FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Amendments

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4664), H5582, H5583, H5584, H5585, H5586, H5587, H5588, H5590, H5591, H5593, H5594, H5595, H5597, H5599, H5600, H5601, H5602, H5603, H5604, H5605, H5606, H5615, H5616, H5617, H5618, H5619, H5620, H5621, H5622, H5623, H5624, H5625, H5626, H5627, H5628, H5629, H5630, H5631, H5632, H5633, H5634, H5635, H5636, H5637, H5638, H5639, H5640, H5641, H5642 [8NO], H5657, H5658, H5659, H5660 [9NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (H. Res. 847), H5489 [7NO]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in advertising of abortion services (see S. 1231), S1293 [20AP] (see H.R. 2736), H1906 [20AP]

Advertising: prohibit targeted advertising by advertising facilitators and advertisers (see S. 2833), S4554 [18SE] (see H.R. 5534), H4380 [18SE]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging (see S. 2498), S3619 [26JY] (see H.R. 6543), H6079 [1DE]

——— require covered digital advertising platforms to report their public service advertisements (see S. 2423), S3458 [20JY]

Agriculture: require original equipment manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, software, and tools for electronics-enabled agricultural implements (see H.R. 5604), H4437 [20SE]

Air pollution: promote low-carbon, high-octane fuels to protect public health and to improve vehicle efficiency and performance (see S. 944), S910 [22MR] (see H.R. 2434), H1691 [30MR]

Appropriations: limit funding for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 2114), H1631 [29MR]

Business and industry: clarify that violation of certain terms of service and related materials constitutes unfair or deceptive act or practice and is subject to FTC enforcement (see H.R. 4887), H3950 [25JY]

——— improve online ticket sales and protect consumers (see S. 3191), S5315 [1NO]

——— independently initiate certain actions to recover civil penalties for violations (see H.R. 4266), H3071 [21JN]

——— prohibit exclusive venue ticketing contracts with excessive duration (see S. 1321, 1326), S1382 [26AP]

——— prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see S. 2176), S2224 [22JN] (see H.R. 4340), H3141 [23JN]

——— promote fairness in sale of event tickets (see S. 3457), S5852 [7DE]

——— provide with notice and comment rulemaking authority relative to unfair or deceptive acts or practices and provide for civil penalties for such violations (see H.R. 4324), H3141 [23JN]

——— require commercial websites and mobile apps to create simple and readable summary of their terms-of-service agreements (see H.R. 4568), H3206 [11JY]

——— require commercial websites and mobile apps to create simple and readable summary of their terms-of-service agreements (S. 3501) (see S. 2225), S2310 [11JY]

Children and youth: conduct study regarding social media use by teenagers (see H.R. 4826), H3895 [24JY]

——— conduct study with CDC on social media use by teenagers and issue report and policy recommendations (see S. 687), S669 [7MR]

——— establish rules prohibiting marketing of firearms to minors (see S. 252), S230 [2FE]

——— extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 1418), S1504 [3MY]

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: amend to update and expand coverage (see H.R. 2801), H1914 [24AP]

Colleges and universities: end prohibition on student athlete participation in intercollegiate athletics because such student athlete enters into endorsement contract (see H.R. 3630), H2595 [24MY]

Consumers: establish duties to require online service providers to protect user data and prohibit use of user data to their detriment (see S. 744), S742 [9MR]

——— increase protections relative to free trial, automatic renewal, and negative option offers for subscription-based services (see S. 1091), S1089 [30MR] (see H.R. 2460), H1698 [3AP]

——— limit and eliminate excessive, hidden, and unnecessary fees imposed on consumers (see S. 916), S909 [22MR] (see H.R. 2463), H1698 [3AP]

——— prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see S. 2957), S4720 [27SE] (see H.R. 3660), H2635 [25MY]

——— prohibit discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process and require transparency in use of algorithmic processes and content moderation (see S. 2325), S2461 [13JY] (see H.R. 4624), H3574 [13JY]

——— prohibit speculative ticketing as unfair or deceptive act or practice (see H.R. 6568), H6109 [4DE]

——— 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. 2708), S3757 [27JY]

——— protect consumers from overbooking by requiring rental car companies compensate customers for failing to fulfill confirmed reservations (see H.R. 3695), H2636 [25MY]

——— protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see S. 355), S312 [9FE]

——— provide authority to seek equitable remedies for unfair or deceptive trade practices (see S. 1076), S1088 [30MR]

——— require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees (see S. 1303), S1382 [26AP] (see H.R. 3950), H2786 [9JN]

——— require third-party delivery platforms to follow certain pricing practices (see S. 3161), S5229 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS: conduct study on designation of biosimilar biological products as interchangeable (see S. 1522), S1602 [10MY]

——— direct Assistant Sec. for Planning and Evaluation to conduct annual study on health care competition and consolidation at State level (see H.R. 2857), H1947 [25AP]

——— establish Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Well-Being (see H.R. 4281), H3108 [22JN]

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. 148), S147 [30JA]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents, known as product hopping, by drug product manufacturers (see S. 150), S147 [30JA]

——— study role of intermediaries in pharmaceutical supply chain and merger activity and provide Congress with appropriate policy recommendations (see S. 113), S121 [26JA]

Employment: establish interagency task force on employer surveillance and workplace technologies (see S. 2440), S3459 [20JY]

——— prohibit agreements between employers that directly restrict current or future employment of any employee (see S. 2535), S3620 [26JY] (see H.R. 4932), H4029 [26JY]

FCC: issue rules prohibiting entities from offering minor consumers artificial intelligence features in products without parental consent (see S. 1626), S1678 [16MY]

FDA: allow rejection of citizen petition if it is believed primary purpose of petition is to delay approval of pending drug application and refer such petitioners to FTC (see S. 1067), S1053 [29MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 2309), S2460 [13JY] (see H.R. 4664), H3639 [17JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (see H. Res. 847), H5465 [6NO]

Firearms: submit report to Congress on unfair or deceptive acts or practices that may be prevalent in advertising or marketing of firearms and issue regulations to prohibit such acts or practices (see S. 1737), S1745 [18MY] (see H.R. 3502), H2454 [18MY]

FTC and NSF: support research about impact of digital communication platforms on society by providing privacy-protected, secure pathways for independent research on data held by large social media companies (see S. 1876), S2028 [8JN]

GAO: evaluate effects of anticompetitive contracting clauses in contracts between health insurers and health care providers and assess FTC and Dept. of Justice antitrust enforcement actions relative to such clauses (see H.R. 2861), H1947 [25AP]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in provision of health care services and require identification of license of health care professionals (see H.R. 896), H822 [9FE]

——— protect privacy of personal reproductive or sexual health information (see S. 1656), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3420), H2424 [17MY]

Health care facilities: give oversight authority over certain non-profit hospitals (see H.R. 2856), H1947 [25AP]

——— make hospital organizations and cooperative hospital service organizations subject to antitrust enforcement relative to unfair methods of competition (see H.R. 2890), H2047 [26AP]

Immigration: protect immigrant families, combat fraud, promote citizenship, and build community trust (see S. 819), S798 [15MR]

Information technology: establish centralized system to allow individuals to request simultaneous deletion of their personal information across all data brokers (see S. 2121), S2222 [22JN] (see H.R. 4311), H3109 [22JN]

——— establish standards for making publicly available information about training data and algorithms used in artificial intelligence foundation models (see H.R. 6881), H7006 [22DE]

——— prohibit certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms (see S. 2033), S2123 [15JN]

——— prohibit data brokers from selling, reselling, trading, licensing, or otherwise providing for consideration lists of military servicemembers to covered nations (see S. 1029), S1052 [29MR] (see H.R. 6573), H6109 [4DE]

——— require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes (see S. 2892), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5628), H4454 [21SE]

Insurance: establish requirements for disclosure of certain information relative to health care sharing ministries (see H.R. 6302), H5651 [8NO]

——— prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (see H.R. 3880), H2763 [6JN]

Internet: ensure large online platforms are addressing needs of non-English users (see S. 1801), S1899 [1JN] (see H.R. 3806), H2740 [5JN]

——— 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. 2521), S3619 [26JY]

——— prohibit circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products (see S. 3511), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 6837), H6985 [14DE]

Major League Baseball: require professional baseball club to compensate its home community if such club relocates its home field more than certain distance from its previous location (see H.R. 4071), H2883 [13JN]

Motor vehicles: establish requirements relative to certain rules related to automotive retailing (see S. 3014), S4947 [4OC]

Office of Fair Lending Testing: establish to test for compliance with laws prohibiting credit discrimination, strengthen such laws, ensure persons can seek relief, and provide criminal penalties for violations of such laws (see H.R. 166), H104 [9JA]

Patents: strengthen patent system and combat abuse (see S. 2220), S2287 [10JY]

Petroleum: ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases (see S. 259), S230 [2FE]

Pharmaceuticals: improve actions available to eligible product developers in event of delays in receiving covered product for purposes of generic drug or biosimilar biological product development (see S. 1120), S1090 [30MR]

——— prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from compensating other companies to delay entry of generic drugs, biosimilar biological products, or interchangeable biological products into market (see S. 142), S147 [30JA] (see H.R. 6275), H5544 [7NO]

Pharmacies: prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and dissemination of false information relative to pharmacy benefit management services for prescription drugs (see S. 127), S121 [26JA]

Political campaigns: prohibit email service providers from using filtering algorithms to flag emails from political campaigns that consumers have elected to receive as spam (see H.R. 5495), H4345 [14SE]

Power resources: conduct study on conduct relative to oil and gas prices (see S. 67), S98 [25JA]

——— prohibit natural gas price gouging after disaster (see H.R. 2596), H1724 [13AP]

Presidential appointments: require bipartisan membership in order for Commission to act following vacancy (see H.R. 3692), H2636 [25MY]

Privacy: prohibit commercial DNA testing services from disclosing genetic information of U.S. nationals to certain foreign entities (see H.R. 5830), H4909 [29SE]

Sewage disposal: issue regulations requiring certain products to have ‘‘Do Not Flush’’ labeling (see S. 1350), S1418 [27AP] (see H.R. 2964), H2084 [27AP]

Sports: protect health and welfare of horses and improve integrity and safety of horseracing by authorizing States to enter into interstate compact to develop and enforce scientific medication control and racetrack safety rules (see H.R. 5693), H4497 [26SE]

Taxation: secure supply chain by providing election to determine foreign income taxes paid or incurred to certain Western Hemisphere countries without regard to certain regulations (see H.R. 4029), H2807 [12JN]

Technology: establish CPSC pilot program to explore use of artificial intelligence in support of consumer product safety and direct Dept. of Commerce and FTC to study use of blockchain technology and digital tokens (see H.R. 4814), H3888 [20JY]

——— improve communications between social media platforms and law enforcement agencies and establish Platform Safety Advisory Committee (see S. 2531), S3620 [26JY]

——— require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (see S. 90), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 538), H426 [26JA]

——— require generative artificial intelligence to disclose that their output has been generated by artificial intelligence (see S. 2691), S3756 [27JY] (see H.R. 3831), H2741 [5JN] (see H.R. 6466), H5902 [21NO]

——— require watermark for artificial intelligence (AI)-generated materials (see S. 2765), S4388 [12SE]

Telephones: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 373), H242 [17JA]

Veterans: establish coordinator to prevent fraud and scams targeting or adversely affecting military veterans and servicemembers (see H.R. 6350), H5668 [9NO]

Water: promulgate regulations to prohibit entity from selling, leasing, or offering for sale or lease water rights at excessive price during certain droughts (see H.R. 3637), H2595 [24MY]

Letters

Financial services and general Government appropriations: Melody Brannon and Craig Albee, Defender Services Advisory Group, H5486 [7NO]

Remarks in House

Antitrust policy: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce policy statement relative to scope of unfair methods of competition, H5615 [8NO]

Business and industry: prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce suspension of early terminations to merger filings, H5616 [8NO]

Consumers: limit and eliminate excessive, hidden, and unnecessary fees imposed on consumers (H.R. 2463), H6031 [30NO]

Employment: support ban on non-compete agreements imposed by employers, H921 [28FE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4664), H5550–H5648 [8NO], H5657–H5663 [9NO], E1086, E1090 [13NO]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4664), consideration (H. Res. 847), H5482–H5490 [7NO]

——— prohibit funding to consider social cost of greenhouse gases in agency budgets, procurement processes, or environmental reviews, H5628, H5629 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to finalize any rule or regulation that has or is likely to have certain effects on economy, H5602, H5620, H5621 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to produce documents containing term ‘‘latinx’’ or term ‘‘latin-x’’, H5640 [8NO]

——— prohibit funding to provide financial assistance to sanctuary cities, H5599, H5600 [8NO]

Government regulations: prohibit funding for any rule defining or describing unfair methods of competition, H5607 [8NO]

Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Inc.: extend authority, E47 [24JA]

Insurance: prohibit private passenger automobile insurers from using certain income proxies to determine insurance rates and eligibility (H.R. 3880), H2748 [6JN], H2816 [13JN], H5479 [7NO]

Salaries and expenses: funding, H5592 [8NO]

Senior citizens: encourage inter-agency collaboration to pursue fraud targeting senior citizens, H5583 [8NO]

Technology: require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (H.R. 538), H891, H892 [27FE]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: Executive order to reduce gun violence and make communities safer, S756 [14MR]

Business and industry: call for investigation into oil company mergers, S5270 [1NO], S5768 [6DE]

Consumers: limit and eliminate excessive, hidden, and unnecessary fees imposed on consumers, S2105 [15JN]

Cornyn, Senator: report on State work period, S1780–S1782 [30MY]

Firearms: open investigation into marketing of firearms, including assault-style rifles, to children, S107 [26JA]

Petroleum: ensure transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets in order to protect consumers from unwarranted price increases (S. 259), S240 [2FE], S245 [7FE]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit prescription drug manufacturers from compensating other companies to delay entry of generic drugs, biosimilar biological products, or interchangeable biological products into market (S. 142), S218 [2FE]

Technology: require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (H.R. 538), S2299, S2300 [11JY]

——— require disclosure of camera or recording capability in certain Internet-connected devices (H.R. 538), unanimous-request request, S2299, S2300 [11JY]

Reports filed

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 150), S567 [1MR]

Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1418), S5960 [13DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4664, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 847) (H. Rept. 118–269), H5465 [6NO]

Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1067), S2221 [22JN]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4664) (H. Rept. 118–145), H3639 [17JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2309) (S. Rept. 118–61), S2458 [13JY]

Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 90) (S. Rept. 118–114), S5639 [28NO]

Nomination of Andrew N. Ferguson to FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5087 [18OC]

Nomination of Melissa Holyoak to FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5087 [18OC]

Nomination of Rebecca K. Slaughter to FTC: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5087 [18OC]

Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 127), S5960 [13DE]

Prescription Pricing for the People Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 113), S567 [1MR]

Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 142), S567 [1MR]

Stop Significant and Time-Wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 148), S567 [1MR]

Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing (TICKET) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1303), S4388 [12SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 847, consideration of H.R. 4664, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5482 [7NO]

H.R. 538, Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act, H891 [27FE]

H.R. 4664, financial services and general Government appropriations, H5557–H5582 [8NO]