FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Bills and resolutions
Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see S. 3554), S5699 [30JN] (see H.R. 5652), H5303 [30JN]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain small businesses (see S. 3416), S4211 [25MY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve (see S. 3888), S7787 [29SE]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3677), S6520 [29JY]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see S. 3928), S7788 [29SE]
Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 5295), H3482 [13MY]
Insurance: provide with oversight authority over insurance issuers (see S. 3685), S6584 [2AU]
Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors: establish (see H.R. 5884), H6163 [27JY]
Precious metals: require certain return policies from businesses that purchase precious metals from consumers and solicit such transactions through an Internet website (see H.R. 4501), H326 [21JA]
Remarks in House
Abortion: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (H.R. 5652), E1253 [30JN]
Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (H.R. 3506), H2513, H2514 [14AP]
Health: consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]
Pharmaceuticals: prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, H5386 [1JY]
Precious metals: require certain return policies from businesses that purchase precious metals from consumers and solicit such transactions through an Internet website (H.R. 4501), H8105-H8107 [8DE]
Telephones: require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (H.R. 3993), H4698-H4701 [23JN], E1189, E1201 [24JN]
Remarks in Senate
Brill, Julie: nomination to be FTC Commissioner, S1113 [3MR]
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection: preserve enforcement and regulatory authority while coordinating regulatory efforts, S3807, S3808 [17MY]
Business and industry: require all foreign and domestic companies registered with the SEC to report annually on amounts paid to each country for access to oil, gas, and minerals, S3315 [6MY], S3815-S3818 [17MY], S4056 [20MY], S5872 [15JY]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: improve (S. 3888), S7801 [29SE]
Federal employees: tribute to Federal employees who worked on the National Do Not Call Registry, S5514 [29JN]
Financial institutions: require systemically risky companies to disclose all off-balance sheet activities to the SEC, S3151 [5MY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), S6188 [22JY]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood, S7922 [17NO]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S1113 [3MR]
Reports filed
Bereaved Consumer's Bill of Rights Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3655) (H. Rept. 111-672), H8089 [7DE]
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3993) (H. Rept. 111-507), H4505 [15JN]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3677) (S. Rept. 111-238), S6519 [29JY]
Guarantee of a Legitimate Deal Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4501) (H. Rept. 111-673), H8089 [7DE]
Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 369) (S. Rept. 111-123), S438 [2FE]
Tables
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3506, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, H2576 [14AP]
Texts of
H.R. 3506, Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act, H2513 [14AP]
H.R. 3993, Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, H4698-H4700 [23JN]