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Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5472-5517) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Bankruptcy, Business, Casualty insurance, Corporate mergers, Corporate reorganizations, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal preemption, Finance, Holding companies, Insurance agents, Insurance companies, Insurance law, Law, Licenses, Life insurance, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Property insurance, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6849) Bill TextA bill to authorize the issuance of Federal charters and licenses for carrying on the sale, solicitation, negotiation, and underwriting of insurance or any other insurance operations, to provide a comprehensive system for the Federal regulation and supervision of national insurers and national agencies, to provide for policyholder protections in the event of an insolvency or the impairment of a national insurer, and for other purposes. 5/24/2007--Introduced. National Insurance Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Office of National Insurance (ONI), headed by a Commissioner of National Insurance, with Divisions of Insurance Fraud and of Consumer Affairs, and an Office of the Ombudsman.Authorizes the Commissioner to supervise, regulate, and provide for registration of insurance self-regulatory organizations. Requires the Commissioner to supervise national insurers and national agencies, including chartering and licensing. Removes them,[...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/13/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1924-1925) Bill TextA concurrent resolution providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with another country comply with certain minimum standards. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Urges that any trade and investment agreement that is negotiated by the executive branch with foreign countries should comply with: (1) specified requirements applying to all countries; (2) specified requirements applying to only the United States; and (3) provisions providing special treatment for developing countries.
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Latest Action: 01/31/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Bill TextTo establish an interagency committee to coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development efforts in manufacturing, strengthen existing programs to assist manufacturing innovation and education, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers, and for other purposes. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Manufacturing Technology Competitiveness Act of 2007 - Directs the President to establish or designate an Interagency Committee to plan and coordinate Federal efforts in manufacturing research and development, with an Advisory Committee from the non-Federal sector. Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (NIST Act) to establish: (1) a pilot program of collaborative manufacturing research grants; (2) manufacturing sciences research fellowships; (3) manufacturing extension center competitive grants; and (4) standards education grants to develop higher education curricula on the role of standards in engineering, business, science,[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Competition, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Drug industry, Generic drugs, Governmental investigations, Intellectual property, Marketing, Medical care, Medicine, Patent infringement, Pharmaceutical research, Restrictive trade practices, Science policy
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market. 2/27/2007--Reported to Senate without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act - Amends the Clayton Act to make it unlawful for a person, in connection with the sale of a drug product, to be a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market, or sell the generic product for any period. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than the right to market the generic product prior to the expiration of the patent. Amends the Medicare [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1530) Bill TextA bill to amend the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, to extend the term of the Antitrust Modernization Commission and to make a technical correction. 2/1/2007--Introduced. Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002 to extend the termination date of the Antitrust Modernization Commission to 60 (currently, 30) days after the Commission's report to the President and Congress.
Also tagged in: Business, Department of Justice, Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Finance, Independent regulatory commissions, Insurance, Insurance companies, Jurisdiction, Law, Restrictive trade practices
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to further competition in the insurance industry. 2/15/2007--Introduced. Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2007 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to make the Federal Trade Commission Act, as it relates to areas other than unfair methods of competition, applicable to the business of insurance to the extent that such business is not regulated by state law. Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue joint statements of their antitrust enforcement policies regarding joint activities in the business of insurance.
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Signed by President. Bill TextTo amend the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, to extend the term of the Antitrust Modernization Commission and to make a technical correction. 2/26/2007--Public Law. (There are 3 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Antitrust Modernization Commission Extension Act of 2007 - Amends the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002 to extend the termination date of the Antitrust Modernization Commission to 60 (currently, 30) days after the Commission's report to the President and Congress.
Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. With written report No. 110-252. Bill TextA bill to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads. 12/19/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2007 - Amends the Clayton Act to grant the United States exclusive authority to bring suit for injunctive relief against a common carrier that is not a rail common carrier subject to the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board (STB). Revises provisions prohibiting anticompetitive transactions except for those approved by specified federal agencies acting under certain statutes to eliminate the exemption for certain STB approved transactions. Provides that, in any civil action against a rail common carrier, the U.S. district court shall not be required to defer to the primary jurisdiction of the STB. Empowers the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Competition, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporate mergers, Department of Justice, Energy, Energy demand, Energy supplies, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Federal Trade Commission, Gas industry, Independent regulatory commissions, Law, Monopolies, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3133-3134) Bill TextA bill to prevent anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry. 3/14/2007--Introduced. Oil Industry Merger Antitrust Enforcement Act - Amends the Clayton Act to require, in any civil action in which the plaintiff alleges that the effect of a merger, acquisition, or other transaction (transaction) may be to substantially lessen competition or to create a monopoly in the business of exploring for, producing, refining, marketing, or selling petroleum, oil, natural gas, or their related products and that establishes that the transaction involves competitors in that business, the burden of proof shall be on the defendant to establish that such transaction will not substantially lessen competition or create a monopoly. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to jointly review and revise applicable enforcement guidelines and policies in order to: (1) specifically address the above transactions;[...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cartels, Climate change, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Derivative securities, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Energy prices, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Excess profits tax, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Futures trading, Gasoline, Government information, Government liability (International law), Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Income tax, International affairs, Iraq compilation, Law, Losses, Margins (Security trading), Natural gas, Oil and gas royalties, Parties to actions, Petroleum industry, Petroleum reserves, Price fixing, Profit, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Strategic materials, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation of foreign income, Telecommunication, Telephone, Trade
Latest Action: 06/11/2008 - Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5472-5517) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/20/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 744. Bill TextTo amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes. 5/20/2008--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008 - Title I: Amendment to Sherman Act - No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2008 or NOPEC - (Sec. 102) Amends the Sherman Act to make it illegal for any foreign state or instrumentality thereof to act collectively or in combination with any other foreign state or any other person, when such action has a direct, substantial, and reasonably foreseeable effect on the market, supply, price, or distribution of petroleum in the United States, to: (1) limit the production or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product (petroleum); (2) set or maintain the price of petroleum;[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Armed forces, Biomass energy, Budgets, Business, Cartels, Climate change, Congress, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Defense economics, Derivative securities, Disaster relief, Emergency management, Energy, Energy prices, Energy security, Energy supplies, Environmental protection, Excess profits tax, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Foreign policy, Foreign tax credit, Futures trading, Gasoline, Government information, Government liability (International law), Government procurement, Government publicity, Government trust funds, Governmental investigations, Greenhouse gases, Income tax, International affairs, Iraq compilation, Law, Losses, Margins (Security trading), Natural gas, Oil and gas royalties, Parties to actions, Petroleum industry, Petroleum refineries, Petroleum reserves, Price fixing, Profit, Public contracts, Restrictive trade practices, Strategic materials, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Taxation of foreign income, Telecommunication, Telephone, Trade
Latest Action: 05/12/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3988-3989) Bill TextA bill to provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices, and for other purposes. 5/7/2008--Introduced. Consumer-First Energy Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny major integrated oil companies (i.e., companies producing at least 500,000 barrels of crude oil daily) a tax deduction for income attributable to domestic production of oil, gas, or primary products thereof; (2) conform tax treatment of foreign oil and gas extraction income and foreign oil related income for purposes of the foreign tax credit; (3) impose a windfall profits tax on major integrated oil companies; and (4) establish an Energy Independence and Security Trust Fund funded by revenues raised by the tax provisions of this Act to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and reduce the risks of global warming. Petroleum Consumer Price Gouging Protection Act - Declares [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Advertising, Agricultural wastes, Agriculture, Air pollution, Alcohol as fuel, Alternative energy sources, Biomass energy, Business, Diesel motor, Energy, Energy crops, Environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, Excise tax, Executive departments, Franchises (Retail trade), Income tax, Law, Motor vehicle pollution control, Oils and fats, Reformulated gasoline, Refuse as fuel, Restrictive trade practices, Service stations, Solid wastes, Tax credits, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 12/06/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Bill TextTo amend the Clean Air Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the use of ethanol and bio-diesel, and for other purposes. 12/6/2007--Introduced. Amends the Clean Air Act to revise the term "renewable fuel" to mean ethanol produced from renewable biomass. Increases the volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2009-2012. Prescribes the volume of: (1) renewable fuel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2013-2022; and (2) biomass-based diesel that must be contained in fuel sold in the United States for 2008-2012. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the volume of renewable fuel and biomass-based diesel that fuel sold in the United States must contain for other calendar years.Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that by 2009 each covered owner installs one or more pumps that dispense ethanol-blend fuel and bio-diesel blend fuel [...] show full description
Latest Action: 10/30/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13582-13583) Bill TextA bill to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act. 10/30/2007--Introduced. Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Sherman Act to declare that any contract, combination, conspiracy, or agreement setting a minimum price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Act.
Also tagged in: Business, Consumers, Contracts, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Labor, Law, Managed care, Medical care, Medicine, Pharmacies, Prescription pricing, Restrictive trade practices
Latest Action: 10/15/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act. 10/15/2007--Introduced. Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 - Entitles independent pharmacies negotiating contract terms with a health plan for the provision of health care items or services to the same treatment under the antitrust laws as the treatment to which bargaining units recognized under the National Labor Relations Act are entitled. Treats such a pharmacy as an employee engaged in concerted activities in connection with such negotiations. Exempts actions taken in good faith reliance on this Act from being subject to criminal sanctions or civil penalties beyond actual damages incurred.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Collective bargaining, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health maintenance organizations, Health policy, Labor, Managed care, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1728-1729) Bill TextTo ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by exempting health care professionals from the Federal antitrust laws in their negotiations with health plans and health insurance issuers. 8/2/2007--Introduced. Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2007 - Exempts health care professionals that are negotiating with a health plan regarding contract terms under which the professionals provide health care items or services for which plan benefits are provided from federal antitrust laws in connection with such negotiations. Declares that this Act: (1) applies only to health care professionals excluded from the National Labor Relations Act; and (2) does not apply to such negotiations relating to Medicare or Medicaid programs, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), medical and dental care for members of the uniformed services, veterans' medical care, the federal employees health benefits program, or the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Also tagged in: Bankruptcy, Business, Casualty insurance, Corporate mergers, Corporate reorganizations, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal preemption, Finance, Holding companies, Insurance agents, Insurance companies, Insurance law, Law, Licenses, Life insurance, Ombudsman, Politics and government, Property insurance, State and local government, State laws
Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committ Bill TextTo authorize the issuance of Federal charters and licenses for carrying on the sale, solicitation, negotiation, and underwriting of insurance or any other insurance operations, to provide a comprehensive system for the Federal regulation and supervision of national insurers and national agencies, to provide for policyholder protections in the event of an insolvency or the impairment of a national insurer, and for other purposes. 7/26/2007--Introduced. National Insurance Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury an Office of National Insurance (ONI), headed by a Commissioner of National Insurance, with Divisions of Insurance Fraud and of Consumer Affairs, and an Office of the Ombudsman. Authorizes the Commissioner to supervise, regulate, and provide for registration of insurance self-regulatory organizations. Requires the Commissioner to supervise national insurers and national agencies, including chartering and licensing. Removes them, as well [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 11/08/2007 - On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 186 (Roll No. 1076). Bill TextMaking appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 10/16/2007--Passed Senate amended. (There are 3 other summaries) Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies.Title I: Department of Commerce - Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY2008 for: (1) the International Trade Administration; (2) the Bureau of Industry and Security; (3) the Economic Development Administration; (4) the Minority Business Development Agency; (5) economic and statistical analysis programs; (6) the Bureau of the Census; (7) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, including for grants [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Animals, Business, Competition, Corporate mergers, Department of Agriculture, Evidence (Law), Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Family farms, Federal employees, Government employees, Governmental investigations, Law, Livestock, Meat packing industry, Poultry, Rural affairs
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to provide for the review of agricultural mergers and acquisitions by the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Agriculture Competition Enhancement Act of 2007 - Establishes in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Agricultural Antitrust Matters who shall: (1) be responsible for oversight and coordination of agriculture-related antitrust and related matters; and (2) work in coordination with the Task Force and the Department of Agriculture on all agricultural competition matters. Establishes under the authority of the Attorney General the Agriculture Competition Task Force to examine problems in agricultural competition. Amends the Clayton Act to revise the defendant's burden of proof in agribusiness mergers in which the plaintiff is: (1) the federal or state government; or (2) any other plaintiff. Directs the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission [...] show full description
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