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| 100-s-2903 | 100 | s | 2903 | Trademark Protection Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-10-14 | 1988-10-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 3 | Trademark Protection Act of 1988 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit the importation or sale within the United States of goods manufactured outside the United States and bearing a trademark that is identical to a trademark owned by a U.S. citizen, corporation, or other entity and registered under U.S. trademark laws unless such owner consents to the importation for sale. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to exclude such goods from entry into the United States upon the request of a U.S. trademark owner who has filed a trademark registered certificate with the Secretary. Authorizes the trademark owner to bring an action against importers in any Federal district court to enjoin such importation and to obtain money damages and lost profits for the wrongful use of a trademark. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to enforce this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:07:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2903 |
| 100-s-2881 | 100 | s | 2881 | A bill to amend the copyright laws to permit the unlicensed viewing of videos under certain conditions. | Commerce | 1988-10-12 | 1988-10-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the performance or display of a work by means of a video cassette recorder and television set of a kind commonly used in private homes is not an infringement of copyright if: (1) the display occurs in a health-care (or health-related) facility; (2) no charge is made for such display; and (3) the display is not further transmitted to the public. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2881 |
| 100-s-2877 | 100 | s | 2877 | Business Incubator Review Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-10-07 | 1988-10-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 1 | Business Incubator Review Act of 1988 - Declares it to be U.S. policy that the Federal Government should encourage the development and operation of business incubators as an economic development tool. Directs the President to create a Business Incubator Review Group, including certain cabinet officers and other appropriate individuals, to review Federal policies and programs relating to business incubators and to report to appropriate congressional committees describing current programs and recommending improvements and changes. Terminates the Group 30 days after submission of the required report. Directs Group members to review business development regulations promulgated by their respective agencies and to take action to assure that business incubators are eligible for relevant grants and loans. Instructs the Secretary of Commerce, through the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on business incubators, including descriptions of State and local programs. Authorizes appropriations for this undertaking. Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to assign to the Clearinghouse for State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation the duty to collect information on Federal programs supporting business incubators and to assist and advise State and local governments with respect to such programs. | 2025-08-28T20:06:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2877 |
| 100-s-2842 | 100 | s | 2842 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to make non-profit organizations eligible for disaster loans at the same rate of interest as for-profit entities. | Commerce | 1988-09-28 | 1988-09-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to apply the same interest rate ceilings in connection with disaster loans to both non-profit and for-profit small business concerns unable to obtain credit elsewhere. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2842 |
| 100-s-2836 | 100 | s | 2836 | Delta Development Act | Commerce | 1988-09-27 | 1988-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 16 | Delta Development Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the economic needs and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta, defined to include areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Directs the Commission, among other things, to: (1) study the projected ten-year economic needs of the region; (2) review existing Federal, State, local, and private programs for business development and financing; (3) develop inventories of the region's business resources and natural resources; (4) study the role of small business in creating jobs in the region; and (5) make recommendations to the Congress regarding tax policies, business development programs, investment incentives, infrastructure development, and a number of other economic development issues. Requires the Commission to submit: (1) an interim report on its activities to specified congressional leadership, the President, and the Governors of the affected States, within nine months of its first meeting; and (2) its final report of required findings and recommendations to these same parties, within 18 months of the same meeting. Terminates the Commission 120 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes FY 1989 and 1990 appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:07:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2836 |
| 100-s-2735 | 100 | s | 2735 | Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-08-11 | 1988-08-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 0 | Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988 - Title I: Congressional Findings and Purposes - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by women. Title II: Demonstration Projects - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide financial assistance to private organizations to conduct demonstration projects giving financial, management, and marketing assistance to small businesses, including start-up businesses, owned and controlled by women. Describes application criteria. Requires the SBA to report to the congressional Small Business Committees on the projects. Terminates authority for this pilot program on October 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to include small business concerns owned and operated by women as a discrete group for purposes of Government contracts and subcontracts and procurement programs. (Current law governing these programs refers only to small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as groups targeted for assistance.) Instructs the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of each Federal agency to designate a Women-in-Business Specialist to be responsible for programs designed to assist concerns owned and controlled by women. Directs Federal agencies, in their procurement activities, to engage in affirmative action to identify and solicit offers from small businesses owned and controlled by either women or socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Title IV: Access to Capital - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit the Federal Reserve Board, except under limited circumstances, from exempting from such Act's provisions any class of transactions that are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or business or commercial loans made available by a financial institution. Limits to five years … | 2025-08-28T20:06:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2735 |
| 100-s-2744 | 100 | s | 2744 | A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to permit separate patent extensions for each product under a patent which is subject to full regulatory review and approval. | Commerce | 1988-08-11 | 1988-08-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Amends Federal law regarding extensions of pharmaceutical patent terms to permit a separate extension for a product subject to a regulatory review period before it is put into commerce if the patent claim covers more than one: (1) product; (2) method of product use; or (3) product manufacturing method. Precludes the use of such extensions for a product other than the one for which the extension is sought. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2744 |
| 100-s-2727 | 100 | s | 2727 | Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-08-10 | 1988-08-22 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1988 - Amends Federal copyright law to prohibit the person in possession of a computer software program from renting, leasing, or lending it for direct or indirect commercial advantage unless authorized to do so by the copyright owner (or licensee). Subjects a violator of this Act to specified remedies as an infringer of copyright. | 2025-08-28T20:06:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2727 |
| 100-s-2623 | 100 | s | 2623 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to clarify the Administrator's authority to make economic injury disaster loans in case of drought. | Commerce | 1988-07-08 | 1988-07-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 15 | Amends the Small Business Act to treat droughts as disasters for purposes of the economic injury disaster loan program. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2623 |
| 100-s-2624 | 100 | s | 2624 | A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide simplification of forms to encourage certified and preferred lenders to provide loans of $50,000 or less, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1988-07-08 | 1988-07-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. Boschwitz, Rudy [R-MN] | MN | R | B000647 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a certified loan program for lenders that display knowledge and proficiency with respect to SBA regulations and programs. Directs the SBA to encourage small business loans of $50,000 or less under both this new program and the preferred lenders program in FY 1989 and 1990 by permitting participating lenders to use their own forms without regard to SBA paperwork. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2624 |
| 100-s-2619 | 100 | s | 2619 | Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-07-07 | 1988-07-14 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 0 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 4174 passed in lieu) Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1988 - Title I: General Reauthorization Provisions - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize FY 1989 Small Business Administration (SBA) program levels and appropriations for loans to finance small business plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion. Authorizes specific amounts for: (1) handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped; (2) small businesses either located in urban or rural areas with high unemployment and low income or owned by low-income individuals; and (3) disabled veterans and Vietnam veterans. Authorizes FY 1989 program levels and appropriations for deferred participation loans and debenture guarantees for small business development companies. Authorizes specific amounts for: (1) handicapped persons and organizations for the handicapped; (2) small businesses either located in urban or rural areas with high unemployment and low income or owned by low-income individuals; (3) guarantees of debentures of State and local development companies; and (4) loans to finance the planning, design, or installation of pollution control facilities. Authorizes program levels for FY 1989 under specified provisions of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 for: (1) direct purchases and guarantees of debentures and purchases of preferred securities of small business investment companies; and (2) surety bond guarantees. Authorizes FY 1989 appropriations for SBA salaries and expenses and for disaster loans to small businesses. Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to subject small business investment companies to biennial rather than annual examination. Provides for waiver of the examination for one year under specified circumstances. Directs the SBA to issue at least quarterly guarantees of small business investment company debentures and trust certificates. Amends the SBIA to permit a waiver of certain ownership requirement… | 2025-08-28T20:05:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2619 |
| 100-s-2599 | 100 | s | 2599 | All-Terrain Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-06-29 | 1988-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 2 | All-Terrain Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1988 - Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (the Commission) to complete rulemaking proceedings regarding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in order to promote public safety. Directs the Commission, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to complete a rulemaking proceeding which prohibits the manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribution in commerce, or importation into the United States by any manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of any three-wheel ATV (the prohibition). Requires the prohibition unless the Commission finds that the design and performance characteristics of such ATVs, without regard to any potential benefits to be derived from available notice and training, do not present an unreasonable risk of death and injury. Directs the Commission, if it determines not to promulgate a final rule under these requirements, to terminate the rulemaking proceeding and publish the determination and relevant information. Establishes the prohibition, if the Commission does not complete the rulemaking proceeding within the required time period, until such proceeding is completed. Directs the Commission, within 120 days after the enactment of this Act, to promulgate a final rule under which any person may return, for a refund from the distributor, any three-wheel ATV or any ATV designated, marketed, or purchased for use by children under the age of 16. Requires such refund rule unless the Commission finds that such a refund could not reduce the risk of death and injury associated with such ATVs. Requires such refund rule to provide: (1) procedures for notice of availability of the refund by distributors; (2) procedures for return at no expense to the purchase; (3) reasonable refund of purchase price, adjusted for vehicle age and condition; and (4) information required to demonstrate eligibility. Makes such returned ATVs subject to the prohibition. Directs the Commission, if it determines not to promulgate such final rule, to terminate the proceeding … | 2025-08-28T20:06:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2599 |
| 100-s-2525 | 100 | s | 2525 | A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to allow certain actions by State attorneys general. | Commerce | 1988-06-16 | 1988-06-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 2 | Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act (the Act) to authorize State attorneys general to enforce prohibitions against unfair or deceptive practices in commerce under the Act. Authorizes any State attorney general to bring a civil action in the name of the State, in any U.S. district court having jurisdiction of the defendant, to secure specified relief for any violation of any provision of the Act, or any order issued or rule promulgated under it, respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce. Requires a State attorney general, in order to bring such action, to allege that such acts or practices affect or may affect the State or its residents. Requires that the Federal Trade commission (FTC) and attorneys general of other States be notified of the commencement of such action: (1) at least 30 days before it is to be commenced; or (2) as early as practicable if the State attorney general commencing the action alleges that the harm to the public is ongoing or may recur, and petitions the court for temporary or preliminary relief from such harm. Authorizes the Commission by its own attorneys to intervene in any such action. Authorizes the attorney general of any other State to intervene in such an action if the State or its residents are or may be affected by the acts or practices about which the action is brought. Authorizes the court in such an action to: (1) impose a civil penalty as if the action were brought by the FTC or the U.S. Attorney General; (2) grant mandamus injunctions and further appropriate equitable relief; and (3) grant relief to redress injury to consumers or others resulting from such violations. Allows all such forms of penalties and relief to include: (1) relief relating to persons outside the State; and (2) relief applicable to conduct outside the State of any attorney general who is a party to the action. Authorizes a State attorney general to petition any court with jurisdiction of a person subject to such a court order to enforce it with respect to such per… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2525 |
| 100-s-2402 | 100 | s | 2402 | A bill to amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to place warnings concerning the addictive nature of cigarettes on packages and in advertisements. | Commerce | 1988-05-16 | 1988-05-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] | NJ | D | B001225 | 7 | Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to require manufacturers and importers of cigarettes to place warnings concerning the addictive nature of cigarettes on packages and in advertisements. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2402 |
| 100-s-2347 | 100 | s | 2347 | A bill to declare certain activities of manufacturers of soft drinks to be unfair acts or practices for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act. | Commerce | 1988-04-28 | 1988-09-28 | Committee on Commerce; Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Declares certain activities of soft drink manufacturers or distributors which induce retailers to purchase soft drink syrup from such entities to the exclusion of soft drink syrup sold by others to be an unfair act or practice for the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Includes providing soft drink dispensing equipment, money, or credit at below fair market value (or furnishing such equipment or money without compensation) as unfair inducements. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2347 |
| 100-s-2326 | 100 | s | 2326 | Consumer Fraud Prevention Act | Commerce | 1988-04-26 | 1988-09-13 | Subcommittee on Consumer. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 2 | Consumer Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it unlawful to disseminate any false advertisement for the purpose of inducing the purchase of services. (Current law addresses only dissemination of false advertisements regarding products.) Permits courts to join parties having common interests in false advertising suits brought under such Act. Modifies the procedures for the service of process by the Federal Trade Commission in cases involving temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. Permits the FTC to use subpoenas to obtain physical evidence. Directs the United States Postal Service to amend its regulations concerning mail covers to permit the FTC the same access now permitted other law enforcement agencies. Allows the FTC to gain access to the financial records of consumer fraud suspects, after first obtaining a court order, upon a showing that the funds which are the subject of the records are likely to be dissipated, removed, or destroyed, and are subject to seizure by reason of having been obtained in violation of law. Permits the FTC to appoint State attorneys general to enforce FTC rules. Requires the FTC to extend its mail order rule to telemarketing. Requires the FTC to consider including in such final rule a requirement that telemarketers inform consumers of their rights under the rule. Directs the FTC to conduct a study of the life-care industry and, if appropriate, initiate a trade regulation rule proceeding. | 2025-08-28T20:07:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2326 |
| 100-s-2246 | 100 | s | 2246 | Lower Mississippi Delta Development Act | Commerce | 1988-03-31 | 1988-09-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1014. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 16 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Environment and Public Works with amendment, S. Rept. 100-557) Lower Mississippi Delta Development Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission to study and make recommendations concerning the economic needs and economic development of the Lower Mississippi Delta, defined to include areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Directs the Commission to: (1) identify and study the economic development, infrastructure, employment, transportation, resource development, education, health care, housing and recreation needs of the Lower Mississippi region; and (2) develop a ten-year plan describing recommendations and priorities for alleviating these needs. Enumerates Commission duties in connection with plan development, including: (1) to review existing Federal, State, local, and private programs for business development and financing; (2) to develop inventories of the region's business resources and natural resources; (3) to study the role of small business in creating jobs in the region; (4) to evaluate the proper roles of the public and private sectors in fostering the economic development of the region; and (5) to assess the area's health, educational, job training, housing, and poverty relief needs. Requires the Commission, no later than one year after its first meeting, to present an interim report to specified congressional leadership and committees, the President, and the Governors of the affected States. Requires a final report of required findings and recommendations within 18 months of the first meeting. Terminates the Commission within 180 days after submission of its final report. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1990 appropriations. Requires member States to contribute to Commission costs. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2246 |
| 100-s-2259 | 100 | s | 2259 | Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1988-03-31 | 1988-04-12 | Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-692. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 3 | Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988 - Title I: Amendments to the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to empower the Small Business Administration to: (1) enter into surety bond guarantee commitments under terms that vary on the basis of SBA experience with the particular surety; and (2) engage in a pilot program under which it may authorize any surety meeting specified standards to issue, monitor, and service guarantee bonds (including making indemnification payments against losses in avoiding breach) without further SBA approval. (Current law requires prior SBA approval of bond underwriting and administration decisions.) Revises SBA guarantee liability limits to equal not more than: (1) 70 percent of any loss paid by a surety authorized to issue bonds without further SBA approval; and (2) 90 percent of both losses paid by sureties needing SBA approval for bond issuance and losses associated with bonds issued to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Disclaims SBA indemnification liability if a surety breaches material provisions of the guarantee agreement or substantially violates relevant SBA regulations. Title II: Administration, Evaluation, and Termination of the Pilot Program - Sets forth reporting, recordkeeping, and annual audit requirements with respect to sureties participating in the expanded surety guarantee program. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees a report evaluating the effects during the program's first two fiscal years on both participation by standard surety firms and access to bonds by small business concerns, especially those owned and controlled by the economically disadvantaged. Terminates on September 30 of either 1991 or the third fiscal year following this Act's enactment the program permitting sureties to issue bonds without prior SBA approval. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the deobligation, up… | 2025-08-28T20:09:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2259 |
| 100-s-2201 | 100 | s | 2201 | A bill to make certain record rental provisions in title 17, United States Code, the Copyright Act, permanent. | Commerce | 1988-03-21 | 1988-11-05 | Became Public Law No: 100-617. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 6 | (Measure passed House, amended) Amends the Record Rental Amendment of 1984 to extend for an additional eight years the proscription against the rental, leasing, or lending of phonorecords for profit-making purposes. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2201 |
| 100-s-2130 | 100 | s | 2130 | A bill to provide that the Consumer Product Safety Commission amend its regulations regarding lawn darts. | Commerce | 1988-03-03 | 1988-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Wilson, Pete [R-CA] | CA | R | W000607 | 2 | Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revoke the exemption from classification as a banned toy for use by children granted for lawn darts and other similar sharp-pointed toys, unless the Commission finds that such products do not have the potential for causing puncture wound injury. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2130 |
| 100-s-2111 | 100 | s | 2111 | A bill to amend the patent law, title 35, United States Code, to prohibit the patenting of genetically altered or modified animals. | Commerce | 1988-02-29 | 1988-03-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 2 | Amends the patent laws to state that animals changed through engineering technology, including genetic engineering, are not patentable. Revokes any patents previously granted for any such animals. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2111 |
| 100-s-2016 | 100 | s | 2016 | Emergency All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act | Commerce | 1988-01-28 | 1988-01-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Emergency All-Terrain Vehicle Safety Act - Provides that three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and ATVs designed for use by children under 16 years of age shall be considered to be banned hazardous products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a final emergency consumer product safety rule for ATVs. States that such rule must require manufacturers and distributors of ATVs to provide: (1) a reasonable refund of the purchase price for three-wheeled ATVs, ATVs purchased for use by children, and ATVs designed for use by children; (2) training in the operation of ATVs to all owners; and (3) a public notice campaign to warn existing and prospective ATV owners of the hazards presented by such vehicles. States that any failure of a manufacturer or distributer to comply with such safety rules shall be considered an unlawful act under the Consumer Product Safety Act. States that the failure of the Commission to promulgate the required safety standards shall result in all ATVs being banned. | 2025-08-28T20:08:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/2016 |
| 100-s-1993 | 100 | s | 1993 | Minority Business Development Program Reform Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-12-21 | 1988-07-11 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 10 | (Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate) Minority Business Development Program Reform Act of 1988 - Title I: Congressional Findings and Program Purposes - Expresses congressional findings and purposes with respect to improving the Small Business Administration's minority small business and capital ownership development program (Program). Title II: Program Organization, Eligibility, and Participation - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Office of Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development a Division of Minority Small Business Certification to analyze and process applications and make on-site visits to determine eligibility. Authorizes the Associate Administrator for Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development to certify as Program participants eligible small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Provides that a certified Program participant shall not be eligible to participate in the Program for more than eight years. Sets forth eligibility and certification requirements, including ownership and personal net worth tests to determine whether a small business concern is socially and economically disadvantaged. Mandates that each Program participant annually certify its continuing eligibility. States that a Program participant shall be graduated: (1) upon successful completion of the Program; (2) upon exceeding the applicable size standard established by the Small Business Administration (SBA); (3) if it is no longer owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; or (4) if it elects to graduate prior to the expiration of its Program participation term. Sets forth circumstances under which a participant is terminated from the Program and provisions for challenging a participant's eligibility. Provides a special rule permitting procurement assistance to more than one small business concern owned by a socially and economically disadvantaged Indian tribe if certain conditions are met. Title III: E… | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1993 |
| 100-s-1962 | 100 | s | 1962 | Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-12-18 | 1988-01-25 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 4 | Consumer Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to allow a claim for damages to be based on: (1) indirect purchases, in civil actions alleging a boycott or contract, combination, or conspiracy to fix prices or allocate markets; or (2) indirect sales, in addition to any other claim allowed, in the case of a civil action on behalf of producers of agricultural products. Entitles the defendant to an action by the United States or a State attorney general based on indirect purchases or sales to allege, as a partial or complete defense to a claim by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, that some or all of what would otherwise constitute the direct purchaser's or seller's damages were passed on to indirect purchasers or sellers. Requires that the award for a claim based on indirect purchases or sales be treble the damages shown, in addition to costs and attorneys' fees. Provides that where no claim by a direct purchaser or seller is pending, the defendant shall bear the burden of establishing that the total overcharge or underpayment was not passed on to the indirect purchaser or seller. Prohibits duplicative awards based on direct or indirect purchases or sales for the same overcharge or underpayment. Allows an indirect purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by a direct purchaser or seller based on the same conduct, if a request for such intervention is made within six months of the date of filing of the initial action. Makes failure to request intervention within such time a bar to such claim. Allows a direct purchaser or seller to intervene in an action by an indirect purchaser or seller. Directs the court, upon the defendant's request, to order the consolidation of actions based on the same conduct. Requires the United States or State attorney general, upon the initiation of any action based on indirect purchases or sales, to provide reasonable public notice of the allegations of the suit and a general description of any direct purchasers who may be entitled to maintai… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1962 |
| 100-s-1971 | 100 | s | 1971 | Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-12-18 | 1988-04-13 | Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Incorporated provisions of this measure into S. 1301 which was approved for full committee consideration. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention. Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Revises provisions concerning the licensing of coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes). Permits copyright owners and operators of jukeboxes to directly negotiate the terms and royalty rates for performing copyrighted works if the Copyright Royalty Tribunal certifies that, over a one-year period after this Act's enactment, such process has resulted in authorizing the use of a not substantially smaller quantity of work. Suspends the ratemaking activities of the Tribunal while such conditions are being met. Limits the protection of architectural works to artistic character and design, not materials. Permits pictorial representations of the work when the work is erected in a publicly accessible location. States that the owner of a copyright in an architectural work is not entitled to restrain the construction or use of an infringing building if construction has substantially begun or to require the demolition or seizure of an infringing building. Permits building owners to modify an architectural work to enhance utility without the copyright holder's or author's consent. Permits the use of a notice of copyright on publicly distributed copies of protected works, including phonorecords of sound recordings (current law requires such notice). Requires the continued use of a copyright notice identifying works of the U.S. Government. Eliminates notice provisions for contributions to collective works. Retains deposit requirements. Makes this Act effective the day the Berne Convention enters into force with respect to the United States. | 2025-08-28T20:07:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1971 |
| 100-s-1957 | 100 | s | 1957 | A bill to re-establish the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans in the case of economic injury resulting from currency devaluation. | Commerce | 1987-12-17 | 1987-12-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct low interest disaster loans to assist, or refinance all or part of the existing indebtedness (including any direct loans which were made to small businesses affected by currency fluctuations and exchange freezes) of, any small business located in an area of economic dislocation that is the result of the drastic fluctuation in the value of the currency of a country contiguous to the United States and adjustments in the regulation of its monetary system, if such business is unable to obtain credit elsewhere and can demonstrate its ability to repay such loan. Authorizes the Governor of a State to certify to the SBA that: (1) small business concerns within the State have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of such economic dislocation; and (2) such concerns are in need of financial assistance which is not available on reasonable terms. Limits the amount of and interest rate on such loans. Prohibits loan proceeds from being used to reduce the exposure of any other lender. Authorizes the SBA to defer payment of the principal and interest for one year on such loans. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1957 |
| 100-s-1929 | 100 | s | 1929 | Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act | Commerce | 1987-12-08 | 1988-03-31 | Committee on Small Business. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-638. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 20 | Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to give a licensee in good standing three months from the date the Small Business Administration receives notice that it is ready to conduct business to qualify for conducting business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and a special-purpose trust established by this Act. Requires the Administration, within six months after receiving notice that a licensee is ready to conduct business, to promulgate regulations to effect the termination of operations of any licensee which has not qualified for conducting business with the Corporation for Small Business Investment and the Trust. Sets forth the requirements for the final regulations for termination of the operations of any licensee and directs the Administration to furnish to the Corporation all books and records necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Establishes the Corporation for Small Business Investment and requires it to maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia. Requires the President to appoint an interim board of directors for the Corporation. Sets forth procedures for selecting the Corporation's permanent board of directors. Requires the board to determine the Corporation's general policies and to select persons to fill the offices provided for in the bylaws. Describes the Corporation's stock structure. Authorizes any depository institution to: (1) make payments to the Corporation of capital contributions; (2) receive the Corporation's stock as evidence of capital contributions; and (3) dispose of such stock. Authorizes the Corporation to issue nonvoting preferred stock. Sets forth limitations on obligations and securities issued by the Corporation. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations issued by the Corporation. Sets forth limitations on the amount and yield of such purchases and requires advance approval of the Congress. Makes all obligations issued by the Corporation accep… | 2025-08-28T20:06:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1929 |
| 100-s-1882 | 100 | s | 1882 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Authorization Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-11-19 | 1987-12-21 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 3 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation with amendment, S. Rept. 100-273) Consumer Product Safety Commission Authorization Act of 1987 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to require the President, when making appointments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, to consider individuals with consumer product safety backgrounds. States that, at any time during FY 1988 through 1990 when there are two vacancies on the Commission, two Commission members shall constitute a quorum. Lists additional Commission personnel which must be appointed by the Commission Chairman with the approval of the Commission. Requires Commission approval for the removal of such personnel. Requires the Commission to establish an agenda and priorities for Commission actions at least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year. Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, and the Flammable Fabrics Act to permit any "interested party" to petition the Commission for review of any voluntary safety standard based upon a showing that: (1) the voluntary standard is inadequate to address a risk of injury associated with the product, substance, or material; or (2) the development of the voluntary standard is not proceeding in a timely manner. Makes certain procedural changes with respect to Commission reliance upon voluntary consumer product safety standards. Requires the Commission to issue proposed consumer product safety rules within 12 months after the publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (unless the Commission determines that the proposed rule is not likely to eliminate or reduce the risk associated with the product). Directs the Commission to devise procedures to monitor compliance with any voluntary standards. Permits the disclosure of Commission-held information to Commission contractors. Repeals the Cellulose Insulation Safety Standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Repeals the safety standard for swimming pool slid… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1882 |
| 100-s-1883 | 100 | s | 1883 | Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-11-19 | 1988-11-16 | Became Public Law No: 100-667. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended) Title I: Trademark Law Revision - Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 - Amends the Lanham Act to permit a person who has a bona fide intention to use a trademark in commerce to apply to register the trademark. (Current law provides only for registration of a trademark already in use in commerce.) Requires that such trademark actually be used in commerce before it becomes a registered trademark. States that an application on an intent-to-use basis constitutes constructive use of the mark which must be resolved either through ultimate registration or other disposition before a later application for the same mark may be registered. Sets forth a filing schedule under which applicants must submit a verified statement of use regarding the mark's initial use in commerce and the goods or services with which it shall be connected. Provides for the examination of applications for registration submitted on the basis of intent-to-use. Sets forth procedures for such applications. Permits concurrent registrations by consent regardless of filing dates. Modifies the time period within which proof of a mark's distinctiveness may be offered. Eliminates the separate register for service marks. Eliminates the separate register for collective and certification marks, permitting the use of the former to indicate that their owners perform the connected service or sell the goods associated with such marks. States that when the first use of a mark is made by a related company (a licensee), then that use will inure to the benefit of the applicant or registrant. Provides that the filing of an application to register a mark on the principal register constitutes constructive use of such mark (thus conferring a nationwide right of priority subject to certain exceptions). Halves the terms of registration and renewal to ten years each. Requires the deletion of marks where in the sixth year of registration the registrant does not file the required affidavit of use. Prohibits the assignment of an intent-to-u… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1883 |
| 100-s-1848 | 100 | s | 1848 | Minority Business Development Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-11-04 | 1988-03-03 | Committee on Commerce. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-615. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 10 | Minority Business Development Act of 1987 - Redesignates the Minority Business Development Agency in the Department of Commerce as the Minority Business Development Administration. Requires the President to appoint an Administrator to head the Administration. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress on the organizational structure within the Administration and its organizational position in the Department of Commerce. Title I: Market Development - Empowers the Administration to: (1) assist disadvantaged businesses in penetrating domestic and foreign markets by making available to such businesses management and technological assistance, a skilled labor pool, and financial and marketing services; and (2) encourage disadvantaged firms to establish joint ventures and projects to increase their share of the market. Authorizes the Administration to provide financial assistance to public and private sector organizations to carry out this Act. Requires the Administration to consult with State and local governments for the purpose of leveraging local resources, and recommending local administrative and legislative initiatives, to promote the position of disadvantaged businesses. Authorizes the Administration to provide financial assistance to States and cities and to allocate such assistance on the basis of relative populations of disadvantaged individuals, numbers of disadvantaged businesses, and unemployment rates of disadvantaged individuals. Requires the Administration, at least 120 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, to publish in the Federal Register the actual or anticipated amount of financial assistance that will or may be available in the immediately succeeding fiscal year. Requires the Administrator, at least 60 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, to publish its response to comments received and any change in the allocation methodology. Title II: Capital Formation - Authorizes the Administration to defray all or part of the costs of pilot projects which are condu… | 2025-08-28T20:07:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1848 |
| 100-s-1785 | 100 | s | 1785 | A bill to amend section 601 of title 17 of the United States Code, the Copyright Act. | Commerce | 1987-10-13 | 1987-11-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000366 | 15 | Amends the copyright law to extend the manufacturing clause, which prohibits the importation of certain English language books by American authors not manufactured in the United States or Canada. Suspends such clause unless the percentage of imports reaches or exceeds four times domestic printing production during calendar year 1986 in which case such clause will be imposed for one year or until the Secretary of Commerce certifies the percentage of imports has fallen below the requisite level. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1785 |
| 100-s-1773 | 100 | s | 1773 | A bill to amend the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act to prohibit certain unfair competition by manufacturers of soft drinks. | Commerce | 1987-10-08 | 1987-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | I000025 | 0 | Amends the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act to make it an unfair act under the Federal Trade Commission Act for any person engaged in manufacturing, selling, or distributing post-mixed soft drink dispensing equipment or soft drink syrup to induce (by specified means) any soft drink retailer to purchase any soft drink syrup exclusively from such person, if: (1) such inducement is made in the course of interstate or foreign commerce; (2) such person engaged in such practice to the extent that it restrains or prevents transactions in soft drink syrup in commerce; (3) a direct effect of such inducement is to prevent, deter, hinder, or restrict other persons from furnishing, leasing, selling, or servicing any post-mixed soft drink dispensing equipment or systems to such retailer in commerce; or (4) a direct effect of such inducement is to prevent, defer, hinder, or restrict other persons from selling or offering for sale any soft drink syrup to such retailer in commerce. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1773 |
| 100-s-1671 | 100 | s | 1671 | Trademark Protection Act of 1986 | Commerce | 1987-09-09 | 1987-10-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Trademark Protection Act of 1986 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to authorize the owner of a trademark to request that goods not labeled with any trademark, or labeled with the owner's trademark but not intended for sale in the United States, be excluded from import. | 2025-08-28T20:07:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1671 |
| 100-s-1619 | 100 | s | 1619 | Visual Artists Rights Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-08-06 | 1988-10-05 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1071. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment (without written report)) Visual Artists Rights Act of 1988 - Amends the copyright law to define a "work of visual art" and a "work of recognized stature." Grants the author of a work of visual art the right to claim authorship of such work when publicly displayed, independent of his or her copyright, and to disclaim such authorship of such work because of substantial distortion or alteration that harms the reputation of such author. Grants the author who is not a copyright owner the exclusive right during his or her lifetime to assert copyright infringement if a publicly displayed work of visual art (or a work of recognized stature) has been altered or multilated by an intentional act or gross negligence. Waives artists' rights when a work cannot be removed from a building without distortion, mutilation, or alteration, unless such rights are expressly reserved by an instrument in writing. Directs the Register of Copyrights to establish a recordation system for authors of works of recognized stature that have been incorporated into a building. Stipulates when a claim accrues for purposes of an action for copyright infringement of an author of a work of visual art. Directs the Register of Copyrights and the Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts to report to the Congress the results of a jointly conducted feasibility study regarding new initiatives enabling authors of works of visual art to participate in the commercial exploitation of their work after its first sale. Requires submission of such report within 12 months after enactment of this Act. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1619 |
| 100-s-1559 | 100 | s | 1559 | Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-07-28 | 1988-04-14 | Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-651. | Senate | Sen. Dixon, Alan J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000366 | 2 | Small Business Federal Contracting Restoration Act of 1987 - Amends the Small Business Act to delete the existing requirement that set-aside programs be established in industry categories. Requires the program to be based on a fair proportion of government contracts related to the total awards within the Federal Procurement Data System. Prohibits the award of a contract under such program if it would result in a cost to the awarding agency which exceeds a fair and reasonable price (currently, a fair market price). Increases from $10,000 to $25,000 the value of procurement contracts for which Federal agencies must establish goals for participation by small businesses. Requires a small business, in order to receive a contract under the set-aside program, to agree to make its best efforts to use its own personnel to perform at least 50 percent of the cost of any contract for services and 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies in a contract for the procurement of supplies. (Current law requires the business to satisfy such personnel-level goal.) Authorizes contracting officers to allow higher percentages of permissible subcontracting in individual contract solicitations. Provides that the amendments to the small business procurement set-aside program included in the Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986 shall apply to solicitations issued on or after October 1, 1987. Repeals the requirement for the heads of Federal agencies to disclose the names and addresses of small businesses expected to respond to set-aside procurements. | 2025-08-28T20:08:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1559 |
| 100-s-1407 | 100 | s | 1407 | Antitrust Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-06-23 | 1988-03-31 | Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | Antitrust Remedies Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to authorize the U.S. Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, and State attorneys general to bring actions on behalf of consumers to recover damages sustained to a person as a result of a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. (Current law permits only State attorneys general to bring such actions.) Requires the court to award the United States treble damages and court costs in such actions. (Current law provides for the award of such damages and costs, including attorney's fees, to the State only.) Permits the court to order a just and equitable distribution of the award in such an action to those persons on whose behalf the action is brought. Entitles the United States to recover treble (currently actual) damages in antitrust actions for injuries it sustains. Prohibits any corporate merger consent agreement, consent decree, or order involving divestiture from becoming final until the divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court. Provides that no divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court. Provides that no divestiture shall be deemed an acceptable remedy for a merger which substantially lessens competition, unless: (1) the divestiture fully restores competition lost as a result of such merger; and (2) the buyer of divested assets will be a viable competitor for the foreseeable future. Directs the U.S. Attorney General, the Commission, and the court to consider employees' interests in approving divestitures, consistent with the full restoration of competition. Permits the State attorney general to intervene as a matter of right in cases where mergers providing for the divestiture of one or more enterprises employing more than 100 employees in such State are proposed by the Department of Justice or the Commission. Sets forth revised procedures for the dismissal or modification of consent judgments proposed by the United States and other judgments rendered by the court in an antitrust action. Grants… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1407 |
| 100-s-1411 | 100 | s | 1411 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Reorganization Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-06-23 | 1987-06-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Consumer Product Safety Commission Reorganization Act of 1987 - Establishes the Consumer Product Safety Agency as an independent Federal agency. States that the Agency shall be administered by the Administrator of the Consumer Product Safety Agency, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers the functions, appropriations, and personnel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the Agency. Grants the Director of the Office of Management and Budget authority to make incidental transfers of personnel and funds to carry out the provisions of this Act. Grants the Administrator certain administrative powers necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Terminates the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:05:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1411 |
| 100-s-1396 | 100 | s | 1396 | A bill to amend the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 and Clayton Act to provide for private enforcement of the Unfair Competition statute in the event of unfair foreign competition, and to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for private enforcement of the Customs fraud statute. | Commerce | 1987-06-19 | 1987-06-30 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Amends the Clayton Act to include a specified antidumping provision among U.S. antitrust laws. Amends such antidumping provision of the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 to allow any person who is injured in her or his property or business by the sale or importation of an article made in a foreign country to bring a civil action against the manufacturer, exporter, or related importer of such article if: (1) the article is imported or sold in the United States at less than its foreign market or constructed value; or (2) the foreign country or person or organization of such country is providing (directly or indirectly) a subsidy with respect to the manufacture, production, or exportation of such article; and (3) the sale or importation causes or threatens material injury to U.S. industry or labor or prevents the establishment or modernization of U.S. industry. (Currently, the cause of such an action is predicated on the intent of the importer to injure or prevent the establishment of U.S. industry or to monopolize trade.) Restricts the court jurisdiction of such an action to the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade. Entitles a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, to compensatory damages and legal expenses (currently, treble damages and legal expenses). Declares that the standard of proof in such an action is a preponderance of the evidence. Places the burden of proof on the defendent upon a prima facie showing, or a determination by the administering authority and the International Trade Commission (ITC), that dumping exists. Authorizes the court to: (1) issue subpoenas to be enforced in any judicial district; (2) enjoin importation of articles allegedly dumped pending the defendant's compliance with any court order; (3) review, in camera, confidential or privileged material; (4) accept material under seal; and (5) disclose such material. Requires expedited treatment of such actions. Sets a four-year st… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1396 |
| 100-s-1344 | 100 | s | 1344 | Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act | Commerce | 1987-06-09 | 1987-07-22 | Senate incorporated this measure into S. 1420. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 5 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Small Business with amendment, S. Rept. 100-84) Small Business International Trade and Competition Enhancement Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Office of International Trade to work with relevant Federal agencies and others to: (1) assist in developing a distribution network for existing trade promotion, trade finance, trade adjustment, and trade data collection programs; (2) assist in the aggressive marketing of such programs and the dissemination of marketing information to the small business community; (3) develop mechanisms for identifying subsectors of the small business community with strong export potential, identifying areas of demand in foreign markets and assisting in increasing international marketing by disseminating relevant information and linking potential sellers and buyers; (4) assist small businesses in the formation and utilization of export trading companies, export management companies, and research and development pools; (5) identify foreign language translation services; (6) disseminate data regarding the small business share of U.S. exports and the nature of State exports; (7) recommend revisions of the SIC code to encompass industries currently overlooked and to create codes for export trading companies and export management companies; (8) improve the utility of export promotion programs for small businesses; (9) improve the accessibility of the Export Trading Company contract facilitation service; (10) provide to the small business community information on conferences on exporting and international trade; (11) develop a program through which Small Business Administration (SBA) and Small Business Export Assistance Center (SBEAC) personnel can facilitate the access of small businesses to relevant export financing programs; (12) counsel small businesses regarding the administration of U.S. trade laws; and (13) increase access to trade remedy proceedings for small businesses. Requires the Office to report annually to the House and… | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1344 |
| 100-s-1319 | 100 | s | 1319 | Federal Industrial Extension Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-06-03 | 1987-06-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 1 | Federal Industrial Extension Act of 1987 - Establishes an Office of Extension Services within the National Bureau of Standards to inform State Industrial Extension Services of Federal research and development programs and to provide a contact point for such Services. Establishes a three-year Industrial Extension Service Grant Program in the Department of Commerce to demonstrate methods of Federal assistance to States for the development of State Industrial Extension Services designed to help business enhance competitiveness through the application of the latest science and technology. Limits participants to not more than 15 States, with preference given on the basis of need and regional distribution. Makes grants available for FY 1988 through 1990. Requires that such funds be used to expand the number of businesses served or the quality of services provided. Requires that participating States provide at least 20 percent of the costs of such Program. Authorizes States to provide services directly or through other State agencies or through universities or nonprofit organizations. Permits the charging of fees. Requires such States to report annually to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress at the end of FY 1990 on the operation of the Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. | 2025-08-28T20:07:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1319 |
| 100-s-1299 | 100 | s | 1299 | Insurance Competition Improvement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-05-29 | 1987-06-02 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-918. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 3 | Insurance Competition Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that the continued exemption of the business of insurance from the Federal antitrust laws is not in the public interest. Provides that the antitrust laws shall apply to the business of insurance with certain exceptions. Specifies limited activities that may be subject to an exempt agreement, understanding, or concert of action between or among insurers, members of an advisory organization, or other persons. Permits insurers or other persons participating in joint underwriting, pools, or residual market mechanisms to cooperate with each other in the making of rates, rating systems, policy forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections, and investigations if the residual market mechanism is required by law or approved by a State regulatory agency, or if the joint underwriting or pools do not unreasonably restrain trade. Permits any State to: (1) establish or approve a residual market mechanism; and (2) require a workers' compensation and employers' liability insurer to adhere to the uniform classification system and uniform rating plan applicable to such types of insurance in such State, provided that no such insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to use any rate. States that treble damages and criminal penalties for alleged violations of Federal antitrust law may not result from conduct (which would have been lawful under the McCarran-Ferguson Act) occurring within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no relief shall be granted against any person for conduct occurring within two years of enactment of this Act if the defendant relied in good faith on an advisory opinion issued by the Department of Justice. | 2025-08-28T20:05:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1299 |
| 100-s-1301 | 100 | s | 1301 | Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-05-29 | 1988-10-06 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 8 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #350 (90-0)) Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 - Amends the copyright law to implement the Berne Convention, the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne on September 9, 1886. Extends copyright protection to architectural works in conformance with such Convention. Extends comparable copyright protection to protectable works of nationals of Berne Union members. Revises provisions concerning the licensing of coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes). Permits copyright owners and operators of jukeboxes to directly negotiate the terms and royalty rates for performing copyrighted works if the Copyright Royalty Tribunal certifies that, over a one year period after this Act's enactment, such process has resulted in authorizing the use of a not substantially smaller quantity of work. Suspends the ratemaking activities of the Tribunal while such conditions are being met. Provides that the scope of Federal preemption remains unaffected by U.S. adherence to the Berne Convention. Makes discretionary instead of mandatory the use of a notice of copyright on publicly distributed copies of protected works, including phonorecords of sound recordings (thus bringing U.S. law into conformance with the Berne Convention). States that such a notice is a bar to a defense of innocent infringement if the defendant had access to copies with such notice. Declares that the copyright notice requirements do not apply to publications incorporating U.S. Government works unless the notice of copyright on such works identifies those sections which are not U.S. Government works. Removes the copyright notice requirements with respect to all publicly distributed copies of works. Makes registration a prerequisite to a copyright infringement action except for actions regarding Berne Convention works whose country of origin is not the United States (thus exempting only non-domestic Berne Convention members from the formality of registration as a prerequisite… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1301 |
| 100-s-1251 | 100 | s | 1251 | National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-05-21 | 1987-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 26 | National Quality Improvement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish a National Quality Award, to be evidenced by a medal. Directs the President (on the basis of recommendations received from the Secretary of Commerce) or the Secretary of Commerce to periodically make the award to companies and other organizations which have substantially benefited the economic or social well-being of the United States through improvements in the quality of their goods and services resulting from the effective practice of quality management. Sets forth categories in which the award may be given and qualification criteria. Directs the Secretary to appoint a board of overseers to make suggestions for improvements in the award process. Directs the Director of the National Bureau of Standards to provide information about the awards and about the successful quality improvement strategies and programs of the award winners to all participants and to other appropriate groups. Provides that funding for the award program shall be through gifts from public and private sources and fees imposed upon organizations applying for the award. Directs the Secretary to prepare and submit to the President and the Congress a report on the progress, findings, and conclusions of activities conducted with respect to the award, along with recommendations for possible modifications. | 2025-08-28T20:07:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1251 |
| 100-s-1264 | 100 | s | 1264 | Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act | Commerce | 1987-05-21 | 1987-06-25 | Committee on Banking. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-183. | Senate | Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] | NC | D | S000055 | 5 | Hostile Foreign Takeover Moratorium Act - Makes congressional findings concerning the financing of corporate takeovers and the resulting loss of jobs and dislocations to local and regional economies and to the national economy. Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to place a six-month moratorium on tender offers for any equity securities by any foreign person if any part of the consideration to be paid: (1) is cash, unless the person has cash or cash equivalents equal to the aggregate amount of such cash consideration; or (2) is to be financed by means of a loan, borrowing, or the issuance of debt securities. Provides that such moratorium shall not apply if the acceptance of such offer has been recommended and approved by the directors of the person to be acquired. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:08:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1264 |
| 100-s-1267 | 100 | s | 1267 | A bill to provide authorization of appropriations for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1987-05-21 | 1987-08-03 | Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials. | Senate | Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] | WV | D | R000361 | 15 | Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for 1988 through 1990 for the United States Travel and Tourism Administration. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1267 |
| 100-s-1223 | 100 | s | 1223 | A bill to amend the copyright law regarding work made for hire. | Commerce | 1987-05-19 | 1987-06-10 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 0 | Amends the copyright law concerning works made for hire to limit the determination of the employer-employee relationship to relationships where the employee receives all employment benefits due under State and Federal law and the employer withholds and remits Federal taxes. Limits work-for-hire to work specifically ordered for use as part of a motion picture through a written agreement made prior to the commencement of the work. Requires a prior written agreement before a work may be considered a joint work. Provides that each separate contribution to a collective work or compilation, any supplementary work, any instructional text, and any part of an audiovisual work, other than a motion picture, shall be treated as distinct from the larger or revised work as a whole and will be subject to the copyright law's provisions for limited rights transfer. Reserves rights in any material object unless specifically conveyed. Provides that the rights acquired under such an agreement which are not exercised within three years of the first publication shall become nonexclusive. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1223 |
| 100-s-1200 | 100 | s | 1200 | Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-05-14 | 1987-07-22 | Senate incorporated this measure into S. 1420. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 4 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment (without written report)) Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Title I: Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States. Excludes products materially changed by subsequent processes or products which become a trivial and nonessential component of another product. States that no modification of remedies is available to any person who practiced the patented process, is controlled by or controls the person who practiced the process, or who had knowledge before the infringement that a patented process was being used in violation of this Act. Requires an infringer to have actual knowledge of infringement or sufficient information as to the likelihood of infringement before remedies are available to the patent holder. Makes remedies contingent upon the good faith practiced by both parties, as well as the need to restore exclusive patent rights. Requires a party to show good faith by requesting or responding to a request for disclosure by a manufacturer of all process patents owned or licensed to such manufacturer at the time of the request which could reasonably be believed to be infringed if imported, used, or sold in the United States by an unauthorized party. Limits requests to persons regularly engaged or about to be regularly engaged in the business. Requires requests to be made before a notice of infringement and to include a representation that the requester will submit identified patents to the manufacturer or supplier to obtain a written statement that these patents are not being violated. Requires notices of infringement to specify the patent allegedly infringed and the reasons why such infringement is suspected. Places the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant. Makes this pr… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1200 |
| 100-s-1201 | 100 | s | 1201 | A bill to prevent consumer abuses by credit repair organizations. | Commerce | 1987-05-14 | 1987-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] | WI | D | P000553 | 6 | Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to set forth the Credit Reporting Reform Act as revised title IV. Prohibits any credit services organization (any person who provides a service for the purpose of improving a buyer's credit record or obtaining an extension of credit for a buyer) from: (1) charging or receiving money prior to the completion of its services (unless it has obtained a $10,000 surety bond); (2) charging or receiving money solely for the referral of a buyer to a retailer if the credit which may be extended is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (3) advising any client to make an untrue or misleading statement; and (4) using any untrue or misleading statement in the offer or sale of its services. Requires the organization to provide the buyer with a written statement which includes a description of: (1) the buyer's rights; (2) the approximate price the buyer will be charged for the service; and (3) the services to be performed by the organization. Sets forth contract requirements and the rights of the buyer with regard to cancellation of such contract. Subjects any organization which fails to comply with any provision of this Act to civil liability. Grants any appropriate U.S. district court jurisdiction in such actions (without regard to the amount in controversy). Provides a two-year statute of limitations for such actions (unless the defendant has materially and willfully misrepresented any information required under this Act). Provides for the administrative enforcement of this Act by the Federal Trade Commission, as provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1201 |
| 100-s-1068 | 100 | s | 1068 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding interlocking directorates and officers. | Commerce | 1987-04-22 | 1987-08-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 1 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director or officer (currently, director only) of any two corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000). Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate and officer prohibition where: (1) the aggregate competitive sales of either corporation are less than $1,000,000; (2) the aggregate competitive sales of either corporation are less than one percent of that corporation's total sales; or (3) the aggregate competitive sales of each corporation are less than four percent of that corporation's total sales. Increases or decreases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase or decrease in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year. Provides that a director or officer shall not be deemed ineligible under the provisions of this Act until the expiration of one year from the date the ineligibility occurred, or, if practical, the next election of directors, whichever occurs first. Includes, for purposes of determining the applicability of premerger notification and waiting period requirements, in the annual net sales and total assets of a partnership the annual net sales or total assets of any general partner and any partner having the right to 50 percent or more of the profits of the partnership, or having the right in the event of dissolution to 50 percent or more of the assets of the partnership. Revises the premerger notification and waiting period requirements under the Act. Applies such requirements to proposed mergers where the total assets or annual net sales of the smaller of the acquiring party or the target party equal or exceed $15,000,000 (currently, $10,000,000) and the aggregate amount of voting securities and assets of the target party that the acquiring party would hold exceeds $20,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000). Increases to 20 days (curren… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/1068 |
| 100-s-930 | 100 | s | 930 | Competitiveness Enhancement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-04-07 | 1987-04-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Bumpers, Dale [D-AR] | AR | D | B001057 | 5 | Competitiveness Enhancement Act of 1987 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish in the Office of Productivity, Technology and Innovation of the Department of Commerce a Center on State and Local Initiatives on Productivity, Technology, and Innovation. States that such Center shall be headed by a Director and serve as a clearinghouse on State and local initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of American businesses. Requires the Director to: (1) establish relations with State and local governments and organizations; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of State and local initiatives; and (3) collect and disseminate information. Permits the Director to contract out such evaluations as specified. Requires the Director to evaluate Federal programs, provide technical assistance to State or local governments upon request, and support generic research on stimulating productivity, technology, and innovation and evaluating such initiatives. Requires the Director to report to the Congress annually on such initiatives. Requires the Director to establish an advisory board to advise the Assistant Secretary and the Director on the activities of the Center. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:08:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/930 |
| 100-s-941 | 100 | s | 941 | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. | Commerce | 1987-04-07 | 1987-07-16 | Committee on Small Business requested executive comment from OMB, SBA. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow equity contributions by State and local governments to small business investment companies to be counted in meeting the minimum paid-in capital requirements. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/941 |
| 100-s-844 | 100 | s | 844 | Television Violence Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-03-25 | 1988-06-14 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 6 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Television Violence Act of 1988 - Exempts from the antitrust laws any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement by or among persons in the television industry for the purpose of, and limited to, developing and disseminating voluntary guidelines designed to alleviate the negative impact of violence in telecast material, provided such joint endeavor does not result in a boycott of any person. Applies such exemption to activities conducted within 36 months after enactment of this Act. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/844 |
| 100-s-818 | 100 | s | 818 | White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act | Commerce | 1987-03-24 | 1987-09-17 | Committee on Small Business. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 45 | White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Calls upon the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every four years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Authorizes and directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference, within six months from the date a Conference is convened, to be submitted to the President and the Congress. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years following the submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-28T20:05:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/818 |
| 100-s-804 | 100 | s | 804 | Insurance Competition Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-20 | 1987-04-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] | IL | D | S000423 | 0 | Insurance Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to revise the applicability of the Federal antitrust laws to the insurance industry. Specifies limited activities that may be subject to an exempt agreement, understanding, or concert of action between or among insurers, members of an advisory organization, or other persons. Permits insurers in joint underwriting, pools, or residual market mechanisms to cooperate with each other in the following activities if the residual market mechanism is required by law or approved by a government agency, or if the joint underwriting pools do not unreasonably restrain trade: (1) making rates, rating systems, policy forms, underwriting rules, surveys, inspections, and investigations; (2) furnishing loss statistics; and (3) carrying on research on causes or the prevention of losses. Permits any State to: (1) establish or approve a residual market mechanism; and (2) require a workers' compensation and employers' liability insurer to adhere to the uniform classification system and uniform rating plan applicable to such types of insurance in such State, provided that no such insurer shall agree with any other insurer or with an advisory organization to use any rate. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/804 |
| 100-s-806 | 100 | s | 806 | Airline Competition Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-20 | 1987-10-30 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Subjects on the Table. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 1 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-61) Airline Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to terminate on October 1, 1987 (currently, January 1, 1989) the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to approve and exempt from the antitrust law airline agreements relating to interstate and overseas air transportation. Prohibits conduct pursuant to orders and exemptions granted under such authority prior to October 1, 1987, from being subject to the antitrust laws. Terminates, upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary's authority to exempt from the antitrust laws transactions relating to airline mergers and acquisitions and interlocking directorates among airlines. (Current law terminates such authority on January 1, 1989.) Provides that rights, duties, and obligations arising pursuant to proceedings commenced before the Department of Transportation prior to April 1, 1987 or final orders adopted prior to enactment of this Act by the Secretary or the Civil Aeronautics Board with regard to such transactions, shall be adjudicated and administered as if such authority had not been terminated. Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any air carrier or foreign air carrier that is subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, any person controlling such carriers, any other common carrier, or any person substantially engaged in the aeronautics business from acquiring the stocks or assets of one or more persons engaged in commerce where the effect of such acquisition may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly. Terminates the authority of the Secretary to enforce the antitrust provisions of the Clayton Act with respect to air carriers and foreign air carriers who are subject to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Excludes such carriers from the antitrust authority of the Federal Trade Commission. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/806 |
| 100-s-808 | 100 | s | 808 | Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-20 | 1987-04-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID] | ID | R | M000346 | 11 | Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1987 - Provides that no damages, costs, or attorney's fees shall be awarded under an antitrust suit with respect to the establishment or use of any rate, charge, or premium filed by a title insurance company with a State insurance department or authorized, approved, or permitted to become effective pursuant to State insurance laws. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/808 |
| 100-s-791 | 100 | s | 791 | Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-19 | 1987-04-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Industrial Innovation and Technology Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to provide for the protection of industrial designs of useful articles, except designs that are: (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace; (3) different from commonplace or staple designs in insignificant ways; (4) determined solely by a utilitarian function; (5) composed of three-dimensional features of shape and surface in wearing apparel; (6) a semiconductor chip product already protected under another provision; or (7) embodying a process or idea or system. States that protection for a design shall be available for subject matter usually excluded if the design is a substantial revision, adaptation, or rearrangement of such subject matter. Sets the term of protection at ten years. Requires the design to be marked with a design notice when it is made public. States that omission of such notice shall not cause loss of protection or prevent recovery for infringement against any person who receives written notice of the protection. Specifies the criteria for determination of infringement of a protected design. Provides that protection of a design shall be lost if application for registration is not made within one year after the date on which the design is first made public. Provides procedures for application for the protection of a design through a certificate of registration. Sets a fee schedule for such process. Specifies the ownership and transfer rights of designs subject to protection. Provides remedies for infringement of a registered design, including injunctive relief and damages. Allows judicial review of a final refusal of the Administrator (Register of Copyrights) to register a design. Prescribes penalties for fraudulent registration, false marking, and false representation of any design. Provides that this Act shall take effect one year after the date of enactment. States that no design made public prior to the effective date shall be protected. Provides protection of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in which … | 2025-08-28T20:07:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/791 |
| 100-s-772 | 100 | s | 772 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding consent judgements. | Commerce | 1987-03-18 | 1987-04-06 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Glenn, John H., Jr. [D-OH] | OH | D | G000236 | 0 | Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any Federal Trade Commission consent agreement, any consent decree proposed to a court by the Commission or the Attorney General, or any Commission or court order which provides for divestiture by a party to any acquisition from becoming final before the divestiture has been approved by the Commission or the court. Permits the consent decree, agreement, or order to be rescinded and the Commission or the Attorney General to petition the court for further relief, if the divestiture is not approved. Provides that no divestiture shall be deemed an acceptable remedy for an acquisition which substantially lessens competition unless the divestiture fully restores competition lost as a result of the acquisition and there is a substantial likelihood that any buyer of divested assets will be a viable competitor for the foreseeable future. Directs the Attorney General, the Commission, and the court, in approving divestitures, to insure that reasonable steps are taken to protect the interests of affected employees and to preserve employment consistent with the full restoration of competition. Entitles a State's attorney general to intervene in a court proceeding to determine whether a proposed merger providing for the divestiture of enterprises or facilities which collectively employ more than 100 persons full-time in such State is in the public interest. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/772 |
| 100-s-711 | 100 | s | 711 | Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-11 | 1987-03-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 0 | Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Title I: Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Preempts inconsistent state law within limitations contained in this Act. States that this Act shall not apply to liability relating to certain nuclear incidents governed by the Price-Anderson Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Limits liability for damages in a product liability action to instances in which: (1) a person was negligent in the design, production, distribution, or sale of the product; or (2) the product was defective in such a way as to make it unreasonably dangerous, and the technology at the time the product was produced would have permitted discovery and elimination of such defect. Denies liability in instances when the injury is related to: (1) an unreasonable or unforeseeable use or alteration of the product; or (2) the failure to warn or instruct concerning danger associated with the product if that danger is apparent to a reasonable person or is a matter of common knowledge, or if the product is used in an unreasonable or unforeseeable way. Prohibits application of the doctrine of joint and several liability to product liability actions, except in cases when persons acting in concert are the proximate cause of the injury. Limits to $200,000 the amount of noneconomic damages that can be recovered. Permits structured settlements and periodic payment of damages awarded for future economic losses exceeding $100,000. Requires that damage awards be offset by amounts received as compensation for the same injury from specified collateral sources. Establishes a contingency fee schedule to govern compensation for plaintiffs' attorneys. Directs the Attorney General to provide to the Congress recommendations to encourage the creation, adoption, and use of alternative dispute resolution techniques in civil disputes filed in Federal courts. Title II: Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset Act of 1987 - Amends the Interstate Commerce Act to terminate, as of Octobe… | 2025-08-28T20:07:07Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/711 |
| 100-s-698 | 100 | s | 698 | Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-10 | 1987-11-10 | Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 13 | Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act of 1987 - Amends the copyright law to require that any conveyance of performance rights in an audiovisual work to nonnetwork commercial television include the right to perform in synchronization any accompanying copyrighted music. Entitles the music copyright holder to an interest in any compensation received for the audiovisual work performance rights. | 2025-08-28T20:09:06Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/698 |
| 100-s-666 | 100 | s | 666 | Product Liability Reform Act | Commerce | 1987-03-06 | 1987-03-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 8 | Product Liability Reform Act - Title I: States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product. Supersedes any inconsistent State law regarding recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II: Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Holds any offeree who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Allows the parties to pursue State established or recognized voluntary alternative dispute resolution procedures. Allows the court to assess reasonable attorney's fees and costs against any offeree who unreasonably refuses to proceed pursuant to such procedures. Title III: Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards of product seller liability. Subjects a product seller to liability if the claimant establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the product seller did not exercise reasonable care with respect to the product; or (2) the product failed to conform to an express warranty made by the product seller. Treats a product seller as a manufacturer where: (1) the manufacturer is not subject to service of process under the laws of any State in which the action might be brought; or (2) the court determines that the claimant would be unable to enforce a judgment against the manufacturer. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety of those who might be harmed by the product. Provides that punitive damages may not be awarded where: (1) a drug or medical device wa… | 2025-08-28T20:07:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/666 |
| 100-s-677 | 100 | s | 677 | Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-06 | 1987-12-14 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 6 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 2897) Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to deny authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to find a method of competition unfair (in any action under the Sherman Act) if such method of competition would be held to constitute State action. Prohibits the FTC from instituting a civil action, in cases involving consent orders, to obtain civil penalties for unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Permits a district court to review certain FTC determinations of law which found an act or practice unfair or deceptive. Revises the effective dates for cease and desist orders issued by the FTC. Applies FTC civil investigative demand procedures only to acts, practices, or methods of competition declared unlawful by a law. Denies the FTC authority to: (1) study, investigate, or prosecute agricultural cooperatives for any action not in violation of antitrust Acts; or (2) study or investigate agricultural marketing orders. Provides for congressional review and veto of final rules promulgated by the FTC. Makes any such rule effective unless a joint resolution of disapproval is enacted into law within 90 days of the rule's submission. Prohibits the FTC from intervening in the proceedings of any Federal or State agency except where required by Federal law: (1) unless requested by a Member of Congress or a Federal, State, or local official; or (2) without first notifying specified congressional committees. Excludes Federal credit unions from the FTC's unfair acts and practices regulatory authority. Directs the National Credit Union Administration Board to promulgate and enforce regulations concerning unfair acts and practices by credit unions. Authorizes appropriations for the FTC for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the FTC to conduct a study of advertising which uses the offering of the opportunity to receive something of value as an inducement to purchase that which is being advertised. Requires the FTC to submit the re… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/677 |
| 100-s-687 | 100 | s | 687 | Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-03-06 | 1987-03-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 1 | Product Liability Reform Act of 1987 - Title I - States that this Act governs any civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for harm caused by a product. Supersedes any inconsistent State law applicable to recovery in such actions. States that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over civil actions pursuant to this Act. Title II - Establishes the National Commission on Product Liability Awards to: (1) compile, evaluate, and publish information on current product liability awards; and (2) provide guidance in developing jury instructions and in modifying jury awards. Authorizes appropriations. Title III - Allows any person seeking recovery for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the product's manufacturer or seller. Establishes uniform standards for punitive damages awards and liability for noneconomic losses. Allows punitive damages to be awarded, if permitted by applicable law, where the claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting the manufacturer's or seller's intentional or conscious disregard for the safety of persons who might be harmed by the product. States that the liability of each defendant for noneconomic loss shall be joint and several (unless any defendant's liability for such loss is substantially disproportionate to the liability for the entire loss, in which case such defendant's liability shall be several only). Allows the court, in a civil action brought under this Act, to: (1) set aside the verdict where the amount of compensatory damages is found to be excessive or inadequate, unless the affected parties agree to modification; and (2) set aside that portion of a verdict attributable to punitive damages found to be excessive, unless the affected parties agree to modification. | 2025-08-28T20:08:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/687 |
| 100-s-688 | 100 | s | 688 | A bill to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product liability law, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1987-03-06 | 1987-03-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 0 | Establishes expedited product liability settlement procedures. Establishes procedures by which any party may serve upon any other party offers to settle claims. Precludes a claimant or defendant from bringing or maintaining a civil action once an offer of settlement has been accepted. Holds a defendant who rejects a settlement offer and fails to substantially prevail in the action liable for the claimant's attorney's fees and costs. Limits the recovery of a claimant who has rejected a defendant's settlement offer: (1) for economic loss, to the claimant's net economic loss; and (2) for noneconomic loss, other than punitive damages, to $250,000 (if the court finds that recovery for dignitary loss is appropriate; otherwise two times the economic loss or $50,000, whichever is less). Allows payment for economic loss to be made by periodic payment or according to a settlement agreement. Requires the court to approve a settlement agreement if the value of the economic loss is $10,000 or more. Permits any defendant who has entered into a settlement agreement to seek reimbursement, contribution, or subrogation on the basis of comparative responsibility. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/688 |
| 100-s-635 | 100 | s | 635 | A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to protect intellectual property rights, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1987-03-03 | 1988-03-31 | Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held on sections 201-217. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 1 | Title I: Omnibus Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Intellectual Property Reform Act of 1987 - States that licensing a patent, trade secret, or copyright is not illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States. Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Places the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that product was not produced by the patented process on the defendant. Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which encompass specified products or methods for using a product, including methods of manufacturing, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a five-year limitation on the extension and a 25-year maximum patent term from the earliest filing. Directs the Commissioner of Patents to notify the appropriate Federal agency upon receipt from a product sponsor of a notice of extension. Requires the notified agency to determine the applicable regulatory review period. Permits the appropriate Secretary or Administrator to establish fees to cover review costs. Directs the Commissioner, upon a final determination of the applicable regulatory review period, to issue the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent. Restricts the disclosure of any data submitted during the regulatory review period which is designated as a trade secret or confidential. Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for: (1) any new animal drug or antibiotic subject… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/635 |
| 100-s-636 | 100 | s | 636 | A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide greater opportunity for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize trade negotiations, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1987-03-03 | 1987-04-08 | Committee on Finance. Hearings held on Title II. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-419, pt. 2. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 0 | Title I: Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Greater Opportunities Through Work Act of 1987 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to implement a coordinated program of activities designed to afford greater opportunities for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency through employment. Requires, with certain exceptions, that each AFDC recipient and each individual whose needs are included in making AFDC eligibility determinations be required to participate in all employment-related activities to which he or she is referred by the State. Authorizes States to require AFDC applicants to participate in an employment search program. Directs States to refer AFDC recipients to one or more employment-related activities, including: (1) employment search programs; (2) employment-related activities established under title IV of the Act or other Federal law; (3) employment in which the recipient is able to engage in training designed to conclude in such employment; and (4) education for individuals who have not obtained a high school diploma or equivalent degree or certificate. Requires States to make education available to AFDC recipients who have not yet reached age 19 or obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent. Requires States to provide participants in employment-related activities with child care and transportation services. Excludes an individual's needs from consideration in AFDC eligibility determinations if such individual has failed or refused without good cause to participate actively in employment-related activities to which he or she has been referred. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations specifying the length of sanctions imposed for nonparticipation as well as what constitutes good cause for such nonparticipation. Reduces the Federal share of AFDC expenditures in States which fail to place a spe… | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/636 |
| 100-s-647 | 100 | s | 647 | Credit Card Account Holder Protection Act | Commerce | 1987-03-03 | 1987-04-21 | Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-119. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 0 | Credit Card Account Holder Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to limit credit card interest rates to not more than six percentage points above the average Federal Reserve discount rate during the six months preceding the date of determination. Requires credit card issuers to disclose certain information regarding interest rates and fees in applications and solicitations. | 2025-08-28T20:08:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/647 |
| 100-s-616 | 100 | s | 616 | Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act | Commerce | 1987-02-26 | 1987-12-02 | Committee on Banking. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 515 in lieu of this measure. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 4 | Full Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require that all credit and charge card applications and solicitations include information regarding the annual interest rate, finance charge conditions, and other related charges and fees. Requires such information, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to be prominently displayed in table form. | 2025-08-28T20:08:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/616 |
| 100-s-539 | 100 | s | 539 | Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-19 | 1987-07-22 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Subjects on the Table. | Senate | Sen. Dole, Robert J. [R-KS] | KS | R | D000401 | 2 | Trade, Employment, and Productivity Act of 1987 - Title I: Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Investment in Human and Intellectual Capital Act of 1987 - Subtitle A: Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 - Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Amendments of 1987 - Part I: Programs to Meet the Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children - Amends Chapter 1 (Financial Assistance to Meet Special Educational Needs of Disadvantaged Children) of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1988 through 1992 for: (1) basic grants and concentration grants for local educational agencies (LEAs); (2) State programs for migratory children; (3) State programs for neglected and delinquent children; (4) State administration of Chapter 1 programs; and (5) demonstration projects, evaluations, technical assistance, and other activities. Requires each State wishing to receive a Chapter 1 grant to submit, through its State educational agency (SEA), an application for up to three years for each Chapter 1 program for which it seeks assistance. Requires such application to describe criteria, policies, and procedures to: (1) assess the educational effectiveness of LEA Chapter 1 programs; (2) direct a LEA to take corrective measures if it is failing to provide effective Chapter 1 services; (3) permit LEAs that conduct highly successful Chapter 1 programs to implement schoolwide improvement programs in attendance areas in which at least 40 percent of the children are from low-income families; and (4) award incentive grants. Sets forth factors upon which assessments of educational effectiveness may be based. Requires each SEA, at least once every three years, to evaluate the educational effectiveness of services, including those for private school children, provided under Chapter 1 by each participating State agency and local educational agency. Requires such evaluations to be made available to the public. Amends title I… | 2025-08-28T20:08:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/539 |
| 100-s-567 | 100 | s | 567 | Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act | Commerce | 1987-02-19 | 1987-11-18 | Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Approved for full committee consideration with amendments favorably. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 26 | Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from: (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area. Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of any State law. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/567 |
| 100-s-568 | 100 | s | 568 | Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-19 | 1987-04-22 | Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-148. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 2 | Process Patent Amendments Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States. Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Permits a retailer to continue to sell out an inventory of infringing products subject to specified conditions, including disclosure of the source of supply. Grants the patent holder a reasonable royalty from such sales. Requires a manufacturer to disclose, upon request, the process patents owned or licensed to such manufacturer. Limits such requests to parties engaged in the same business. Conditions the remedy or limitation of remedy upon whether or not a party to an infringement action requested disclosure. Directs the Department of Commerce to report to the Congress annually for five years on the effect such restriction has on the importation of ingredients for U.S. manufacturing. | 2025-08-28T20:05:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/568 |
| 100-s-572 | 100 | s | 572 | A bill to amend the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act to modify the application of such Acts to international commerce. | Commerce | 1987-02-19 | 1987-02-20 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | Title I: Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements - Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to require the court in an antitrust action involving commerce with foreign nations to hear and determine a motion to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction before conducting any further proceedings. Amends the Clayton Act to require a court to dismiss any antitrust action involving foreign commerce whenever it determines that the exercise of jurisdiction would be unreasonable based on: (1) the relative significance to the alleged violation of conduct with the United States as compared to conduct abroad; (2) the nationality of the persons involved in, or affected by, the conduct; (3) the presence or absence of a purpose to affect U.S. consumers or competitors; (4) the relative significance and foreseeability of the effects of the conduct on the United States as compared with the effects abroad; (5) the existence of reasonable expectations that would be furthered or defeated by the action; and (6) the degree of conflict with foreign law or articulated foreign economic policies. Requires the court to hear and determine a motion to dismiss on such ground before conducting any further proceedings. Prohibits the court from considering the effect on the foreign political relations of the United States of any action sought to be dismissed. Declares that the doctrine of forum non conveniens (providing that a court dismiss a case that should be tried in another more convenient and appropriate forum) shall be applicable in any antitrust action involving foreign commerce. Title II: Javits Commission - Javits Commission on the Extraterritorial Application of United States Law Act - Establishes the Javits Commission on the Extraterritorial Application of United States Law. Designates the Attorney General of the United States as Commission Chairman. Directs the President to designate the Legal Adviser of the Department of State as Vice Chairman. Directs the Commission to: (1) condu… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/572 |
| 100-s-573 | 100 | s | 573 | Process Patent Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-19 | 1987-04-22 | Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-148. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 1 | Process Patent Act of 1987 - Amends the patent laws to make it an infringement of patent to use, sell, or import into the United States without authority a product produced by a process patented in the United States. Requires the infringer to know or be on notice that the product was made by a process patented in the United States before a process patent holder may recover damages. Authorizes the court to dispose of infringing products as specified. Makes this provision effective prospectively only. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually to the Congress for five years on the effect of this provision on the importation of manufacturing ingredients in certain domestic industries. Places on the defendant the burden of proof in an infringement action to show that a given product was not produced by the patented process. | 2025-08-28T20:07:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/573 |
| 100-s-501 | 100 | s | 501 | A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with respect to the use of inventions in outer space. | Commerce | 1987-02-05 | 1987-02-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 6 | Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 and the Federal patent law to provide that any invention made, used, or sold in outer space on an aeronautical and space vehicle under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered made, used, or sold within the United States. Applies this provision to all patents granted before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, with certain exceptions. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/501 |
| 100-s-506 | 100 | s | 506 | Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-05 | 1987-05-15 | Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-178. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 5 | Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987 - Requires digital audio recording devices in commerce to contain a copy-code scanner. Prohibits the deactivation or bypassing of such scanners. Entitles an aggrieved party to damages which can include actual or statutory damages and impoundment, destruction, or modification of the violating device. Permits the Secretary of Commerce to exempt certain devices used exclusively for legitimate business purposes. Terminates this requirement after three years. | 2025-08-28T20:07:04Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/506 |
| 100-s-437 | 100 | s | 437 | A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to permit prepayment of loans made to State and local development companies. | Commerce | 1987-02-03 | 1988-10-31 | Pocket Vetoed by President. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 8 | (Measure passed House, amended, roll call #386 (372-28)) Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (SBIA) to authorize the refinancing of certain small business debentures. Requires the issuer of a debenture purchased by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the SBIA, at the election of the borrower, to repay such debenture by paying the Bank, prior to October 1, 1992, the unpaid principal balance and accrued interest due at the coupon rate on the debenture, provided that: (1) the debenture is outstanding on the date of enactment, and neither it nor the loan that secures it is in default; (2) State or personal funds, including refinancing under specified development company debenture programs, are used to repay the debenture; (3) the issuer certifies that the benefits associated with prepayment of the debenture are entirely passed through to the borrower; and (4) the issuer pays to the Bank at the time of prepayment a penalty according to a specified formula. Prohibits imposition of prepayment fees or penalties not authorized under this Act. Specifies fees that the issuer may impose on a borrower if a debenture is prepaid or refinanced. Directs that any debenture refinanced pursuant to this Act have a term of years equal to the remaining term to maturity of the debenture being refinanced. Limits to $75,000,000 per year debentures refinanced under the pilot program involving the sale of development company debentures to investors. Subjects any new credit authority included in this Act to amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/437 |
| 100-s-438 | 100 | s | 438 | Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988 | Commerce | 1987-02-03 | 1988-10-07 | Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 5 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Title I: Intellectual Property - Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988 - Provides that an intellectual property right shall not be presumed to define a market or to establish market power or monopoly power in any action in which the owner, licensor, licensee, or other holder of such right is alleged to have violated the antitrust laws in the marketing or distribution of a product or service protected by such a right. Title II: Patent Misuse Doctrine Reform - Provides that no patent owner shall be denied relief or deemed guilty of misuse or illegal extension of the patent right by virtue of his or her licensing practices, actions, or inactions relating to the patent, unless such conduct violates the antitrust laws. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/438 |
| 100-s-442 | 100 | s | 442 | A bill to amend section 914 of title 17, United States Code, regarding certain protective orders. | Commerce | 1987-02-03 | 1987-11-09 | Became Public Law No: 100-159. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 3 | (Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 1951) Extends through July 1, 1991, the period during which the Secretary of Commerce may grant interim protective orders for mask works fixed in semiconductor chip products originating in foreign countries which are making good faith efforts and progress toward providing such protection to mask works of U.S. nationals. Authorizes the President to alter proclamations protecting such mask works. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report to the appropriate congressional committees by July 1, 1990, on such protection. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/442 |
| 100-s-443 | 100 | s | 443 | Clayton Act Amendments of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-03 | 1987-05-13 | Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 1 | Clayton Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that rail common carriers shall not be immune from private suits for damages or injunctive relief under the antitrust laws. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/443 |
| 100-s-430 | 100 | s | 430 | Retail Competition Enforcement Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-02-02 | 1988-10-05 | Considered by Senate. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 28 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-280) Retail Competition Enforcement Act of 1987 - Amends the Sherman Act to set forth evidentiary standards for price-fixing actions. Requires the court to allow the issue of concerted action to fix prices to be decided by the trier of fact if there is sufficient evidence from which a trier of fact could reasonably conclude that: (1) the supplier of a good or service received from a competitor of a reseller an express or implied suggestion, request, or demand that the supplier take steps to curtail or eliminate price competition; and (2) sales or supplies to the reseller were terminated by the supplier because of such communication. Provides that the fact that a supplier and a reseller entered into an agreement to establish the resale price of a good or service shall be sufficient to constitute a price fixing violation. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/430 |
| 100-s-431 | 100 | s | 431 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding partnerships. | Commerce | 1987-02-02 | 1987-07-31 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 2 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-88) Amends the Clayton Act (as amended by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976) to include, for purposes of determining the applicability of premerger notification and waiting period requirements, in the annual net sales and total assets of a partnership the annual net sales or total assets of any general partner and any partner having the right to 50 percent or more of the profits of the partnership, or having the right in the event of dissolution to 50 percent or more of the assets of the partnership. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/431 |
| 100-s-432 | 100 | s | 432 | A bill to amend the Clayton Act regarding mergers. | Commerce | 1987-02-02 | 1987-07-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 243. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 100-115) Amends the Clayton Act to revise premerger notification and waiting period requirements. Applies such requirements to proposed mergers where the total assets or annual net sales of the smaller of the acquiring party or the target party equal or exceed $15,000,000 (currently, $10,000,000) and the aggregate amount of voting securities and assets of the target party that the acquiring party would hold exceeds $20,000,000 (currently, $15,000,000). Increases to 20 days (currently, 15 days) the waiting period following notification of a proposed merger in the case of a cash tender offer. Eliminates the ten-day extension on such waiting period (and thus permits a 20-day extension) with respect to proposed mergers involving cash tender offers. Permits the U.S. district court to extend such waiting period up to an additional 25 days if, due to the complexity or scope of the information to be evaluated, the Federal Trade Commission or the Assistant Attorney General requires such additional time to determine whether the proposed merger may violate the antitrust laws. | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/432 |
| 100-s-374 | 100 | s | 374 | America's Living Standard Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-01-22 | 1987-01-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] | NM | D | B000468 | 13 | America's Living Standard Act of 1987 - Title I: Establishment of an Office of Technology Assessment in Certain Foreign Nations to Catalogue, Abstract, Translate, and Report on Scientific and Technological Developments - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to direct the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish an Office of Technology Assessment within the U.S. Embassy in five foreign nations which maintain a high level of scientific and technological development. Requires such offices to: (1) participate in the scientific and technical community of the host nation and issue a monthly catalogue of activities; (2) monitor, select, abstract, and translate important articles from scientific and technical journals of the host nation; and (3) prepare an annual analysis of technological trends and a directory listing government and private sources of information about scientific and engineering developments of the host nation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988. Title II: Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach - Establishes within the Department of Commerce the Office of Technology Assessment, Forecast and Outreach, headed by a Director to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce. Requires the Office to: (1) identify emerging areas of technology throughout the world; (2) analyze the sources of new technology; (3) develop and administer a program involving the identification of the ownership of U.S. patents, including by country and firm; (4) determine trends in patent behavior throughout the world; (5) assure regular reviews by relevant industry sector advisory committees; and (6) assure broad private sector knowledge of, and access to, findings, data, and other information made or acquired by the Office. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 and subsequent fiscal years. Title III: National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance - National Science Foundation Engineering Research Assistance Act - Authorizes additional… | 2025-08-28T20:09:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/374 |
| 100-s-361 | 100 | s | 361 | Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-01-21 | 1987-02-09 | Referred to Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 8 | Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1987 - Amends the Clayton Act to include a specified antidumping provision among U.S. antitrust laws. Amends such antidumping provision of the Unfair Competition Act of 1916 to allow any person who is injured in her or his property or business by the sale or importation of an article made in a foreign country to bring a civil action against the manufacturer, exporter, or related importer of such article if: (1) the article is imported or sold in the United States at less than its foreign market or constructed value; and (2) such sale or importation causes or threatens material injury to U.S. industry or labor or prevents the establishment or modernization of U.S. industry. (Currently, the cause of such an action is predicated on the intent of the importer to injure or prevent the establishment of U.S. industry or to monopolize trade.) Restricts the court jurisdiction of such an action to the District Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of International Trade. Entitles a prevailing plaintiff in such an action to appropriate equitable relief or, if such relief is inadequate, to compensatory damages and legal expenses (currently, treble damages and legal expenses). Declares that the standard of proof in such an action is a preponderance of the evidence. Places the burden of proof for rebutting a prima facie case on the defendant. Includes within the meaning of prima facie case a finding by the International Trade Commission (ITC) or Department of Commerce that dumping exists. Authorizes the court to: (1) issue subpoenas to be enforced in any judicial district; (2) enjoin importation of articles allegedly dumped pending the defendant's compliance with any court order; (3) review, in camera, confidential or privileged material; (4) accept material under seal; and (5) disclose such material. Requires expedited treatment of such actions. Sets a four-year statute of limitations for actions under this Act. Requires the foreign market value or constructed value of an article… | 2026-01-07T14:11:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/361 |
| 100-s-241 | 100 | s | 241 | Credit Card Disclosure Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-01-06 | 1987-04-21 | Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-119. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 2 | Credit Card Disclosure Act of 1987 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require that credit card issuers disclose certain information regarding interest rates and fees on applications. Requires credit card issuers to submit such information quarterly to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. | 2025-08-28T20:06:07Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/241 |
| 100-s-242 | 100 | s | 242 | Credit Cardholder Protection Act | Commerce | 1987-01-06 | 1987-04-21 | Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-119. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 0 | Credit Cardholder Protection Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to establish a ceiling on credit card interest rates. Requires credit card issuers to disclose on the initial application for a credit card: (1) the annual interest rate or the means for determining such rate; and (2) any annual or other fees. Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the Consumer Advisory Council to transmit an annual report to the Congress describing: (1) the costs and risks involved in issuing credit cards; (2) the percentage of credit card holders that have their cards revoked; (3) revenues derived from interest rates, annual fees, and application fees; and (4) the impact of this Act. | 2025-08-28T20:08:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/242 |
| 100-s-80 | 100 | s | 80 | A bill to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 1987-01-06 | 1987-06-02 | Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 100-918. | Senate | Sen. Metzenbaum, Howard M. [D-OH] | OH | D | M000678 | 0 | Repeals the McCarran-Ferguson Act (relating to the regulation of the business of insurance), effective one year after enactment of this Act. States that treble damages and criminal penalties for alleged violations of Federal antitrust law may not result from conduct (which would have been lawful under the McCarran-Ferguson Act) occurring within two years of enactment of this Act. Provides that no relief shall be granted against any person for conduct occurring within two years of enactment of this Act if the defendant relied in good faith on an advisory opinion issued by the Department of Justice. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/80 |
| 100-s-83 | 100 | s | 83 | National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 | Commerce | 1987-01-06 | 1987-03-17 | Became Public Law No: 100-12. | Senate | Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] | LA | D | J000189 | 68 | (Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #28 (89-6)) National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to add to the list of products covered under the Act: (1) freezers which can be operated by alternating current electricity (with specified exceptions); (2) central air conditioning heat pumps; (3) direct heating equipment; and (4) pool heaters. Deletes from specific coverage: (1) humidifiers; and (2) dehumidifiers. Excludes from such coverage consumer products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other mobile equipment. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to amend Federal energy efficiency test procedures for appliances under specified guidelines. Prohibits manufacturers from making any representations regarding the energy efficiency of appliances covered by this Act unless such appliances have been tested in accordance with the Federal test procedures, and the manufacturer's representations fairly disclose the results of such testing. Sets forth specific Federal energy conservation standards for products covered by this Act and manufactured after certain dates. Establishes deadlines by which the Secretary must issue rules regarding such standards. Details the criteria to be applied if such standards are revised. Provides that after the statutory deadlines have been met, the Secretary is authorized to publish further final rules to determine whether standards for a covered product should be amended. Authorizes any person to petition the Secretary to conduct a rulemaking to determine whether the standards established in previous rulemakings should be amended. Sets forth the criteria which the Secretary must meet in order to grant such a petition. Revises the information requirements with which manufacturers must comply to provide that the Secretary shall exercise authority in a manner designed to minimize unnecessary burdens on manufacturers of covered products. Revises the rules under which State regulations are superseded by… | 2025-04-23T11:41:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/83 |
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