1124), H5096 [17MY]

——— provide for expedited and duty-free importation of infant formula that may be lawfully marketed in European Union, Canada, Japan, or United Kingdom (see S. 4350), S2785 [6JN] (see H.R. 7875), H5214 [24MY]

Colleges and universities: provide legal framework necessary for growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 4551), S3378 [19JY]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for occupations in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 5188), S6999 [6DE] (see H.R. 9440), H8800 [6DE]

Commission for the Comprehensive Study of Health Data Use and Privacy Protection: establish (see S. 3620), S612 [9FE]

Conservation of energy: provide that consumer room air cleaners are covered products to which certain energy conservation standards apply (see S. 5258), S7199 [14DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: apply debt collection practices to small businesses to same extent as to consumers and define ‘‘small business’’ for purposes of such practices (see H.R. 6814), H1140 [22FE]

——— bring into regular appropriations process (see S. 5280), S7252 [15DE]

——— clarify funding (see S. 4889), S4856 [20SE] (see H.R. 8918), H8009 [20SE]

——— conduct assessment of use of certain educational data in determining creditworthiness of applicants for private student loans (see H.R. 9699), H10547 [30DE]

——— eliminate (see H.R. 6409), H198 [14JA]

——— enhance rulemaking requirements (see S. 4522), S3270 [13JY] (see H.R. 7412), H4395 [6AP]

——— issue rule before deleting or modifying certain small business loan data (see H.R. 6739), H1123 [15FE]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (see S. 4557), S3378 [19JY] (see S. 4612), S3694 [26JY] (see H.R. 8373), H6623 [14JY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), consideration (see H. Res. 1232), H6881 [19JY]

——— restrict limitations on possession, sale, purchase, transportation or use of any contraceptive that relates to interstate commerce (see H.R. 8318), H5940 [7JY]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), consideration (see H. Res. 979), H3742 [15MR]

——— eliminate mandatory predispute arbitration agreements for consumer financial product or service disputes (see S. 3755), S991 [3MR]

——— provide liability protection for sharing of information on robocalls and other illegal calls by or with consortium that traces back origin of such calls and for receipt of such information by consortium (see H.R. 7598), H4575 [27AP]

——— require warrant for disclosure of records from provider of electronic communication service or remote computing service (see H.R. 7553), H4452 [21AP]

CPSC: anniversary (see S. Res. 855), S6941 [1DE] (see H. Res. 1505), H8709 [1DE]

——— issue consumer product safety standard for portable electric heater devices (see H.R. 6615), H976 [4FE]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting certain consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 8985), H8119 [26SE]

——— empower States to set maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see S. 4072), S2092 [7AP]

——— exclude certain evictions and information relative to such evictions from consumer reports (see H.R. 6862), H1175 [28FE]

——— expand definition of active duty military consumer for purposes of certain credit monitoring requirements (see H.R. 7526), H4443 [14AP]

——— improve regulation of ‘‘payday’’ lending by ensuring consumers control their own bank accounts, increasing transparency, and banning lead generators and anonymously registered websites in payday lending (see S. 5099), S6739 [16NO] (see H.R. 9307), H8541 [16NO]

——— permit certain credit repair organizations to dispute credit information directly with furnisher (see H.R. 7919), H5227 [31MY]

——— prohibit creation and sale of trigger leads (see H.R. 7661), H4713 [3MY]

——— provide additional transparency and consumer protections relative to medical debt collection practices (see S. 5150), S6905 [30NO]

——— provide for supervision of nondepository persons offering or making small business loans (see H.R. 7351), H4073 [31MR]

——— require nationwide consumer reporting agencies, upon request, to use consumer’s current legal name on consumer reports (see H.R. 8478), H7066 [21JY]

——— restrict garnishment of wages by creditors and prohibit certain debt collection practices relative to imprisonment of debtors (see H.R. 9224), H8413 [25OC]

Cryptocurrency: provide regulatory framework and consumer protections for issuance of payment stablecoins (see S. 5340), S9779 [21DE]

Defense Production Act: designate baby formula as scarce and critical material (see S. 4226), S2519 [16MY] (see H.R. 7781), H5009 [16MY]

——— invoke authorities to increase production of infant formula and provide for equitable distribution through Federally qualified health centers (see H. Con. Res. 90), H5097 [17MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (see S. 3870), S1253 [17MR] (see H.R. 7606), H4575 [27AP]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), consideration (see H. Res. 1170), H5485 [13JN]

——— establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 4257), S2586 [18MY] (see H.R. 7791), H5097 [17MY]

——— make grants to States to support establishment of grocery stores in underserved areas (see H.R. 9281), H8441 [10NO]

——— report to Congress on improving supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure needs at wholesale produce markets (see H.R. 8275), H5930 [1JY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish procedures to include certain foreign persons that pose threat to security of supply chains of Internet of Things devices on Entity List (see H.R. 7138), H3827 [17MR]

——— report on protection of consumer information in possession of U.S. companies operating in Hong Kong and on requests by Hong Kong for consumer information, content takedowns, or law enforcement assistance (see H.R. 8739), H7720 [23AU]

Dept. of Defense: establish task force to protect Armed Forces members, veterans, and military families from financial fraud (see H.R. 8321), H5945 [11JY]

——— require commissary and exchange stores in U.S. that offer gasoline for commercial sale to offer at least one fuel that contains not less than 13 percent ethanol (see S. 4363), S2865 [8JN]

Dept. of Education: cancel or repay up to certain amount in Federal student loans for each borrower (see H.R. 6708), H1118 [11FE]

——— require institutions of higher education repay portion of student loan default and allow student loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy (see S. 4912), S4913 [21SE]

——— require provision of student loan information to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 7729), H4861 [11MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish and reform certain petroleum reserves, reduce dependence on foreign oil and expand use of electric vehicles, and increase oil refinery capacity (see H.R. 8989), H8119 [26SE]

——— increase size of Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve (see H.R. 9008), H8220 [28SE]

Dept. of HHS: allow additional individuals to enroll in standalone dental plans offered through Federal exchanges (see S. 4739), S3861 [2AU] (see H.R. 9567), H9901 [15DE]

——— allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs intended for routine use (see S. 4638), S3743 [27JY] (see H.R. 8428), H6882 [19JY]

——— award contract to eligible nonprofit entity to establish and maintain health care claims database for purposes of lowering Americans’ health care costs (see H.R. 9644), H9982 [21DE]

——— collect and disseminate information on pharmaceutical affordability assistance programs to consumers and health facilities (see S. 4481), S3159 [23JN]

——— conduct outreach campaign to inform individuals covered under group health plan or individual health insurance coverage of Federal requirements relative to mental health and substance use disorder crisis services (see H.R. 8892), H7965 [19SE]

——— develop list of public health crises and require manufacturers of products contributing to such crises to develop, maintain, and update plan to mitigate effects of such products on public health (see H.R. 6807), H1139 [22FE]

——— eliminate inpatient-only service list (see H.R. 8134), H5645 [16JN]

——— establish interactive online dashboard to allow public to review information for Federal grant funding relative to mental health programs (see H.R. 8657), H7551 [5AU]

——— establish Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Well-Being (see H.R. 8524), H7254 [27JY]

——— establish Ombuds for Reproductive and Sexual Health (see H.R. 9254), H8418 [28OC]

——— increase availability of LIHEAP heating and cooling assistance (see S. 3535), S413 [31JA] (see H.R. 6437), H287 [20JA]

——— issue regulations on over-the-counter hearing aids (see S. 4043), S2091 [7AP]

——— publish list of hospitals found to be in non-compliance with hospital price transparency rule (see S. 4414), S2968 [15JN]

——— purchase rapid tests for coronavirus and make available for free (see H.R. 6377), H77 [12JA]

——— require drug manufacturers to include printed inserts containing drug information when they ship their products to pharmacies (see H.R. 6519), H307 [28JA]

Dept. of HUD: create database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports (see H.R. 6696), H1113 [9FE]

——— ensure parity in collection of housing data relative to key demographics not currently captured in Federal data sets to enhance accountability and transparency in evaluation of housing and housing programs (see H.R. 8269), H5929 [1JY]

——— protect consumers from price-gouging of residential rental and sale prices (see H.R. 8360), H6334 [13JY]

Dept. of Labor: improve defined contribution plan fee disclosures (see H.R. 7284), H4005 [30MR]

——— report to Congress on reporting and disclosure requirements relative to retirement plans (see S. 4361), S2865 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct analysis of domestic energy production and consumption, make recommendations to secure and increase energy independence, and limit withdrawal of public lands from energy production (see H.R. 7848), H5207 [19MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and pilot digital dollar technologies that replicate privacy-respecting features of physical cash (see H.R. 7231), H3894 [28MR]

——— study effects of inflation on savings of U.S. individuals (see H.R. 7005), H1421 [9MR]

Dept. of Transportation: improve cruise passenger security and safety (see S. 5343), S9779 [21DE]

Disabled: prevent discrimination against airline passengers with disabilities who use lithium-ion-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids that are safe for air travel (see H.R. 9342), H8587 [17NO]

Diseases and disorders: prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase at-home tests for coronavirus imported from, or manufactured in, China (see S. 3565), S497 [2FE] (see H.R. 6926), H1302 [3MR]

District of Columbia: repeal coronavirus vaccination requirements (see S. 3514), S275 [18JA]

Drugs: improve patient access to emerging medication therapies by clarifying scope of permitted communications between biopharmaceutical manufacturers and population health decision makers (see H.R. 7008), H1421 [9MR] (see H.R. 9297), H8507 [15NO]

——— provide for lower prices through drug price negotiation (see H.R. 7497), H4438 [11AP]

Education: establish award allocation to facilitate financial literacy programs (see H.R. 9272), H8428 [3NO]

Electronics: provide for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic equipment (see H.R. 6566), H916 [2FE]

EPA: carry out certain activities to protect communities from harmful effects of plastics (see S. 5163), S6941 [1DE] (see H.R. 9388), H8708 [1DE]

——— control exports of electronic waste to ensure that such waste does not become source of counterfeit goods that may reenter U.S. military and civilian electronics supply chains (see S. 3859), S1253 [17MR]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see S. 4774), S4045 [4AU] (see S. 5145), S6857 [29NO] (see H.R. 9455), H8823 [7DE]

——— publish rule that establishes standards for flushability of disposable nonwoven wipes (see H.R. 6591), H946 [3FE]

Executive Office of the President: establish Sub-Task Force on Emergency Price Stabilization (see H.R. 8658), H7551 [5AU]

FAA: establish evacuation standards for transport category airplanes (see S. 5235), S7101 [12DE] (see H.R. 9467), H8873 [8DE]

——— prohibit air carriers from reducing size of passenger seats on aircraft (see H.R. 9637), H9909 [20DE]

Families and domestic relations: suspend duties and other restrictions on importation of infant formula to address shortage in U.S. and allow WIC program recipients to purchase formula from any producer (see S. 4261), S2620 [19MY] (see H.R. 7808), H5097 [17MY]

FCC: apply certain standards on volume of commercials to video streaming services (see S. 4173), S2419 [10MY] (see H.R. 7703), H4796 [10MY]

——— establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (see S. 4126), S2275 [3MY]

——— permit State attorneys general to recover forfeiture penalties for certain Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations (see H.R. 8306), H5939 [7JY]

——— prohibit use of automated telephone equipment to send unsolicited text messages (see H.R. 8334), H5974 [12JY]

——— provide requirements relative to data caps on broadband Internet access service (see S. 4590), S3611 [21JY]

FDA: act upon pending submissions for new infant formula and increase regulatory flexibility in event of infant formula shortage (see H.R. 8010), H5445 [9JN]

——— allow digital communication of prescribing information for drugs, including biological products (see H.R. 7559), H4453 [21AP]

——— amend process informing persons submitting abbreviated application for new drug whether new drug is qualitatively or quantitatively same as listed drug (see H.R. 7032), H1422 [9MR]

——— classify human donor milk that undergoes pasteurization as exempt infant formula (see H.R. 7358), H4126 [1AP]

——— deem certain regulated products as drugs (see S. 4333), S2752 [26MY]

——— deny approval of new drug application for opioid analgesic drug on basis of such drug not being clincally superior to other commercially available drugs (see S. 4340), S2752 [26MY] (see H.R. 8586), H7405 [28JY]

——— direct President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to recall of infant formula manufactured by Abbott Laboratories and potential impacts on supply chain (see H. Res. 1287), H7170 [26JY]

——— expand certain authorities relative to recall of controlled substances to apply with respect to all drugs (see H.R. 6545), H330 [1FE]

——— improve infant formula supply chain (see H.R. 7802), H5097 [17MY] (see H.R. 7830), H5174 [18MY]

——— improve safety and supply of infant formula (see H.R. 7933), H5232 [3JN]

——— prevent food shortages, including shortages of infant formula and certain medical foods (see S. 4256), S2586 [18MY] (see H.R. 7989), H5409 [8JN]

——— promulgate rule relative to disclosure of side effects, contraindications, and effectiveness in prescription drug ads while also prohibiting distracting representations that detract from such disclosures (see H.R. 8289), H5935 [5JY]

——— provide increased transparency in generic drug applications (see S. 4338), S2752 [26MY]

——— repeal authority to require that drugs be dispensed only upon prescription (see H.R. 6512), H307 [28JA]

——— require guidance on extending expiration dates for certain scarce drugs (see S. 3493), S189 [12JA] (see H.R. 7669), H4721 [6MY]

——— require manufacturers of infant formula to warn about discontinuance or interruption in production of infant formula (see H.R. 8038), H5486 [13JN]

——— shorten exclusivity period for brand name biological products (see H.R. 7828), H5174 [18MY]

——— strengthen requirements for postapproval studies for drugs approved using accelerated approval (see H.R. 6963), H1329 [7MR]

——— work through Codex process to review and update internationally recognized standards for infant formula to ensure standards are consistent with requirements for import to U.S. (see H.R. 7718), H4860 [11MY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish best practices for use of facial recognition technology (see S. 5334), S9778 [21DE]

——— improve service delivery of agencies and public perception of agency interactions (see H.R. 9233), H8413 [25OC]

——— regulate law enforcement use of facial recognition technology, provide transparency to harmed individuals, and ensure assessment and reporting on use of such technology (see H.R. 9061), H8315 [29SE]

——— require report on actions taken to end infant formula shortage (see H.R. 7815), H5173 [18MY]

Federal aid programs: permit State and local coronavirus fiscal recovery funds to be used to address increased costs of essential items (see S. 3842), S1178 [15MR]

FERC: promulgate regulations on regional and interregional planning to improve electricity infrastructure, reduce costs for ratepayers, and promote clean energy innovation (see S. 3879), S1253 [17MR]

——— protect consumers from manipulation of electricity and natural gas markets by traders (see S. 4679), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8578), H7404 [28JY]

Financial institutions: provide for responsible financial innovation and bring digital assets within regulatory perimeter (see S. 4356), S2814 [7JN]

——— provide national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification on behalf of all consumers (see H.R. 9588), H9902 [15DE]

——— provide that all persons shall be entitled to full and equal enjoyment of goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions (see S. 4619), S3694 [26JY]

——— provide that consumer transaction account deposits of insured depository institution are not considered to be funds obtained by or through deposit broker (see S. 5345), S9779 [21DE]

Firearms: discontinue collection by Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses and require destruction of such collected records (see H.R. 6945), H1328 [7MR]

——— make it unlawful to sell firearms without promoting safe storage, disseminate safe storage best practices, create grants for safe storage device distribution, and allow tax credit for such device sales (see H.R. 7545), H4452 [21AP]

——— remove certain immunity for online firearms marketplaces (see H.R. 7819), H5173 [18MY]

Foreign trade: provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (see H.R. 8174), H5822 [22JN] (see H.R. 8351), H6334 [13JY]

——— suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in manufacturing of infant formula in U.S. (see H.R. 8982), H8118 [26SE]

——— temporarily allow importation of infant formula free of duty and free of quantitative limitation (see S. 4262), S2620 [19MY]

FRS: ensure Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee focus solely on stabilizing prices (see H.R. 7209), H3862 [24MR]

——— prohibit Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to individuals (see S. 3954), S1867 [30MR] (see H.R. 6415), H216 [18JA]

——— require implementation of real-time payments system by financial institutions to ensure immediate availability of deposited funds (see S. 4946), S4970 [22SE] (see H.R. 8974), H8112 [22SE]

FTC: clarify prohibition on excessive and unjustified price increases in sale of certain products and services when emergency or disaster results in abnormal disruptions of market (see S. 3839), S1178 [15MR] (see H.R. 9284), H8441 [10NO]

——— conduct education campaign to inform public about resources available when their safety and security has been violated online (see H.R. 6786), H1130 [18FE]

——— conduct investigation and report to Congress on gasoline prices (see H.R. 7550), H4452 [21AP]

——— conduct study on conduct relative to oil and gas prices (see S. 4048), S2091 [7AP]

——— eliminate exemption of air carriers from authority and prohibit certain unfair and deceptive acts and practices relative to air carrier delays (see H.R. 8698), H7557 [9AU]

——— ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases (see S. 4217), S2493 [12MY] (see H.R. 7800), H5097 [17MY]

——— establish Bureau of Digital Services Oversight and Safety (see H.R. 6796), H1131 [18FE]

——— 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. 4309), S2708 [25MY]

——— investigate and report on anticompetitive practices and violations of antitrust law in beef packing industry (see S.J. Res. 47), S2620 [19MY]

——— investigate and report on practices in oil and gas industry (see S. 4049), S2091 [7AP]

——— issue regulations requiring non-flushable wet wipes to have ‘‘Do Not Flush’’ labeling (see S. 3956), S1867 [30MR]

——— prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and dissemination of false information relative to pharmacy benefit management services for prescription drugs (see S. 4293), S2664 [24MY]

——— prohibit data brokers from selling and transferring health and location data (see S. 4408), S2968 [15JN] (see H.R. 9161), H8385 [7OC]

——— prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (see S. 4409), S2968 [15JN] (see H.R. 8160), H5733 [21JN]

——— prohibit targeted advertising by advertising facilitators and advertisers (see S. 3520), S351 [19JA] (see H.R. 6416), H216 [18JA]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of rates for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (see H.R. 8261), H5929 [1JY]

——— provide authority to seek equitable remedies for unfair or deceptive trade practices (see S. 4145), S2339 [4MY]

——— request President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to communications and directives with FTC (see H. Res. 1261), H7169 [26JY]

——— require commercial websites and mobile apps to create simple and readable summary of their terms-of-service agreements (see S. 3501), S220 [13JA] (see H.R. 6407), H194 [13JA]

——— require original equipment manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, software, and tools for electronics-enabled agricultural implements (see S. 3549), S442 [1FE]

——— require original manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to consumers and independent repair providers (see S. 3830), S1153 [14MR]

——— revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 6606), H976 [4FE]

Health: address high cost of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage (see H.R. 8588), H7405 [28JY]

——— expand affordability of health insurance for working families by allowing employees to expand employer-provided insurance to families (see H.R. 7230), H3863 [24MR]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see S. 4434), S3003 [16JN] (see H.R. 8111), H5644 [16JN]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 9584), H9902 [15DE]

Health care facilities: enhance compliance with hospital price transparency requirements (see S. 3749), S990 [3MR]

Housing: establish resident organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations (see H.R. 9587), H9902 [15DE]

Inflation Reduction Act: repeal Medicare prescription drug price control provisions (see S. 4953), S5051 [27SE]

Information technology: accomodate emerging technologies to streamline how consumers consent to receive electronic records, signatures, and contracts (see S. 3715), S874 [1MR]

——— promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in app economy, increase choice and quality, and reduce costs for consumers (see H.R. 7030), H1422 [9MR]

Insurance: establish requirements for disclosure of certain information relative to health care sharing ministries (see H.R. 8324), H5945 [11JY]

——— limit enrollment in coverage for excepted benefits to individuals enrolled in health plan providing minimum essential coverage (see H.R. 7512), H4442 [14AP]

——— provide coverage for scalp cooling items under group and individual health plans, Federal health care programs and Federal Health Employee Benefits Program (see H.R. 7322), H4071 [31MR]

——— provide for certain number of primary care and behavioral health care visits without application of any cost-sharing requirement (see S. 4905), S4912 [21SE]

——— require audits on accuracy of health plan directory information, establish higher standards for mental health provider adequacy, and educate consumers on mental health parity law rights (see S. 5093), S6695 [15NO]

——— require health insurance providers to issue notices relative to prescription drug refills to individuals residing in emergency areas during emergency periods (see H.R. 8270), H5929 [1JY]

Investments: prohibit lending, leveraging, or co-mingling customer funds by cryptocurrency exchanges without consent of customers (see H.R. 9422), H8730 [2DE]

——— require investment advisers for passively-managed funds to arrange for pass-through voting of proxies for certain securities (see S. 4241), S2586 [18MY] (see H.R. 8521), H7254 [27JY]

IRS: establish free, online tax preparation and filing service and programs that allow taxpayers to access third-party provided tax return information (see S. 4508), S3239 [12JY] (see H.R. 8368), H6335 [13JY]

——— establish plan to improve customer service and new modes of communication with public (see H.R. 7440), H4431 [7AP]

Law enforcement: require Federal financial regulators to create public database of people who have committed financial crimes or have civil liability for financial misdeeds (see S. 3716), S875 [1MR]

Medicare: address incorrect billing by off-campus hospital locations (see H.R. 8133), H5645 [16JN]

——— clarify and preserve breadth of protections under Medicare Secondary Payer Act (see S. 4750), S3918 [3AU] (see H.R. 8594), H7537 [29JY]

——— establish improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (see S. 4204), S2492 [12MY]

——— establish Medicare for America program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. citizens (see H.R. 9655), H9983 [21DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: require drug and biological product manufacturers to include truthful and non-misleading pricing information in any direct-to-consumer advertising (see H.R. 7529), H4443 [14AP]

Motor vehicles: ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide choices for maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles (see H.R. 6570), H916 [2FE]

——— require motor vehicle rental companies to provide certain consumer protections (see H.R. 9635), H9909 [20DE]

National Annuity Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 695), S3160 [23JN]

National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 738), S3862 [2AU]

National Co-Op Month: designate (see S. Res. 866), S7071 [8DE] (see H. Res. 1409), H8316 [29SE]

National Patient Safety Board: establish (see H.R. 9377), H8707 [1DE]

National Senior Fraud Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 655), S2752 [26MY]

Natural gas: protect consumers from excessive rates (see S. 3736), S950 [2MR]

NSF: commission study on inflation (see H.R. 7747), H4919 [12MY]

OPM: extend complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage for all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies (see H.R. 7657), H4713 [3MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure tax payer funds for health insurance coverage are available only to authorized individuals (see H.R. 8441), H6921 [20JY]

Petroleum: prohibit exportation of gasoline during periods of high gasoline prices (see H.R. 9277), H8433 [7NO]

——— provide energy rebates to individual taxpayers relative to gas prices (see H.R. 7143), H3827 [17MR]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit manufacturers from interfering with therapeutically equivalent or interchangeable substitutions by health care providers to limit competition from generic drug or biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 7473), H4432 [7AP]

Pool and Spa Safety Act: reauthorize (see S. 4296), S2665 [24MY] (see H.R. 7877), H5214 [24MY]

Postal Service: allow provision of certain basic financial services (see S. 3891), S1289 [22MR]

——— establish website providing information on post offices experiencing emergency suspensions (see H.R. 6355), H8 [10JA]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (see H.R. 7688), H4722 [6MY]

——— authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), consideration (see H. Res. 1124), H5096 [17MY]

——— authorize Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale to provide short-term energy relief and set energy efficiency targets for States during energy supply emergency (see S. 3815), S1119 [10MR]

——— develop short- and long-term strategies to reduce cost of transportation fuels for U.S. consumers through Federal conservation (see S. 4078), S2131 [25AP]

——— express need to stop excessive price increases by oil and gas companies and importance of rapidly transitioning to clean energy economy (see S. Res. 608), S2246 [2MY]

——— promote competition in area of digital energy management tools, enhance consumer access to electric energy and natural gas information, and allow for adoption of innovative products and services (see H.R. 8519), H7169 [26JY]

——— protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see S. 3920), S1774 [24MR] (see H.R. 7463), H4432 [7AP]

——— reinstate ban on export of coal, crude oil, and natural gas produced in U.S. (see H.R. 9545), H9852 [14DE]

——— request President provide documents to House of Representatives relative to policies that increase energy prices, blame Russia for such increases, or pursue anti-fossil fuel agenda (see H. Res. 1265), H7170 [26JY]

——— support safe and responsible development of hydrocarbons via drilling (see H. Res. 1101), H4797 [10MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: report to Congress on authorities relative to stabilization and reduction of gas prices (see H.R. 7154), H3852 [18MR]

Privacy: provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, create strong oversight mechanisms, and establish meaningful enforcement (see H.R. 8152), H5733 [21JN]

——— 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 (see H.R. 9656), H9983 [21DE]

Public utilities: prohibit States, local governments, or State regulatory authorities from prohibiting natural gas consumer from connecting or reconnecting to natural gas service utility (see H.R. 9607), H9906 [16DE]

Real estate: include retailers of manufactured or modular homes in definition of mortgage originator (see H.R. 8328), H5974 [12JY]

——— provide for accurate energy appraisals in connection with residential mortgage loans (see S. 4671), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8577), H7404 [28JY]

SBA: create grant program to fund existing consumer voucher matching programs (see H.R. 9370), H8673 [30NO]

——— study and report on blockchain technology and use in consumer protection (see H.R. 6597), H947 [3FE]

SEC: disapprove rule submitted entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (see H.J. Res. 88), H5610 [15JN]

——— prohibit from finalizing proposed rule titled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (see H.R. 8589), H7537 [29JY]

States: establish grant program for States to fund community-based nonprofit student loan consumer assistance programs (see S. 5209), S7034 [7DE] (see H.R. 8643), H7544 [2AU]

Tariff: provide duty-free importation and sale of infant formula that is lawfully marketed as such in its country of origin (see H.R. 7822), H5173 [18MY]

——— terminate duties and other restrictions on importation of infant formula (see S. 4252), S2586 [18MY]

Taxation: allow tax credit for retail sales of safe firearm storage devices (see H.R. 9060), H8315 [29SE]

——— clarify that taxpayer identity verification is responsibility of users of IRS electronic Income Verification Express Service rather than taxpayer (see H.R. 9589), H9902 [15DE]

——— deny any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see S. 5086), S6695 [15NO] (see H.R. 9299), H8507 [15NO]

——— establish deduction for certain retreaded tires (see H.R. 8165), H5733 [21JN]

——— establish excise tax on profits of oil companies and distribute them as dividend to taxpayers (see H.R. 7103), H3775 [16MR]

——— establish health freedom accounts (see H.R. 9160), H8385 [7OC]

——— establish qualified down payment savings program (see S. 4722), S3861 [2AU]

——— impose excise taxes on passenger space travel (see H.R. 7547), H4452 [21AP]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (see S. 3802), S1118 [10MR] (see H.R. 7061), H3712 [11MR] (see H.R. 7099), H3775 [16MR]

——— increase mortgage insurance premium deduction income cap (see S. 3590), S546 [7FE]

——— prohibit States from imposing tax on retail sale of menstrual products (see H.R. 8107), H5644 [16JN]

——— provide for inflation rebates (see S. 4060), S2092 [7AP]

——— provide gas price rebate to individuals (see H.R. 7271), H3970 [29MR]

——— provide gasoline tax holiday (see S. 3609), S612 [9FE] (see H.R. 6787), H1130 [18FE] (see H.R. 7751), H4919 [12MY]

——— repeal certain excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows, and arrows and redirect certain lease revenue generated from offshore and onshore energy development to environmental education programs (see H.R. 8167), H5821 [22JN]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for oil companies and establish gas price rebates to individuals (see H.R. 7871), H5214 [24MY]

Technology: require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (see S. 5127), S6779 [17NO]

——— require notice of collection of ambient noise by Internet-connected devices, limit disclosure and retention of information collected, and require method to deactivate and reactivate such collection (see H.R. 8543), H7255 [27JY]

TikTok, Inc.: prohibit from accessing U.S. citizens’ user data from within China and block installation of TikTok app on Government devices (see H.R. 8772), H7738 [6SE]

Transportation Security Administration: protect airline personnel and passengers by placing abusive passengers on commercial no-fly list (see S. 4019), S2041 [6AP] (see H.R. 7433), H4396 [6AP]

TVA: reform ratemaking authorities (see H.R. 9042), H8314 [29SE]

U.S. Working Group on Inflation: establish (see H.R. 6399), H193 [13JA]

Western Area Power Administration: provide firm electric service customers with credits from shortfalls in generation from certain Bureau of Reclamation hydroelectric facilities (see H.R. 9563), H9853 [14DE]

Letters

Access to Baby Formula Act: several organizations, H5155 [18MY]

Address growing inflation: Representative Rose, H5739 [22JN]

Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act: Representative Pallone, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5181 [19MY]

——— Representative Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’ Scott, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H5181 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture Thrifty Food Plan update: Edda Emmanuelli Perez, GAO, S4034–S4036 [4AU], E826–E828 [5AU]

Ensure equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in 340B drug discount program: several Representatives, H5325 [7JN]

Impact of SEC rule entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ on agricultural community: several Representatives, H6850 [19JY]

Inflation Reduction Act prescription drug reforms: Dan Leonard, Association of Accessible Medicines Biosimilars Council, H7677 [12AU]

Inflation Reduction Act provisions impact on launch prices of new drugs and introduction of new generic drugs: Phillip L. Swagel, CBO, H7649, H7665 [12AU]

Open App Markets Act: Benjamin Ismail and Charlie Smith, GreatFire (organization), S536 [7FE]

——— several organizations, S535 [7FE]

Require online marketplaces to disclose certain verified information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform consumers: Chris Clark, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, S3154 [23JN]

——— Katie Kirkpatrick, Metro Atlanta, GA, Chamber of Commerce, S3154 [23JN]

U.S. Innovation and Competition Act: Connie Hensler, LaGrange-Troup County, GA, Chamber of Commerce, S3154 [23JN]

——— Jerald Mitchell, Greater Columbus, GA, Chamber of Commerce, S3155 [23JN]

——— Timothy D. Israel, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, S3155 [23JN]

Lists

Votes recorded by proxy on Bentz motion to recommit H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3813 [17MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on Cammack motion to recommit H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5631 [16JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on Demings amendment to H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5192 [19MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Fitzgerald amendment to H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3812 [17MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3760 [16MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5137 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7690, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5137 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5506 [14JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6718 [19JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3813 [17MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5632 [16JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5195 [19MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7790, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5165 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7791, Access to Baby Formula Act, H5164 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8351, Formula Act, H6664 [15JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6940 [21JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Hinson motion to recommit H.R. 7790, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5165 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Hinson motion to recommit H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6940 [21JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on Pappas amendment to H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5193 [19MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3759 [16MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5136 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7690, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5136 [18MY]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5505 [14JN]

Votes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1224, consideration of H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6718 [19JY]

Votes recorded by proxy on S. 2629, Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, H3952 [29MR]

Votes recorded by proxy on Westerman motion to recommit H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5194 [19MY]

Memorandums

Better Cybercrime Metrics Act: Representative Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary (House) (excerpt), H3870 [28MR]

Distributional Information on Dept. of the Treasury ‘‘Introduce Comprehensive Financial Account Reporting To Improve Tax Compliance’’ Proposal: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H7572 [12AU]

Motions

Children and youth: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), H5163 [18MY]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), H6939 [21JY]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), H3812 [17MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), H5631 [16JN]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), H5193 [19MY]

Notices

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) tie vote on S. 4145, Consumer Protection Remedies Act, S2746 [26MY]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) tie vote on S. 4217, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act, S2746 [26MY]

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 4081, Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act, H8217 [28SE]

Papers

Evidence Base on the Impact of Price Controls on Medical Innovation: Tomas J. Philipson and Troy Durie, University of Chicago, H7671–H7673 [12AU]

Press releases

Ho, Ho, Ho, Holiday Scams! Beth Anne Steele, FBI Portland, H3872 [28MR]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: allow servicemembers who receive orders for permanent change of station but then receive emergency stop order to terminate telephone, multi-channel video, or Internet access service contracts without penalty, H7766 [13SE], H9966 [21DE]

ATF: eliminate Enterprise Content Management Imaging Repository System (H.R. 6950), E457 [6MY]

Biden, President: call for Executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt, H7176 [27JY]

——— evaluation of administration, H68, H69 [12JA], H208–H214 [18JA], H250 [19JA], H255, H270 [20JA], H3748 [16MR], H3974 [30MR], H4592 [28AP], H4847 [11MY], H5492 [14JN], H5720–H5726 [21JN], H5817–H5821 [22JN], H8324 [30SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, H47 [12JA], H1021 [8FE], H1292–H1294 [3MR], H1337 [8MR], H3974 [30MR], H4157 [5AP], H4202, H4203 [6AP], H4849 [11MY], H5479, H5482 [13JN], H5491, H5492, H5504, H5534–H5538, H5541–H5545 [14JN], H5598–H5603 [15JN], H5825, H5873–H5875 [23JN], H7156, H7157 [26JY], H7535 [29JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, H75 [12JA], H242, H245 [19JA], H311 [1FE], H1066 [8FE], H1160 [28FE], H1183, H1189, H1196 [1MR], H1345 [8MR], H1384, H1385, H1391 [9MR], H3717 [15MR], H3757, H3763–H3768 [16MR], H3814, H3822 [17MR], H3844 [18MR], H4017 [31MR], H4078, H4116–H4119, H4121–H4123 [1AP], H4388–H4390 [6AP], H4422 [7AP], H4850 [11MY], H4876 [12MY], H4957–H4959 [13MY], H4973, H5006 [16MY], H5018–H5021 [17MY], H5103 [18MY], H5178, H5184–H5188 [19MY], H5239, H5324 [7JN], H5451 [13JN], H5494, H5495 [14JN], H5552, H5591 [15JN], H5625, H5635, H5636 [16JN], H5739, H5741, H5812, H5819, H5820 [22JN], H5827 [23JN], H5948 [12JY], H6511 [14JY], H6664–H6666, H6670, H6675 [15JY], H6683, H6684, H6686 [18JY], H6912 [20JY], H6926 [21JY], H7081 [26JY], H7241, H7242, H7247–H7251 [27JY], H7402 [28JY], H7795 [14SE], H7866 [15SE], H7978, H7980 [20SE], H8059, H8060 [21SE], H8108 [22SE], H8310 [29SE], H8511 [16NO], H8675, H8679 [1DE], H8728 [2DE], H8735 [5DE], H8826 [8DE], H9744, H9842 [14DE], H9988 [22DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to infant formula shortage, H5470 [13JN], H5600 [15JN], H5812 [22JN], H5836 [23JN]

——— Executive action to cancel Federal student loan debt for certain borrowers, H7747 [13SE], H8016, H8052 [21SE], H8512 [16NO], H8549 [17NO], H9692 [13DE]

——— Executive order to address Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ‘‘family glitch’’ and strengthen access to affordable, quality health coverage, H4200 [6AP]

Bureau of Justice Statistics: establish database to collect, aggregate, analyze, and publish comprehensive data on Federal corporate criminal enforcement actions (H.R. 9362), H8678 [1DE]

Business and industry: address market consolidation in pharmaceutical industry, H1214 [2MR]

——— prohibit physical retail businesses from refusing cash payments, H5585, H5586 [15JN]

——— require online marketplaces to disclose certain verified information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform consumers (H.R. 5502), H8477–H8480 [14NO], H8566 [17NO]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: implement drug manufacturer discount program, H7702 [12AU]

Children and youth: address baby formula shortage, H4845 [11MY], H4964 [13MY], H5196 [19MY], H9651 [12DE]

——— direct unused pandemic appropriations to address infant formula shortage, require FDA submit report on shortage, and assess amount of infant formula stockpiled by Government, H5161 [18MY]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), H5158–H5163 [18MY], H5200 [19MY]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5127–H5137 [18MY]

Congress: call to refocus attention on addressing domestic priorities, H3788 [17MR]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), H6628, H6664 [15JY], H6704 [18JY], H6711, H6725 [19JY], H6885, H6888, H6889, H6891 [20JY], H6925, H6926, H6927–H6940, H6941 [21JY], H8008 [20SE]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), consideration (H. Res. 1232), H6711–H6719 [19JY], E789 [27JY]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), H3788–H3798 [17MR], H3842 [18MR]

——— eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 963), consideration (H. Res. 979), H3754–H3760 [16MR]

——— restore parity between union and nonunion workers relative to mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases, H3797, H3798 [17MR]

CPSC: prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries (H.R. 5313), H7112–H7115 [26JY], H7197, H7223 [27JY], H7264 [28JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4975 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: disapprove poultry line speed waiver rule, H7791 [14SE]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), H5430 [9JN], H5591 [15JN], H5615–H5632 [16JN], H5718, H5719, H5720 [21JN], H6665 [15JY], H7076 [26JY], E637 [16JN]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (H.R. 7606), consideration (H. Res. 1170), H5499–H5506 [14JN]

——— establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in Packers and Stockyards Division (H.R. 4103), H1380 [9MR]

——— establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (H.R. 7791), H5152–H5158 [18MY]

——— make grants to States to support establishment of grocery stores in underserved areas (H.R. 9281), E1121 [10NO]

Dept. of Defense: establish Interagency Task Force on Financial Fraud to protect servicemembers, veterans, and military families from financial fraud, H6340 [13JY]

Dept. of Education: require students applying for additional student loans sign an online acknowledgment of their total student debt, H4462 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs intended for routine use, H6938 [21JY]

——— anniversary of 340B Drug Pricing Program, H1024 [8FE], H5325–H5330 [7JN], H5451 [13JN], E595 [8JN], E608 [9JN]

——— establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H188 [13JA], H248 [19JA], H1068 [8FE], H4044, H4060 [31MR]

Dept. of Justice: require FBI report metrics on cybercrime, create taxonomy for cybercrime incidence, and include questions relative to cybercrime on National Crime Victimization Survey (S. 2629), H3868–H3875 [28MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: funding to study best models for financial literacy programming and assist schools, nonprofits, and localities in developing financial literacy programs for young people and families, H6853 [19JY]

Drugs: ban use of ingredients or flavor additives in marijuana-infused products, H4030 [31MR]

——— ensure equitable treatment of covered entities and pharmacies participating in 340B drug discount program (H.R. 4390), H5325–H5330 [7JN], H5451 [13JN]

——— establish cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin, H3819 [17MR]

——— improve patient access to emerging medication therapies by clarifying scope of permitted communications between biopharmaceutical manufacturers and population health decision makers, H5320 [7JN]

——— lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), H4035–H4038, H4043 [31MR], H7681, H7686 [12AU], E362 [6AP]

——— require child-resistant packaging and warning labels detailing dangers posed to pregnant women and unborn babies for marijuana products, H4030 [31MR]

Economy: address domestic food shortages, H5240 [7JN], H5593–H5598 [15JN]

——— address growing inflation, H21, H27 [11JA], H49 [12JA], H176, H177, H181, H190 [13JA], H229, H230, H241–H248 [19JA], H967–H971 [4FE], H1021 [8FE], H1258 [2MR], H1294 [3MR], H1323 [7MR], H1342, H1345 [8MR], H3717, H3718 [15MR], H3787, H3821 [17MR], H3838, H3843, H3846 [18MR], H3977, H3980 [30MR], H4021, H4057–H4061 [31MR], H4078 [1AP], H4186–H4189 [5AP], H4385 [6AP], H4399, H4400 [7AP], H4514 [27AP], H4581, H4582, H4602 [28AP], H4801, H4846, H4849, H4850 [11MY], H4876 [12MY], H4975, H5006 [16MY], H5101, H5104 [18MY], H5197 [19MY], H5240 [7JN], H5406 [8JN], H5415, H5438–H5441 [9JN], H5449, H5476–H5483 [13JN], H5500, H5501, H5534–H5538, H5541–H5545 [14JN], H5552, H5582, H5593, H5598–H5603 [15JN], H5614 [16JN], H5689, H5720, H5723–H5725 [21JN], H5739, H5742, H5744, H5817, H5820 [22JN], H5872–H5875 [23JN], H5882 [24JN], H5948, H5970 [12JY], H5979 [13JY], H6512, H6513, H6514 [14JY], H6629, H6675–H6677 [15JY], H6684, H6703 [18JY], H6848, H6869–H6875, H6879 [19JY], H6885, H6909–H6913 [20JY], H6927, H6943–H6945 [21JY], H7079, H7080, H7081, H7082, H7156, H7157 [26JY], H7240, H7242–H7245, H7247–H7251 [27JY], H7259–H7262 [28JY], H7409 [29JY], H7790, H7794, H7809, H7810, H7811 [14SE], H7886, H7956–H7962 [19SE], H7970, H7999–H8003 [20SE], H8015 [21SE], H8124 [28SE], H8358, H8359–H8362 [30SE], H8500 [15NO], H8514, H8516, H8537 [16NO], H8600 [29NO], H8652 [30NO], H8728 [2DE], H8818 [7DE], H9651 [12DE], H9707 [13DE], H9745, H9849 [14DE], E995 [29SE]

——— address supply chain issues, H4975 [16MY]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Biden administration, H7242, H7243 [27JY]

——— status, H32 [11JA], H74 [12JA], H177 [13JA], H3836 [18MR], H8013 [21SE]

EPA: control exports of electronic waste to ensure that such waste does not become source of counterfeit goods that may reenter U.S. military and civilian electronics supply chains, E113 [4FE]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels, H5620, H5621 [16JN], H8126 [28SE]

Families and domestic relations: economic priorities funding, H3750 [16MR]

FCC: ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), H10026–H10028 [22DE]

——— provide reports for enrollment in Lifeline program (H.R. 4275), H8471, H8472 [14NO], H8566 [17NO], E1160 [17NO]

FDA: direct President to provide documents to House of Representatives relative to recall of infant formula manufactured by Abbott Laboratories and potential impacts on supply chain (H. Res. 1287), H9651 [12DE]

——— improve safety and supply of infant formula, H5344 [8JN]

——— promulgate rule relative to disclosure of side effects, contraindications, and effectiveness in prescription drug ads while also prohibiting distracting representations that detract from such disclosures, H6846 [19JY]

——— provide consumers the right to know if food has been treated by known carcinogenic substances through accurate labeling, H3763 [16MR]

——— provide for regulation of in-vitro clinical tests, H5320 [7JN]

——— provide for regulation of in-vitro clinical tests (H.R. 4128), H3785 [17MR]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (H.R. 1729), H5723 [21JN]

——— prohibit restriction on community banks opening in underserved areas, H5584 [15JN]

Firearms: make it unlawful to sell firearms without promoting safe storage, disseminate safe storage best practices, create grants for safe storage device distribution, and allow tax credit for such device sales (H.R. 7545), E393 [21AP]

Foreign trade: provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (H.R. 8174), E652 [22JN]

——— provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (H.R. 8351), H6629–H6631, H6668 [15JY]

——— suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in manufacturing of infant formula in U.S. (H.R. 8982), H8264–H8267 [29SE]

FRS: ensure Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee focus solely on stabilizing prices (H.R. 7209), H5569–H5573 [15JN], H5722 [21JN], H9849 [14DE]

FTC: determine if price of gasoline is being manipulated by reducing refinery capacity or other form of market manipulation or artificially increased by price gouging practices, H5189 [19MY]

——— ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases, H5190, H5191 [19MY]

——— establish Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws, H5568 [15JN], H5815 [22JN]

——— increase consumer protections relative to free trial, automatic renewal, and negative option offers for subscription-based services, H4513 [27AP]

——— prohibit different pricing of consumer products and services that are substantially similar if different pricing is based on gender of individuals to whom products or services are intended or marketed (H.R. 3853), H4010 [31MR]

Health: protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (H.R. 8111), H5831 [23JN], H8578 [17NO]

Infrastructure: port automation funding, H189 [13JA], H4059 [31MR]

Insurance: require Pharmacy Benefit Managers to provide greater transparency to group health plan participants, H5780 [22JN]

Lumber industry: address rising costs of lumber by resolving softwood lumber trade issue with Canada, H221 [19JA], H1023 [8FE]

Murray-Brown Laboratories, Inc.: Northglenn, CO, Mid-Size Business of the Year Award recipient, E1099 [31OC]

OPM: extend complimentary, comprehensive identity protection coverage for all individuals whose personally identifiable information was compromised during recent data breaches at Federal agencies (H.R. 7657), E452 [3MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: open enrollment, H8712 [2DE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H5347 [8JN]

Postal Service: address delayed and undelivered mail in District of Columbia, H1046 [8FE]

——— maintain certain service standards for mail delivery, H271 [20JA]

——— nonbank financial services pilot program funding, E760 [20JY]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), H4863 [12MY], H4956 [13MY], H4974 [16MY], H5017 [17MY], H5179–H5195 [19MY], H5638 [16JN], H5745 [22JN], H6665 [15JY], H7076 [26JY]

——— authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), consideration (H. Res. 1124), H5127–H5137 [18MY]

——— support safe and responsible development of hydrocarbons via drilling (H. Res. 1101), H4850 [11MY]

Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration: increase funding (S. 1662), H1159 [28FE]

SEC: disapprove rule submitted entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’, H6890 [20JY]

——— prohibit from finalizing proposed rule titled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (H.R. 8589), H7412–H7416 [29JY], H7807, H7810 [14SE]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce rule entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’, H6710, H6737, H6850, H6851 [19JY]

Taxation: impose excise taxes on passenger space travel (H.R. 7547), E396 [21AP]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (H.R. 7061), E386 [14AP]

——— provide gasoline tax holiday, H5836 [23JN]

——— repeal certain excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows, and arrows and redirect certain lease revenue generated from offshore and onshore energy development to environmental education programs (H.R. 8167), H6869 [19JY]

Technology: require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (H.R. 4081), H8153, H8154 [28SE], H8280 [29SE]

U.S. Working Group on Inflation: establish (H.R. 6399), H979 [7FE]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: call for Executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt, S2174 [27AP], S2343 [5MY], S2806 [7JN], S2996 [16JN]

——— evaluation of administration, S197 [13JA], S358, S367, S370 [20JA], S594 [9FE], S631 [10FE], S2311 [4MY], S4816 [19SE], S5118 [28SE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to economy, S584 [9FE], S1026 [8MR], S2441 [11MY], S2638 [24MY], S2778 [6JN], S2855–S2857 [8JN], S2923 [14JN], S3217 [12JY], S3245, S3247 [13JY], S3320, S3323, S3326 [18JY], S3628 [25JY], S3664 [26JY], S3718 [27JY], S3797 [1AU], S4893 [21SE], S6763 [17NO], S6979 [6DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to energy policy, S434 [1FE], S584 [9FE], S684, S690 [15FE], S738 [16FE], S758, S772 [17FE], S851 [1MR], S929 [2MR], S965, S966, S982 [3MR], S1025, S1036–S1039 [8MR], S1070–S1072, S1077, S1078–S1082, S1096–S1100 [10MR], S1167–S1169 [15MR], S1205 [16MR], S1238 [17MR], S1281 [22MR], S1963 [5AP], S2600 [19MY], S2724 [26MY], S2796–S2798 [7JN], S2930 [14JN], S2979–S2981 [15JN], S2985 [16JN], S3057–S3060 [22JN], S3227, S3232 [12JY], S3255–S3259 [13JY], S3504 [20JY], S3585 [21JY], S3665–S3668, S3671 [26JY], S4498 [8SE], S4552 [13SE], S4881, S4894 [21SE], S4946 [22SE], S5144 [28SE], S5511 [29SE], S6876 [30NO]

——— Executive action to cancel Federal student loan debt for certain borrowers, S4418, S4423 [6SE], S4454, S4458–S4460 [7SE], S4559 [13SE]

——— impact of proposed Executive action to broadly cancel Federal student loan debt without addressing underlying issues relative to cost of college and reform of student loan program, S2780 [6JN], S2878 [9JN]

——— State of the Union Message, S969 [3MR]

Business and industry: reform antitrust laws to protect competition, modify standard for unlawful acquisitions, deter anticompetitive exclusionary practices, and enhance ability of Federal agencies to enforce antitrust laws, S7051 [8DE]

——— require online marketplaces to disclose certain verified information regarding high-volume third party sellers of consumer products to inform consumers (S. 936), S3154 [23JN]

Children and youth: address baby formula shortage, S2467 [12MY], S2637 [24MY]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage (H.R. 7790), S2605, S2628, S2629, S2630 [19MY], S2638 [24MY]

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): hearings on ensuring transparency in petroleum markets, S1922 [4AP], S1950 [5AP]

Consumer Reports, Inc.: anniversary, S6994 [6DE]

Contraceptives: protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (H.R. 8373), S3344 [19JY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (S. 4557), S3591 [21JY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (S. 4612), S3720, S3724–S3728 [27JY], S3761 [28JY]

——— protect ability to access contraceptives and engage in contraception and protect health care provider ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and related information (S. 4612), unanimous-consent request, S3726 [27JY]

CPSC: importance, S2471 [12MY]

——— prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries (H.R. 5313), S3857 [2AU], S7280 [19DE]

——— prohibit manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the U.S. of any crib bumpers for infants (S. 1259), S1753 [23MR]

——— prohibit manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the U.S. of any crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants (H.R. 3182), S2291 [3MY]

Credit: establish national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (S. 2349), S2345 [5MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S680 [15FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters (S. 3870), S2204, S2205 [28AP]

——— establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (H.R. 7791), S2605, S2626, S2627 [19MY], S2638 [24MY], S3063 [22JN]

——— establish waiver authority to address emergencies and supply chain disruptions for access to infant formula under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (S. 4257), S2590 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: cancel or repay up to certain amount in Federal student loans for each borrower, S2234 [2MY]

——— improve effectiveness and access to Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students more accurate understanding of true cost of college (S. 1448), S2234 [2MY]

——— require institutions of higher education to use uniform financial aid form with standard definitions for financial aid terms to make it easier to compare offers from different schools (S. 1452), S2234 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS: allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs intended for routine use (S. 4638), S3726 [27JY]

——— allow women greater access to safe and effective oral contraceptive drugs intended for routine use (S. 4638), unanimous-consent request, S3726, S3727 [27JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: Payments in Lieu of Taxes program funding through reduction in home energy performance based, whole-house rebates funding, S4185 [6AU]

Diseases and disorders: prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase at-home tests for coronavirus imported from, or manufactured in, China (S. 3565), S482 [2FE]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to purchase at-home tests for coronavirus imported from, or manufactured in, China (S. 3565), unanimous-consent request, S482, S483 [2FE]

Drugs: establish cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin, S1719 [23MR]

Economy: address growing inflation, S11, S15–S17 [4JA], S201 [13JA], S397 [31JA], S422 [1FE], S484 [2FE], S553 [8FE], S621, S631 [10FE], S681, S683 [15FE], S732, S738 [16FE], S768, S771 [17FE], S871 [1MR], S962 [3MR], S1005 [7MR], S1024, S1026 [8MR], S1078–S1082 [10MR], S1139 [14MR], S1162, S1167–S1169 [15MR], S1194–S1196, S1205 [16MR], S1238 [17MR], S1275 [22MR], S1812 [29MR], S1877 [31MR], S1925 [4AP], S1950 [5AP], S2117 [25AP], S2139, S2149 [26AP], S2180 [27AP], S2200 [28AP], S2231 [2MY], S2254, S2259 [3MY], S2308 [4MY], S2343, S2344 [5MY], S2386 [10MY], S2426, S2432, S2441 [11MY], S2526, S2528 [17MY], S2715, S2724 [26MY], S2772, S2778 [6JN], S2797 [7JN], S2844, S2855–S2857 [8JN], S2901 [13JN], S2923 [14JN], S2947, S2958–S2960, S2978 [15JN], S2984 [16JN], S3018, S3019 [21JN], S3056–S3060 [22JN], S3188 [11JY], S3219–S3221, S3227 [12JY], S3245, S3247 [13JY], S3285, S3286, S3289, S3297 [14JY], S3320, S3323, S3326 [18JY], S3344, S3345 [19JY], S3510–S3519 [20JY], S3583, S3585 [21JY], S3620, S3628 [25JY], S3662–S3664, S3665–S3668, S3671 [26JY], S3708, S3718 [27JY], S3749 [28JY], S4195 [6AU], S4419 [6SE], S4452–S4454, S4462, S4463 [7SE], S4528 [12SE], S4546, S4549 [13SE], S4596, S4602 [14SE], S4628, S4633, S4806–S4808 [15SE], S4809–S4811 [19SE], S4830, S4835 [20SE], S4880, S4882, S4893–S4896 [21SE], S4943, S4946, S4962 [22SE], S5117 [28SE], S6681 [15NO], S6750, S6763 [17NO], S6811 [28NO], S6979 [6DE], S7110 [13DE], S7154 [14DE]

——— address supply chain issues, S2645 [24MY]

——— address unequal distribution of wealth and income, S2031 [6AP], S3253 [13JY]

——— address unequal distribution of wealth and income and growing threat of oligarchy in U.S., S735–S738 [16FE], S1278 [22MR], S1922 [4AP]

——— impact of inflation on agriculture, S4588 [14SE]

——— impact of inflation on small businesses, S2347 [5MY]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S1006 [7MR]

——— status, S529, S532 [7FE], S962 [3MR], S4419–S4421 [6SE]

Energy Information Administration: submit and make publicly available report on Federal agency policies and regulations and Executive orders that have increased or may increase U.S. energy prices (S. 3086), S3257 [13JY], S3522–S3524 [20JY]

——— submit and make publicly available report on Federal agency policies and regulations and Executive orders that have increased or may increase U.S. energy prices (S. 3086), unanimous-consent request, S3521, S3522 [20JY]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (S. 4774), S4022, S4023 [4AU]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (S. 4774), unanimous-consent request, S4023 [4AU]

Families and domestic relations: suspend duties and other restrictions on importation of infant formula to address shortage in U.S. and allow WIC program recipients to purchase formula from any producer (S. 4261), S2609, S2628, S2629, S2630 [19MY], S3061–S3064 [22JN], S3108 [23JN]

——— suspend duties and other restrictions on importation of infant formula to address shortage in U.S. and allow WIC program recipients to purchase formula from any producer (S. 4261), unanimous-consent request, S3062–S3064 [22JN]

——— suspend duties and restrictions on importation of infant formula to address shortage in U.S. and allow WIC program recipients to purchase formula from any producer (S. 4261), unanimous-consent request, S2610 [19MY]

FCC: ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), S9724 [21DE]

FDA: address rise in use of e-cigarettes, S466 [2FE], S1161 [15MR], S2556 [18MY], S3103 [23JN], S3252 [13JY], S4630 [15SE]

——— decision to suspend ban on sale of Juul vaping products, S3252 [13JY]

——— require guidance on extending expiration dates for certain scarce drugs (S. 3493), S191 [12JA]

Foreign trade: provide for temporary duty-free importation of certain infant formula products (H.R. 8351), S3593, S3594 [21JY]

——— suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in manufacturing of infant formula in U.S. (H.R. 8982), S5524 [29SE]

——— suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder used in manufacturing of infant formula in U.S. (H.R. 8982), unanimous-consent agreement, S5513 [29SE]

——— temporarily allow importation of infant formula free of duty and free of quantitative limitation (S. 4262), S2611 [19MY]

——— temporarily allow importation of infant formula free of duty and free of quantitative limitation (S. 4262), unanimous-consent request, S2611 [19MY]

FTC: conduct investigation on gasoline prices, S2202 [28AP]

——— ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases (S. 4217), S2727 [26MY]

——— ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases (S. 4217), unanimous-consent request, S2929, S2930 [14JN]

——— prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and dissemination of false information relative to pharmacy benefit management services for prescription drugs (S. 4293), S3021 [21JN], S5133 [28SE]

——— prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (S. 4409), S2969 [15JN]

——— urge stricter enforcement of regulations relative to online ticket sales, S6885 [30NO]

Health: address high cost of health care services, prescription drugs, and health insurance coverage, S4553–S4556 [13SE]

——— improve affordability and reduce premium costs of health insurance for consumers, S3674 [26JY]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (S. 4434), S3591 [21JY]

Information technology: promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in app economy, increase choice and quality, and reduce costs for consumers (S. 2710), S535–S537 [7FE], S6953 [5DE], S7280 [19DE], S9748 [21DE]

——— strengthen transparency in process online platforms use to moderate content, S768 [17FE]

Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.: creation of LTL Management LLC relative to asbestos talc lawsuits, S682 [15FE]

Medicare: establish improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (S. 4204), S4555 [13SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: lower prescription drug prices, improve transparency of pharmaceutical prices and transactions, lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs, and ensure accountability to taxpayers, S429 [1FE], S1039 [8MR], S1883 [31MR], S3189 [11JY], S3321, S3324 [18JY], S3346 [19JY], S3505, S3509, S3520 [20JY], S3582 [21JY], S3620, S3621 [25JY], S3669 [26JY], S3716 [27JY], S4065, S4167 [6AU]

National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 738), S3858 [2AU]

National Co-Op Month: designate (S. Res. 866), S7083, S7084 [8DE]

National Senior Fraud Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 655), S2737 [26MY]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S2173 [27AP], S2344 [5MY]

——— impact of removal of restrictions on export of crude oil from U.S., S974 [3MR]

Pharmaceuticals: lower prescription drug costs for consumers, S3303 [14JY]

Power resources: authorize President to issue Energy Emergency Declaration to protect gasoline and home heating fuel prices from price-gouging (H.R. 7688), S2600, S2628, S2629, S2630 [19MY]

——— authorize Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and sale to provide short-term energy relief and set energy efficiency targets for States during energy supply emergency (S. 3815), S1767 [24MR]

——— reinstate ban on export of coal, crude oil, and natural gas produced in U.S. (S. 1415), S3722–S3724 [27JY]

——— reinstate ban on export of coal, crude oil, and natural gas produced in U.S. (S. 1415), unanimous-consent request, S3722 [27JY]

Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration: release of ‘‘Operational Evaluation of the FDA Human Foods Program’’ report, S9715 [21DE]

Taxation: impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (S. 3802), S2528 [17MY]

——— prohibit tax increases resulting in higher consumer prices for gasoline, heating oil, and other energy sources, S4171 [6AU]

——— provide for inflation rebates (S. 4060), S2096 [7AP], S2528 [17MY]

——— provide gasoline tax holiday, S684 [15FE], S1282 [22MR], S3047, S3050 [22JN]

——— provide gasoline tax holiday (S. 3609), S738 [16FE], S929 [2MR], S1726 [23MR], S2062, S2063 [7AP]

——— provide gasoline tax holiday (S. 3609), unanimous-consent request, S2062 [7AP]

Texas: constituent concerns, S4422 [6SE]

Transportation Security Administration: protect airline personnel and passengers by placing abusive passengers on commercial no-fly list (S. 4019), S2042 [6AP]

Reports filed

American Data Privacy and Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 8152) (H. Rept. 117–669), H10545 [30DE]

Consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 979) (H. Rept. 117–273), H3742 [15MR]

Consideration of H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1170) (H. Rept. 117–366), H5485 [13JN]

Consideration of H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1124) (H. Rept. 117–333), H5096 [17MY]

Consideration of H.R. 7790, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations To Address Infant Formula Shortage: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1124) (H. Rept. 117–333), H5096 [17MY]

COVID–19 Home Safety Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 116) (S. Rept. 117–111), S2583 [18MY]

Deepfake Task Force Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2559) (S. Rept. 117–114), S2663 [24MY]

Direct President To Provide Documents Relative to Recall of Infant Formula Manufactured by Abbott Laboratories and Potential Impacts on Supply Chain: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1287) (H. Rept. 117–538), H8370 [30SE]

Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4275) (H. Rept. 117–552), H8494 [14NO]

Fair Lending for All Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 166) (H. Rept. 117–349), H5331 [7JN]

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 963) (H. Rept. 117–270), H3712 [11MR]

Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4081) (H. Rept. 117–509), H8219 [28SE]

Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for (INFORM) Consumers Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5502) (H. Rept. 117–555), H8494 [14NO]

Just and Reasonable Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1541), S7251 [15DE]

Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3870), S3200 [11JY]

——— Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 7606) (H. Rept. 117–357), H5331 [7JN], H5444 [9JN]

Open App Markets Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2710), S785 [17FE]

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 4293), S7199 [14DE]

Prevent Ingestion of Button Cell or Coin Batteries Through Promulgation of Consumer Product Safety Standard To Require Child Resistant Closures on Products: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3278), S7198 [14DE]

Prevent Ingestion of Certain Batteries Through CPSC Consumer Product Safety Standard Requiring Child Resistant Closures on Products Using Such Batteries: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5313) (H. Rept. 117–440), H7167 [26JY]

Protecting Indian Tribes From Scams Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1880) (S. Rept. 117–112), S2583 [18MY]

Request President To Provide Documents Relative to Policies That Increase Energy Prices, Blame Russia for Such Increases, or Pursue Anti-Fossil Fuel Agenda: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1265) (H. Rept. 117–524), H8313 [29SE]

Request President To Provide Documents to House of Representatives Relative to Communications and Directives With FTC: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 1261) (H. Rept. 117–511), H8219 [28SE]

Safe Cribs Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1259) (S. Rept. 117–62), S441 [1FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3754 [16MR]

H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5127 [18MY]

H. Res. 1124, consideration of H.R. 7790, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5127 [18MY]

H. Res. 1170, consideration of H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5499 [14JN]

H. Res. 1232, consideration of H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6711 [19JY]

H.R. 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, H3788 [17MR]

H.R. 4081, Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act, H8153 [28SE], H8280 [29SE]

H.R. 4275, Ensuring Phone and Internet Access Through Lifeline and Affordable Connectivity Program Act, H8471 [14NO], H8566 [17NO]

H.R. 5313, prevent accidental ingestion of button cell or coin batteries through CPSC promulgation of consumer product safety standard to require child resistant closures on consumer products that use such batteries, H7112 [26JY], H7201, H7226 [27JY]

H.R. 5502, Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for (INFORM) Consumers Act, H8477 [14NO], H8567 [17NO]

H.R. 7606, Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, H5615–H5618 [16JN]

H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act, H5179–H5181 [19MY]

H.R. 7790, emergency supplemental appropriations to address infant formula shortage, H5158 [18MY]

H.R. 7791, Access to Baby Formula Act, H5152 [18MY]

H.R. 8351, Formula Act, H6629 [15JY]

H.R. 8373, Right to Contraception Act, H6927 [21JY]

H.R. 8982, Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act, H8265 [29SE]

S. 1259, Safe Cribs Act, S1753 [23MR]

S. 1541, Just and Reasonable Communications Act, S9724 [21DE], H10026 [22DE]

S. 1662, Supporting the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Act, H1159 [28FE]

S. 2629, Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, H3868 [28MR]

S. 3715, E-SIGN Modernization Act, S876 [1MR]

S. 4363, Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act, S2867 [8JN]

S. 4409, Political Bias in Algorithm Sorting (Political BIAS) Emails Act, S2970 [15JN]

S. 5141, Corporate Crime Database Act, S6861 [29NO]

S. Res. 608, express need to stop excessive price increases by oil and gas companies and importance of rapidly transitioning to clean energy economy, S2248 [2MY]

S. Res. 655, National Senior Fraud Awareness Day, S2758 [26MY]

S. Res. 695, National Annuity Awareness Month, S3167 [23JN]

S. Res. 738, National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month, S3867 [2AU]

S. Res. 855, CPSC anniversary, S6942 [1DE]

S. Res. 866, National Co-Op Month, S7073 [8DE]