The U.S. Congress Votes Database

Category: Consumer protection

Bills

109th Congress

BillTitle
H R 2744 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
H R 2862 An Act making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
H R 29 To protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes.
H R 3505 To provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes.
H R 3675 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving unfair or deceptive acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
H R 458 An act to prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products tomilitary personnel.
H R 4709 To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen protections for law enforcement officers and the public by providing criminal penalties for the fraudulent acquisition or unauthorized disclosure of phone records.
H R 5252 To promote the deployment of broadband networks and services.
H R 5384 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.
H R 6 To ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy.
S 256 A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

108th Congress

BillTitle
H J RES 2 Joint Resolution making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
H J RES 73 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.
H R 1375 To provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes.
H R 1474 To facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation's payments system, and for other purposes.
H R 2427 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
H R 2622 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes.
H R 2673 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.
H R 2929 To protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, and for other purposes.
H R 3140 To provide for availability of contact lens prescriptions to patients, and for other purposes.
H R 3161 To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.
H R 346 To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to increase civil penalties for violations involving certain proscribed acts or practices that exploit popular reaction to an emergency or major disaster declared by the President, and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for such violations in actions brought under section 13 of that Act.
H R 395 To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a "do-not-call" registry, and for other purposes.
H R 4279 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, and to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
H R 4503 To enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
H R 4766 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
H R 4818 Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
H R 5011 To prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel.
H R 6 To enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes.
H R 743 To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
H R 975 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
S 14 A bill to enhance the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes.
S 1753 An original bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act in order to prevent identity theft, to improve the use of and consumer access to consumer reports, to enhance the accuracy of consumer reports, to limit the sharing of certain consumer information, to improve financial education and literacy, and for other purposes.
S 877 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by imposing limitations and penalties on the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail via the Internet.

107th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1542 To deregulate the Internet and high speed data services, and for other purposes.
H R 1701 To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
H R 2330 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 2944 Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
H R 333 To amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.
H R 4070 To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional safeguards for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries with representative payees, to enhance program protections, and for other purposes.
H R 4946 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide health care incentives.
S 420 An original bill to amend title 11, United States Code, and for other purposes.

106th Congress

BillTitle
H R 10 To enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.
H R 1074 To provide Governmentwide accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and for other purposes.
H R 1554 To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite.
H R 1714 To facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce.
H R 1776 To expand homeownership in the United States.
H R 1906 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2415 To enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2614 To amend the Small Business Investment Act to make improvements to the certified development company program, and for other purposes.
H R 2684 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 2723 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage.
H R 2990 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals greater access to health insurance through a health care tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other health-related tax incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to and choice in health care through association health plans, to amend the Public Health Service Act to create new pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain greater access to health coverage through HealthMarts, and for other purposes.
H R 3100 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, and for other purposes.
H R 3113 To protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail.
H R 3709 To extend for 5 years the moratorium enacted by the Internet Tax Freedom Act, and for other purposes.
H R 438 To promote and enhance public safety through use of 911 as the universal emergency assistance number, and for other purposes.
H R 775 To establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 1999 to the year 2000, and for other purposes.
H R 833 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
S 1233 An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
S 335 A bill to amend Chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to sweepstakes, skill contests, facsimile checks, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such matter, and for other purposes.
S 761 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by electronic means by permitting and encouraging the continued expansion of electronic commerce through the operation of free market forces, and for other purposes.
S 800 A bill to promote and enhance public safety through the use of 9-1-1 as the universal emergency assistance number, further deployment of wireless 9-1-1 service, support of States in upgrading 9-1-1 capabilities and related functions, encouragement of construction and operation of seamless, ubiquitous, and reliable networks for personal wireless services, and for other purposes.
S 900 An Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.

105th Congress

BillTitle
H R 10 To enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes.
H R 1432 To authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa.
H R 1847 To improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers.
H R 2014 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(2) and (d) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
H R 2015 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
H R 2160 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2267 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2607 An Act making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
H R 2621 To extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements, and for other purposes.
H R 3150 To amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
H R 4101 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4104 Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4194 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4276 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
H R 4328 Making omnibus consolidated and emergency appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 1022 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
S 1618 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the protection of consumers against "slamming" by telecommunications carriers, and for other purposes.
S 2260 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
S 947 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 104(a) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.

104th Congress

BillTitle
H R 1022 To provide regulatory reform and to focus national economic resources on the greatest risks to human health, safety, and the environment through scientifically objective and unbiased risk assessments and through the consideration of costs and benefits in major rules, and for other purposes.
H R 1555 To promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies.
H R 1976 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2099 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
H R 2425 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve and reform the medicare program.
H R 2491 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
H R 2586 To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes.
H R 2880 Making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for other purposes.
H R 3005 To amend the Federal securities laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect investors, and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation.
H R 3103 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.
H R 3603 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3610 Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 3666 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 4278 Making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
H R 665 An Act entitled the Victims Justice Act of 1995.
H R 9 To create jobs, enhance wages, strengthen property rights, maintain certain economic liberties, decentralize and reduce the power of the Federal Government with respect to the States, localities, and citizens of the United States, and to increase the accountability of Federal officials.
H R 956 To establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.
H RES 109 Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 956) to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.
H RES 394 Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 956) to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.
S 1028 A bill to provide increased access to health care benefits, to provide increased portability of health care benefits, to provide increased security of health care benefits, to increase the purchasing power of individuals and small employers, and for other purposes.
S 1357 An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996.
S 652 An original bill to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition, and for other purposes.

103rd Congress

BillTitle
H R 2448 To improve the accuracy of radon testing products and services, to increase testing for radon, and for other purposes.
H R 2491 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 2519 Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
H R 3450 To implement the North American Free Trade Agreement.
H R 3474 To reduce administrative requirements for insured depository institutions to the extent consistent with safe and sound banking practices, to facilitate the establishment of community development financial institutions, and for other purposes.
H R 3626 To supersede the Modification of Final Judgment entered August 24, 1982, in the antitrust action styled U.S. v. Western Electric, Civil Action No. 82-0192, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate the manufacturing of Bell operating companies, and for other purposes.
H R 3841 To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for interstate banking and branching.
H R 4554 Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 4624 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
H R 868 To strengthen the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to protect consumers in connection with sales made with a telephone, and for other purposes.
H R 965 To provide for toy safety and for other purposes.
S 1275 An Act to facilitate the establishment of community development financial institutions, to provide consumer protections for high cost mortgages, to encourage investment in and lending to small businesses, to improve the regulation of depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S 2019 An original bill to reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act"), and for other purposes.
S 2351 An original bill to achieve universal health insurance coverage, and for other purposes.
S 540 A bill to improve the administration of the bankruptcy system, address certain commercial issues and consumer issues in bankruptcy, and establish a commission to study and make recommendations on problems with the bankruptcy system, and for other purposes.
S 687 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.
S 783 A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and for other purposes.

102nd Congress

BillTitle
H R 2094 To require the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, to improve supervision and examinations, to provide additional resources to the Bank Insurance Fund, and for other purposes.
H R 2519 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other purposes.
H R 2967 To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 through 1995; to authorize a 1993 National Conference on Aging; to amend the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 through 1995; and for other purposes.
H R 3029 Entitled, "Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991".
H R 3371 To control and prevent crime.
H R 3490 To protect the public interest and the future development of interstate pay-per-call technology by providing for the regulation and oversight of the applications and growth of the pay-per-call industry, and for other purposes.
H R 3596 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to assure the completeness and accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies, to better inform consumers of their rights under the Act, and to improve enforcement, and for other purposes.
H R 3768 To require the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, to improve supervision and examinations, to provide additional resources to the Bank Insurance Fund, and for other purposes.
H R 4850 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide increased consumer protection and to promote increased competition in the cable television and related markets, and for other purposes.
H R 5334 To amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community development, and for other purposes.
H R 5466 To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to enhance competition among air carriers by prohibiting an air carrier who operates a computer reservation system from discriminating against other air carriers participating in the system and among travel agents which subscribe to the system, and for other purposes.
H R 5518 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 5679 Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
H R 6 To reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amounts of deposit insurance, and for other purposes.
S 12 A bill to amend title VI of the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure carriage on cable television of local news and other programming and to restore the right of local regulatory authorities to regulate cable television rates, and for other purposes.
S 1241 A bill to control and reduce violent crime.
S 543 An Act to reform Federal deposit insurance, protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, improve supervision and regulation of insured depository institutions, and for other purposes.
S 640 A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes.
S 792 A bill to reauthorize the Indoor Radon Abatement Act of 1988 and for other purposes.
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