WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Retail trade

H.R. 6346, The Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6346 would protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels....

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S. 3125, The Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3125 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions....

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S. 3086, The Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3086 would amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based fees and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems....

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H.R. 5546, The Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.30

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5546 would amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems....

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H.R. 5513, The Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5513 would reduce youth usage of tobacco products and it would enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors....

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S. 2663, The CPSC Reform Act

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2663 would reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, it would improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, and it would improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs....

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H.R. 5312, The Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5312 would amend chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration of certain controversies....

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H.R. 5234, The Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5234 would amend title 18, United States Code, and the Social Security Act to limit the misuse of Social Security numbers, and it would establish criminal penalties for such misuse....

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H.R. 5159, The Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.51

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5159 would establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services, and it would provide for the effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center....

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S. 2542, The Credit Card Minimum Payment Notification Act of 2008

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2542 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan....

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S. 2529, The Protecting the Spirit of Giving Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2529 would improve disclosures for charitable giving, protect charities, and inform consumers....

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S. 2470, The Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2470 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the abuse of dehydroepiandrosterone....

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H.R. 4238, The Bottle Recycling Climate Protection Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4238 would amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require a refund value for certain beverage containers, and it would provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs....

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P.L. 110-314, The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.31

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4040 would establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission....

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S. 2261, The Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2261 would 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....

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H.R. 3862, The Preparing America's Seniors for the Digital Transition Act of 2007

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3862 would improve public awareness in the United States among older individuals and their families and caregivers about the impending Digital Television Transition through the establishment of a Federal interagency taskforce between the Federal Communications Commission, the Administration on Aging, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the outside advice of appropriate members of the aging network and industry groups....

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S. 2125, The Preparing America's Seniors for the Digital Television Transition of [sic] Act of 2007

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2125 would improve public awareness in the United States among older individuals and their families and caregivers about the impending Digital Television Transition through the establishment of a Federal interagency taskforce between the Federal Communications Commission, the Administration on Aging, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the outside advice of appropriate members of the aging network and industry groups....

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S. 2045, The CPSC Reform Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.38

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2045 would reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, it would improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, and it would improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs....

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H.R. 3512, The College Textbook Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3512 would ensure that college textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable....

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H.R. 3340, To amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest, and for other purposes

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3340 would amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest....

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S. 1953, The Ginseng Harvest Labeling Act of 2007

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1953 would amend the Agricultural Manufacturing Act of 1946 to require labeling of raw agricultural forms of ginseng, including the country of harvest....

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H.R. 3236, The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2007

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3236 would promote greater energy efficiency....

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H.R. 2973, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign, at each location where the application may be made, containing the same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in a tabular format on the application

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2973 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to require a store in which a consumer may apply to open a credit or charge card account to display a sign, at each location where the application may be made, containing the same information required by such Act to be prominently placed in a tabular format on the application....

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H.R. 2936, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2936 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain improvements to retail space....

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H.R. 2566, The National Digital Television Consumer Education Act

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2566 would provide American consumers information about the broadcast television transition from an analog to a digital format....

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