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| 107-s-3172 | 107 | s | 3172 | A bill to improve the calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2002-11-15 | 2002-11-19 | Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 7 | Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in calculating the Federal cost for guaranteeing small business loans under the Small Business Act during FY 2003, to use: (1) the most recently approved subsidy cost model and methodology in conjunction with the program and economic assumptions; and (2) historical data included in the FY 2003 budget. Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA), after written notification to Congress, to implement the validated, OMB-approved rate for FY 2003.Amends the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 to allow funds appropriated to the SBA for emergency expenses to also be used for such loan guarantee subsidies. | 2025-04-07T13:39:05Z | |
| 107-hr-5743 | 107 | hr | 5743 | Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] | FL | R | F000238 | 0 | Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions. | 2025-08-19T17:31:58Z | |
| 107-hr-5749 | 107 | hr | 5749 | Child Care Lending Pilot Act | Commerce | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 0 | Child Care Lending Pilot Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses. | 2025-08-19T17:28:52Z | |
| 107-s-3168 | 107 | s | 3168 | Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 0 | Federal Death Care Inspection and Disclosure Act - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services the position of Coordinator of Funeral, Burial, and Disposition Services, to: (1) survey existing State laws pertaining to the death care industry; and (2) formulate standards specifying the elements of an effective system for registering, inspecting, and monitoring the handling and disposition of human remains by funeral homes and other death care providers.Requires the Coordinator to: (1) award Federal assistance grants to State agencies that regulate death care providers; and (2) establish minimum standards and requirements governing State regulation of funeral homes and other death care providers.Sets forth deceptive trade practices, including funeral provider practices that: (1) fail to make timely price disclosures regarding funeral goods and services; (2) fail to give an itemized written statement for retention to a purchaser of funeral goods or funeral services at the conclusion of the discussion related to such goods and services and prior to providing any services beyond taking possession of a deceased human body for authorized embalming; (3) make specified misrepresentations; (4) condition goods and services upon the purchase of other goods and services; and (5) provide embalming services without prior approval.Prohibits unsolicited telephone offers or door-to-door direct offers to sell funeral goods, services, crematory services, interment rights, or other cemetery and memorialization goods and services.Sets forth consumer protections with respect to certain cash advance prohibitions and requirements, and preneed and prepaid funeral service transactions. | 2025-08-19T17:27:52Z | |
| 107-hr-5724 | 107 | hr | 5724 | Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-11-13 | 2002-11-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 1 | Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act of 2002 - Regulates the transit sale of tobacco. Defines transit sale to mean any sale where the product is not delivered directly to the consumer at the time and place of purchase. Includes purchase by electronics, such as through the Internet, and by mail.Prohibits the transit sale of tobacco products to minors.Requires transit sellers of tobacco products to: (1) be authorized as a tobacco distributor by any State in which they make sales; (2) verify consumer age, identity, and address before a sale; (3) provide notice to addressee of intended tobacco delivery (and halting shipment if a notice is received in return that the sale is improper); (4) provide carriers with information concerning the product being shipped (transit tobacco sale) and the sellers' documentation of State authorization; and (5) accept payment only by debit, charge or credit card issued to the consumer where both the billing and residential address match.Requires a signature and proof of identity for delivery.Limits the frequency, content, and amount of transit tobacco sales.Establishes requirements for Internet websites offering tobacco products for sale, including proof of age, identity, and address before access.Excludes Indian tribe tobacco sales within the tribe from certain State authorization requirements.Sets forth duties of carriers and tobacco suppliers concerning their commercial dealings with transit tobacco sellers.Sets forth recordkeeping and database use requirements Establishes civil penalties for violations. Grants enforcement authority to both Federal and State agencies.States that more stringent State laws are not superceded by these requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:29:39Z | |
| 107-s-3143 | 107 | s | 3143 | Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 0 | Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association Act of 2002 - Authorizes the establishment of the Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association as a private, nonprofit corporation to: (1) educate and advise consumers and shareholders about the actions of certain entities, and how corporate initiatives will affect them; (2) represent and promote the interests of consumers, and negotiate on behalf of consumers and shareholders with such entities; (3) monitor the availability and quality of financial or shareholder services to low- and moderate-income constituencies and the elderly; and (4) develop data to assist shareholders and consumers in making informed decisions in the marketplace. Defines entities subject to this Act as: (1) any company with revenues during its last fiscal year of over $1.2 billion which is required to file periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (2) any insured depository institution.Establishes an interim board of directors representing: (1) consumer groups; (2) institutional shareholder groups; (3) labor unions; (4) civil rights groups; (5) neighborhood groups; (6) elderly groups; and (7) organizations representing low-income persons.Empowers the Association to: (1) represent the interests of consumers before Federal regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, the courts, and other public forums; (2) sue on behalf of Association members for judicial relief, including damages; and (3) participate in research, surveys, and investigations in consumer matters.Requires entities subject to this Act to include inserts periodically in mailings and proxy statements sent to shareholders and customers, advising them that the Association is established under Federal law to: (1) inform and represent consumers; (2) work on their behalf to prevent corporate fraud and deceptive business practices; and (3) ensure the protection of retirement funds and investments. | 2025-08-19T17:32:49Z | |
| 107-sjres-51 | 107 | sjres | 51 | Consumer Technology Bill of Rights | Commerce | 2002-10-17 | 2002-10-17 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Consumer Technology Bill of Rights - Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. copyright law should not prohibit a consumer of information or entertainment content distributed via electronic media from engaging in the reasonable, personal, and noncommercial exercise of the following rights with respect to works that the consumer has legally acquired: (1) the right to record legally acquired video or audio for later viewing or listening (popularly referred to as `time-shifting'); (2) the right to use legally acquired content in different places (popularly referred to as 'space-shifting'); (3) the right to archive or make backup copies of legally acquired content for use in the event that the original copies are destroyed; (4) the right to use legally acquired content on the electronic platform or device of the consumer's choice; (5) the right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats; and (6) the right to use technology in order to achieve such enumerated rights. | 2025-08-19T17:29:33Z | |
| 107-hr-5657 | 107 | hr | 5657 | Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act | Commerce | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5] | NC | R | B001135 | 8 | Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act - Requires a "prescriber" (a person permitted under State law to issue prescriptions for contact lenses) to provide to the patient a copy of the patient's contact lens prescription free of charge.Declares that a contact lens prescription shall expire one year after the date of completion of the contact lens fitting if a State's law regarding contact lens prescriptions specifies an earlier date or if the State has no such specified date. Permits an exception for a patient's ocular health.Prohibits advertising that lenses for which a prescription is required may be obtained without a prescription. Prohibits a prescriber from issuing certain waivers.States that any violation of this Act shall be treated as a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.Permits a State to bring a civil action in a district court of the United States for violations of this Act. Requires the attorney general of a State bringing suit to notify the Federal Trade Commission, unless such notification is unfeasible. Allows the Commission to intervene in cases in which it is notified, whereby it shall have the rights: (1) to be heard on any matter; and (2) to file a petition for appeal. | 2025-08-19T17:28:22Z | |
| 107-hconres-510 | 107 | hconres | 510 | Commending the Minority Business Development Agency for its history of achievement in helping to create minority businesses enterprises and in helping those enterprises effectively compete in the national and global marketplace. | Commerce | 2002-10-10 | 2002-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 0 | Commends the Minority Business Development Agency for its achievements in helping to create minority business enterprises and in helping those enterprises effectively compete in the national and global marketplace.Encourages the Agency to continue its efforts to assist minority business enterprises. | 2025-01-02T16:42:02Z | |
| 107-hjres-116 | 107 | hjres | 116 | Consumer Technology Bill of Rights | Commerce | 2002-10-07 | 2002-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 0 | Consumer Technology Bill of Rights - Expresses the sense of Congress that, with respect to all electronic media in U.S. commerce, consumers who legally acquire copyrighted and non-copyrighted works should be free to use these works in non-commercial ways. Lists the following rights of consumers in legally acquired copyrighted and non-copyrighted works: (1) the right to record legally acquired video or audio for later viewing or listening (popularly referred to as "time-shifting"); (2) the right to use legally acquired content in different places (popularly referred to as "space-shifting"); (3) the right to archive or make backup copies of legally acquired content for use in the event that the original copies are destroyed; (4) the right to use legally acquired content on the electronic platform or device of the consumer's choice; (5) the right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats; and (6) the right to use technology in order to achieve such enumerated rights. | 2025-08-19T17:28:41Z | |
| 107-hr-5544 | 107 | hr | 5544 | Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-10-03 | 2002-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] | VA | D | B000657 | 3 | Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit: (1) introduction into commerce of prerecorded digital music disc products that are mislabeled, or falsely, or deceptively advertised or invoiced; and (2) removal or mutilation of any label required by either this Act or any rules or regulations prescribed by the Federal Trade Commission before the time a prerecorded digital music disc product is sold and delivered to the ultimate consumer.States that such transactions constitute either an unfair method of competition, or an unfair and deceptive act or practice in commerce.Authorizes the Commission to develop rules and regulations governing such transactions.Amends Federal copyright law to exempt from its prohibitions against circumvention of copyright protection systems any persons acting solely in furtherance of scientific research into technological protection measures.Declares it is not a violation of copyright law, but fair use, to: (1) circumvent a technological measure in connection with access to, or the use of, a work if such circumvention does not result in an infringement of the copyright in the work; or (2) manufacture, distribute, or make noninfringing use of a hardware or software product capable of enabling significant noninfringing use of a copyrighted work. | 2025-08-19T17:30:24Z | |
| 107-s-3039 | 107 | s | 3039 | Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act | Commerce | 2002-10-03 | 2002-10-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9906-9907) | Senate | Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] | OR | D | W000779 | 0 | Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act - Prohibits an athlete agent from: (1) recruiting or soliciting a student athlete to enter into an agency contract by giving false or misleading information, making a false promise or representation, or providing anything of value to the athlete or anyone associated with the athlete before entering into such contract; (2) entering into an agency contract with a student athlete without providing the required disclosure document; or (3) predating or postdating an agency contract.Requires an athlete agent, in conjunction with entering into an agency contract, to provide to the athlete (or, if the student athlete is under age 18, to such athlete's parent or legal guardian) a separate disclosure document that includes notice that if the athlete agrees orally or in writing to be represented by an agent, he or she may lose eligibility to compete as a student athlete. Requires both the student athlete and the agent, within 72 hours or before the athlete's next athletic event, whichever occurs first, to notify the athletic director of the athlete's educational institution that the athlete has entered into an agency contract.Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes civil actions by State attorneys general. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | |
| 107-hr-5522 | 107 | hr | 5522 | Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-10-02 | 2002-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] | CA | D | L000397 | 1 | Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002 - Amends Federal copyright law to: (1) include analog or digital transmissions of a copyrighted work within fair use protections; (2) provide that it is not a copyright infringement for a person who lawfully obtains or receives a transmission of a digital work to reproduce, store, adapt, or access it for archival purposes or to transfer it to a preferred digital media device in order to effect a non-public performance or display; (3) allow the owner of a particular copy of a digital work to sell or otherwise dispose of the work by means of a transmission to a single recipient, provided the owner does not retain his or her copy in a retrievable form and the work is sold or otherwise disposed of in its original format; and (4) permit circumvention of copyright encryption technology if it is necessary to enable a noninfringing use and the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means for circumvention without additional cost or burden to a person who has lawfully obtained a copy or phonorecord of a work, or lawfully received a transmission of it. | 2025-08-19T17:32:24Z | |
| 107-s-3035 | 107 | s | 3035 | EPICS Act | Commerce | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9852-9854) | Senate | Sen. Hutchinson, Tim [R-AR] | AR | R | H001015 | 0 | Eliminating Profiteering Through Illegal Cigarette Sales Act or EPICS Act - Prohibits the sale of tobacco products advertised through the Internet or other means to an individual under the legal age when such products are shipped by carrier in or affecting interstate commerce and the seller fails to comply with each of specified procedures. Includes in such procedures receiving a copy of a government-issued document providing the identity, address, and birth date of the buyer and a signed statement of certain confirmations of an order before any such products are so shipped.Requires tobacco product advertising on the Internet to prominently display a warning label unless cigarettes are being sold to someone in the business of selling tobacco products. Deems violations of provisions of this Act regarding unlawful sales to minors to be unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act, and imposes criminal penalties.Authorizes a State attorney general and certain other persons to bring a civil action for injunctive relief to restrain a person from engaging, or continuing to engage, in a violation of provisions regarding unlawful sales to minors.Requires a person taking a delivery sale of cigarettes to include a certain statement regarding taxes in a conspicuous manner. Imposes penalties for certain offenses in delivering cigarettes, including for failure to abide by excise and sales tax laws of States.Permits a State attorney general and certain other persons to bring an action in U.S. District Court to prevent and restrain violations of this Act.Classifies cigarettes as nonmailable.Modifies penal provisions regarding trafficking in contraband cigarettes. | 2025-08-19T17:28:46Z | |
| 107-hr-5469 | 107 | hr | 5469 | Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-09-26 | 2002-12-04 | Became Public Law No: 107-321. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 6 | Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 - (Sec. 3) Permits the suspension of certain payments by noncommercial webcasters. Defines webcasters as persons or entities with compulsory licenses under Federal copyright law to make eligible nonsubscription transmissions and ephemeral recordings. Defines noncommercial webcasters as webcasters who: (1) are exempt from taxation; (2) have applied for tax exemption and have a reasonable chance of obtaining it; or (3) are operated by a public body. Declares that all payments to be made by noncommercial webcasters under Federal copyright law for the digital performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral phonorecords during the period from October 28, 1998, to May 31, 2003, which have not already been paid, shall not be due until June 20, 2003.Allows a receiving agent (an agent designated by the Librarian of Congress to collect certain royalty payments that ultimately are given to copyright owners and performers) to delay the obligation of any one or more small commercial webcasters to make certain payments relating to sound recordings or ephemeral recordings for a period of time to allow negotiations to occur under this Act, except that any such period shall end no later than December 15, 2002.(Sec. 4) Authorizes a receiving agent to enter into agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by one or more small commercial webcasters or noncommercial webcasters during the period from October 28, 1998, to December 31, 2004. Declares that, once published in the Federal Register, such an agreement shall be binding on all copyright owners of sound recordings and other persons entitled to payment, in lieu of any determination by a copyright arbitration royalty panel or decision by the Librarian of Congress. Declares that any such agreement shall include provisions for payment of royalties on the basis of a percentage of revenue or expenses, or both, and a minimum fee. Permits other terms and conditions also to be included in such an agreement.Prohib… | 2025-04-07T13:38:49Z | |
| 107-hr-5437 | 107 | hr | 5437 | Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-09-24 | 2002-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 4 | Insurance Competitive Pricing Act of 2002 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to eliminate the antitrust exemption applicable to the business of insurance where the conduct involves: (1) price fixing; (2) allocating with a competitor a geographical area in which, or persons to whom, insurance will be offered for sale; (3) unlawfully tying the sale or purchase of one type of insurance to the sale or purchase of another type of insurance or any other service or product; or (4) monopolizing, or attempting to monopolize, any part of such business.Retains such exemption for conduct involving the making of a contract, or engaging in a combination or conspiracy, to: (1) collect or disseminate historical loss data; (2) determine a loss development factor applicable to such data; (3) perform actuarial services if such contract, combination, or conspiracy does not involve restraint of trade; or (4) determine a trend factor (an adjustment to reflect a change in inflation or any other change in the estimated loss costs incurred by certain persons engaged in the business of insurance) during a specified transition period. | 2025-08-19T17:31:25Z | |
| 107-hr-5438 | 107 | hr | 5438 | Valuation of Intangible Assets Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-09-24 | 2002-10-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. | House | Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] | CA | D | D000424 | 0 | Valuation of Intangible Assets Act of 2002 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to: (1) evaluate for Congress the general usefulness of financial statements prepared under generally accepted accounting principles in providing accurate information to investors about intangible assets and operating performance measures; (2) consider the impact that shortcomings in generally accepted accounting principles have on securities market volatility, capital allocation, and the ability of investors to make sound judgments about valuation; (3) consider methods to better identify, value, and account for purchased and internally generated intangible assets; (4) examine the general questions surrounding the role of intangible assets in financial reporting in the economy; and (5) examine how enhanced disclosure can be accomplished without exposing industries or companies to increased litigation. | 2025-08-19T17:30:07Z | |
| 107-s-2982 | 107 | s | 2982 | Education for Retirement Security Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8933) | Senate | Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | C001042 | 3 | Education for Retirement Security Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance financial and retirement knowledge among them; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs. | 2025-08-19T17:30:19Z | |
| 107-hr-5347 | 107 | hr | 5347 | To amend the Small Business Act to allow certain small business concerns that have employee stock ownership plans to qualify as HUBZone small business concerns. | Commerce | 2002-09-09 | 2002-09-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] | WA | D | B001229 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to qualify U.S.-incorporated small businesses that have employee stock ownership plans as HUBZone small businesses (therefore eligible for business loan assistance under such Act). | 2025-01-02T16:53:11Z | |
| 107-s-2843 | 107 | s | 2843 | Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7910-7911) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 0 | Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a rule requiring the manufacturer of specified juvenile products and small household appliances to establish and maintain a product recall notification system for consumers.Requires such system to create a database for the sole purpose of notifying such consumers of product recalls through the use of product safety owner cards (or an alternative method). | 2025-08-19T17:33:05Z | |
| 107-s-2891 | 107 | s | 2891 | Child Care Lending Pilot Act | Commerce | 2002-08-01 | 2002-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7955-7956) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 2 | Child Care Lending Pilot Act - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the proceeds of loans made through the Small Business Administration (SBA) to local development companies for plant acquisition, construction, or expansion to be used to assist small, nonprofit child care businesses, provided that: (1) the loan will be used for a sound business purpose approved by the SBA; and (2) each business receiving the assistance meets eligibility requirements applicable to for-profit businesses. | 2025-08-19T17:32:45Z | |
| 107-hr-5258 | 107 | hr | 5258 | Increased Capital Access for Growing Businesses Act | Commerce | 2002-07-26 | 2002-08-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. | House | Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] | NY | R | K000078 | 1 | Increased Capital Access for Growing Businesses Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to redefine an "eligible portfolio company" as an issuer whose aggregate value of outstanding equity securities is not more than $1billion (thus making such companies eligible for capital investment by Business Development Companies, publicly traded companies that invest in small and medium- sized business that need access to capital). | 2025-08-19T17:32:08Z | |
| 107-hr-5260 | 107 | hr | 5260 | Small Business Drought Relief Act | Commerce | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-29 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1429) | House | Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23] | FL | D | H000324 | 0 | Small Business Drought Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to include drought within its definition of disaster (thus qualifying small businesses suffering economic harm from droughts for assistance under such Act). | 2025-08-19T17:28:21Z | |
| 107-hr-5285 | 107 | hr | 5285 | Internet Radio Fairness Act | Commerce | 2002-07-26 | 2002-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] | WA | D | I000026 | 41 | Internet Radio Fairness Act - Declares that the July 8, 2002, determination by the Librarian of Congress of rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings and ephemeral recordings shall not apply to transmissions and ephemeral recordings by a small business, small organization, or small governmental jurisdiction (small entities).Declares further that the first determination of terms and rates of royalty payments made after enactment of this Act shall apply to transmissions made by small business concerns during the period between the enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the date provided for in that determination.Requires the copyright arbitration royalty panel to establish rates and terms in accordance with specified objectives.Amends Federal copyright law to declare that, except in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, it is not a copyright infringement for a transmitting organization entitled to transmit to the public a performance or display of a work, under a license or transfer of the copyright, or for a broadcast radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission that makes a broadcast transmission of a sound recording in a digital format on a nonsubscription basis, to make one or more copies or phonorecords of that work, if each copy or phonorecord is: (1) retained and used solely by the transmitting organization that made it; and (2) used solely for the purpose of making the transmitting organization's own transmissions or for purposes of archival preservation or security. | 2025-08-19T17:30:45Z | |
| 107-hr-5314 | 107 | hr | 5314 | Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act | Commerce | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] | MD | D | W000784 | 7 | Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to designate a Small and Disadvantaged Business Ombudsman for Procurement, who shall: (1) work with each Federal agency with procurement authority to ensure that small businesses are treated fairly in the procurement process; (2) establish a procedure for receiving comments from small businesses and personnel of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (Office) of each Federal agency regarding the activities of agencies and prime contractors on Federal procurement contracts for small businesses; and (3) establish a procedure for addressing concerns received with respect to small businesses and Federal procurement contracting. Requires an annual report from the Ombudsman to the congressional small business committees evaluating such activities.Requires each Federal agency to assist the Ombudsman to ensure compliance with Federal procurement goals for small businesses, certain procurement policies, and Federal prime contractor small business subcontracting plans. Requires a Federal agency to submit a goal attainment plan upon failure to meet small business procurement goals.Requires each Office director to: (1) have experience assisting small businesses with Federal procurement; (2) not currently serve as the chief procurement officer of such agency; (3) have no other duties; and (4) attend meetings of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Council. Establishes such Council.Increases, from the current 23 percent to up to 30 percent for FY 2006 and thereafter, the Federal small business procurement goal. | 2025-08-19T17:28:24Z | |
| 107-hres-515 | 107 | hres | 515 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that small business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting the United States military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local police forces by designing and developing innovative products to combat terrorism, and that Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from small business concerns to improve homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism. | Commerce | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] | MD | D | W000784 | 9 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) small business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting the military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local police by designing and developing innovative products to combat terrorism; and (2) Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from, and promote research opportunities for, small businesses to improve homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism. | 2025-01-02T16:43:30Z | |
| 107-hr-5211 | 107 | hr | 5211 | To amend title 17, United States Code, to limit the liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks. | Commerce | 2002-07-25 | 2002-08-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-26] | CA | D | B000410 | 4 | Amends Federal copyright law to protect a copyright owner from liability in any criminal or civil action for impairing, with appropriate technology, the unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of his or her copyrighted work on a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file trading network, if such impairment does not, without authorization, alter, delete, or otherwise impair the integrity of any computer file or data residing on the computer of a file trader.Denies such liability protection to a copyright owner who does not comply with certain notification requirements or who: (1) impairs the availability within a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file trading network of a computer file or data that does not contain a work in which the owner has an exclusive copyright; (2) causes economic loss to any person other than affected file traders; or (3) causes other economic loss of more than $50.00 per impairment to the property of the affected file trader.Conditions a copyright owner's protection from liability upon seven-days' notice to the Department of Justice of the specific technologies intended for use to impair unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of a copyrighted work. Requires notice as well, upon request, to an affected file trader or the assignee of an Internet Protocol address used by an affected file trader.Provides for a cause of action against a copyright owner for wrongful impairment, including an action by the Attorney General for injunctive relief in certain circumstances. | 2025-04-07T13:38:49Z | |
| 107-hr-5197 | 107 | hr | 5197 | Small Business Drought Relief Act | Commerce | 2002-07-24 | 2002-07-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4] | SC | R | D000595 | 26 | Small Business Drought Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to include drought within the definition of "disaster" for purposes of disaster loans provided to small businesses through the Small Business Administration (SBA). Authorizes such loan assistance for farm- and nonfarm-related small businesses affected by droughts.Requires the SBA to respond in writing to a State governor regarding its determination concerning the provision of disaster loan assistance within 30 days after receiving such governor's certification that small businesses in that State have suffered economic injury as a result of a disaster. | 2025-08-19T17:29:50Z | |
| 107-hr-5198 | 107 | hr | 5198 | Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-07-24 | 2002-07-25 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1354) | House | Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] | CA | R | D000429 | 0 | Premier Certified Lenders Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to make loss reserve requirements of lenders under the premier certified lenders (PCL) program inapplicable to PCLs that ensure that the amount of their loss reserve is: (1) not less than $25,000; and (2) sufficient, as determined by a third-party auditor, to protect the Government from the risk of loss associated with the PCL's portfolio of loans. Designates such PCLs as qualified high loss reserve PCLs. Provides related loss reserve requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:29:48Z | |
| 107-hr-5160 | 107 | hr | 5160 | Business, Investors', and Employees' Bill of Rights Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-07-18 | 2002-10-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 19 | Business, Investors', and Employees' Bill of Rights Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal criminal code, the judicial code, the bankruptcy code, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and other related Federal law to: (1) establish criminal penalties for securities fraud and designated corporate practices; and (2) declare that debts incurred in violation of securities fraud laws are nondischargeable in bankruptcy.Establishes the Retirement Security Fraud Bureau in the Department of Justice.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat the acquiring corporation in a corporate expatriation transaction as a domestic corporation; and (2) treat as ordinary income the unrealized built-in gain on options to acquire stock by a corporate insider of an expatriate corporation.Provides for executive accountability, including application of the "golden parachute" excise tax to deferred compensation paid by a corporation following a major decline in its stock value, or if it declares bankruptcy.Mandates that: (1) national securities exchanges and associations prohibit insider loans; and (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission require disgorgement of proceeds resulting from misconduct by an issuer of securities or its executive staff, and executive officer accountability.Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) corporate governance and accuracy of investor information; (2) auditor independence; (3) industry oversight; and (4) model rules for attorneys of issuers.Exempts registered investment companies from requirements and prohibitions of this Act regarding: (1) real-time disclosure of financial information; (2) transparency of corporate disclosures; (3) reporting on insider transactions and relationships; (4) independent directors and other corporate governance requirements; and (5) auditor oversight.Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish the Office of Pension Participant Advocacy, and to prescribe procedural guidelines for: (1) pension benefits disclosures; (2) diversification requirements; (3) em… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 107-hr-5162 | 107 | hr | 5162 | Consumer Fairness Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-07-18 | 2002-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 0 | Consumer Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to treat as an unfair and deceptive trade act or practice under Federal or State law any written provision in a consumer transaction or contract which requires binding arbitration to resolve a controversy arising out of or related to the transaction or contract, or the failure to perform any part.Declares such provision unenforceable.Permits a written agreement to determine an existing controversy by binding arbitration if the parties agree after the controversy has arisen. | 2025-08-19T17:31:22Z | |
| 107-s-2753 | 107 | s | 2753 | Small Business Procurement Ombudsman Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-07-18 | 2002-09-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 7 | Small Business Procurement Ombudsman Act of 2002 - Directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to designate a Small Business Procurement Ombudsman to: (1) work with each Federal agency with procurement authority to ensure that small businesses are treated fairly in the procurement process; and (2) establish procedures for addressing concerns received with respect to small businesses and Federal procurement contracting; and (3) complete and submit a required annual report.Requires an annual report from the Ombudsman to the congressional small business committees on the attainment by small businesses of certain contracting and subcontracting goals with major Federal agencies (agencies which annually contract with non-federal entities for the procurement of at least $200 million in goods and services).(Sec. 3) Establishes in each Federal agency having procurement powers (except the SBA) an Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to be responsible for the implementation of small business procurement programs of such agency. Establishes the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Council as an interagency council to discuss and resolve issues faced by each Office.(Sec. 4) Requires a major Federal agency to submit to the SBA a goal attainment plan upon failure to meet small business procurement goals.Increases the Government-wide goal for participation by small business concerns from 23 percent of the total value of all prime contract awards in a fiscal year to 26 percent for FY 2004, not less than 28 percent for FY 2005, and not less than 30 percent for FY 2006 and thereafter. | 2025-04-07T13:37:44Z | |
| 107-s-2734 | 107 | s | 2734 | Small Business Drought Relief Act | Commerce | 2002-07-16 | 2002-11-20 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11546-11547) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 25 | Small Business Drought Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to include within the definition of "disaster," for purposes of disaster loans provided to small businesses through the Small Business Administration (SBA), droughts and below average water levels in the Great Lakes. Authorizes such loan assistance for farm- and nonfarm-related small businesses affected by droughts.Requires the SBA to respond in writing to a State Governor regarding its determination concerning the provision of disaster loan assistance within 30 days after receiving such Governor's certification that small businesses in that State have suffered economic injury as a result of a disaster. | 2025-04-07T13:37:47Z | |
| 107-hr-5119 | 107 | hr | 5119 | Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-07-15 | 2002-09-19 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48] | CA | R | I000056 | 9 | Plant Breeders Equity Act of 2002 - Amends Federal patent law to declare that no plant patent application shall be denied, nor shall any issued plant patent be invalidated, on the grounds that the invention was described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country, more than one year before the date of the U.S. patent application, unless the invention was described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country more than ten years before the date of the U.S. patent application. | 2025-08-19T17:30:39Z | |
| 107-hr-5037 | 107 | hr | 5037 | Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 19 | Drug Company Gift Disclosure Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require drug manufacturers, packers, and distributors to disclose to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs the value and purpose of gifts made to covered health entities in connection with marketing activities. Makes such information available to the public, but retains the confidentiality of trade secrets. Establishes civil penalties for violations. | 2025-08-19T17:29:30Z | |
| 107-hr-5050 | 107 | hr | 5050 | Corporate Governance and Market Integrity Commission Act | Commerce | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8] | PA | R | G000439 | 31 | Corporate Governance and Market Integrity Commission Act - Establishes the Market Integrity Commission to study and report to Congress and the President on: (1) issues related to corporate governance; (2) the impact of corporate governance practices on the development, growth, and regulation of interstate and foreign commerce, including the effect of such practices on the market economy and on consumers; and (3) recommendations for legislation to improve the problems identified. | 2025-08-19T17:30:49Z | |
| 107-hr-5059 | 107 | hr | 5059 | Fire-Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 12 | Fire-Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to set a deadline for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a rule implementing the consumer product safety standard prescribed by this Act to reduce the risk of fire from cigarettes.Prescribes testing methodology. Authorizes the Commission to regulate the ignition propensity of cigarette paper for roll-your-own tobacco products when it sets such standards.Instructs the Commission to include in such standard a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply.Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products. | 2025-08-19T17:32:25Z | |
| 107-hr-5028 | 107 | hr | 5028 | To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit the Small Business Administration from selling loans made by the Administration under the Disaster Loan program. | Commerce | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] | MN | D | P000258 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from selling any loan made under its Disaster Loan Program, including by direct sale, by the sale of loan participations, or by including such loans in a pool of assets in the sale of asset-backed securities. | 2025-01-02T16:52:26Z | |
| 107-s-2681 | 107 | s | 2681 | Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-26 | 2002-07-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6354-6355) | Senate | Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] | CT | D | D000388 | 1 | Christen O'Donnell Equestrian Helmet Safety Act of 2002 - Mandates that equestrian helmets manufactured nine months or more after the date of the enactment of this Act shall conform to certain interim standards of safety, and, ultimately, to final standards promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).Instructs the CPSC to establish final standards for equestrian helmet safety that are based upon specified interim standards devised by the American Society for Testing and Materials, and that include: (1) protection against the risk of helmets coming off the heads of equestrian riders; and (2) provisions that address the risk of injury to children.States that failure to meet the interim equestrian helmet standard until the final standard takes effect shall be considered in violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act. | 2025-08-19T17:32:01Z | |
| 107-hr-5004 | 107 | hr | 5004 | Small Business Outreach Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-24 | 2002-06-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, Anibal [D-PR-At Large] | PR | D | A000359 | 0 | Small Business Outreach Act of 2002 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize any applicant funded by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a small business development center and located in a high unemployment district to apply for an additional grant to be used solely to promote SBA and other Federal programs that promote the growth and development of small businesses. Prohibits any single applicant from receiving more than $50,000 in SBA grants in a fiscal year. Provides a priority for applicants in districts with the highest unemployment rates. | 2025-08-19T17:32:14Z | |
| 107-hr-4981 | 107 | hr | 4981 | Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-20 | 2002-07-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 8 | Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe a consumer product fire safety standard to reduce the risk of fire from cigarettes.Prescribes testing methodology. Authorizes the Commission to regulate the ignition propensity of cigarette paper for roll-your-own tobacco products when it sets such standards.Instructs the Commission to include in such standard a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply.Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products. | 2025-08-19T17:29:41Z | |
| 107-s-2617 | 107 | s | 2617 | Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2002-06-13 | 2002-06-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 1 | Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2001 - Requires a manufacturer of a motor vehicle sold or introduced into commerce in the United States to disclose to the vehicle owner, a repair facility, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the information necessary to diagnose, service, or repair the vehicle.Sets forth protections for trade secrets. States that manufacturer noncompliance with this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting commerce within the purview of the Federal Trade Commission Act.Authorizes a vehicle owner or repair facility to bring a civil action in Federal district court for violations of this Act without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties.Instructs the FTC to prescribe a uniform methodology for manufacturer disclosure in writing, and on the Internet.Prohibits the FTC from prescribing rules that interfere with the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding motor vehicle emissions control diagnostics systems. | 2025-08-19T17:33:05Z | |
| 107-s-2609 | 107 | s | 2609 | Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-11 | 2002-06-26 | Star Print ordered on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 2 | Contact Lens Prescription Release Act of 2002 - Instructs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a rule on ophthalmic practice that requires a contact lens prescriber to provide the patient (or, upon request, the patient's agent) a copy of the contact lens prescription. Sets forth guidelines for the rule pertaining to expiration dates for contact lenses.Directs the FTC to promulgate a rule to make it an unfair trade practice for a contact lenses industry member to: (1) publish any advertisement or sales presentation relating to contact lenses that represents that they may be obtained without a valid prescription; or (2) sell contact lenses to a consumer or agent of a consumer unless the seller obtains a copy of an unexpired prescription or verifies the prescription by notifying the prescriber of the intended sale. | 2025-08-19T17:31:39Z | |
| 107-hr-4881 | 107 | hr | 4881 | Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-06 | 2002-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 7 | Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2002 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate a rule declaring that it is an unfair or deceptive act or practice for any person to use any means or instrumentality of transportation or communication in interstate or foreign commerce in order to promote, offer, sell, or attempt to sell a participation or the right to participate in a pyramid promotional scheme.Provides for civil and criminal enforcement under both State and Federal law. | 2025-08-19T17:32:05Z | |
| 107-hr-4891 | 107 | hr | 4891 | Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act | Commerce | 2002-06-06 | 2002-07-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 0 | Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act - Cites activities that constitute unlawful discrimination by a surety against an applicant in a surety bond transaction, including denial: (1) on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability; or (2) because the applicant previously obtained a bond through a certain bonding assistance program or any special purpose bonding program.Requires a surety to notify an applicant of action on the surety application within ten days of its filing.Entitles an applicant against whom adverse action is taken to a statement of reasons for such action.Subjects a surety to liability to the aggrieved applicant for both actual damages and legal costs for noncompliance with this Act.Mandates full compliance with this Act as a condition for approval as surety by the Secretary of the Treasury. | 2025-08-19T17:31:46Z | |
| 107-hr-4896 | 107 | hr | 4896 | Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-06-06 | 2002-06-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-20] | IL | R | S000364 | 5 | Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act of 2002 - Prohibits the Consumer Product Safety Commission from enforcing or enacting a flammability standard for infants' and children's sleepwear that: (1) exempts certain garments (including diapers); or (2) includes as part of any definition of children's sleepwear a standard based on the intent of the manufacturer or retailer.Instructs the Commission to provide a functional definition of children's sleepwear for ages 0 through seven years, including certain children's clothing used with some regularity as sleepwear. | 2025-08-19T17:29:45Z | |
| 107-hr-4833 | 107 | hr | 4833 | Accuracy in Pharmaceutical Advertisements Act | Commerce | 2002-05-23 | 2002-06-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000357 | 20 | Accuracy in Pharmaceutical Advertisements Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose civil penalties for misbranding prescription drugs through a direct-to-consumer advertisement should the person fail to correct or cease such advertisement after receiving written notice from the Secretary of Health and Human Services.Requires the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the prevalence of such advertisements and other, specified particulars. | 2025-08-19T17:32:34Z | |
| 107-hr-4849 | 107 | hr | 4849 | Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-05-23 | 2002-05-23 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 13 | Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2002 - Amends the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 to provide that, in any action under the antitrust laws, the conduct of a standards development organization (SDO) while engaged in a standards development activity shall be subject to a rule of reason standard.Limits the amount recoverable and attorney's fees with respect to standards development activity engaged in by an SDO.States that an SDO may, not later than 90 days after commencing activity for the purpose of developing or promulgating voluntary consensus standards or 90 days after enactment of the Standards Development Advancement Act of 2002, whichever is later, file simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Commission a written notification disclosing: (1) the name and principal place of business of the SDO; and (2) documents showing the nature and scope of such activity. Allows an SDO to file additional disclosure notifications as appropriate to extend protections under this Act to standards development activities that are not covered by, or that have changed significantly since, the initial filing.Includes standards development activity within notice, disclosure, and withdrawal from notification requirements of the Act. | 2025-08-19T17:29:29Z | |
| 107-hr-4805 | 107 | hr | 4805 | To allow certain interagency task forces established by the President to designate certain areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small Business Act. | Commerce | 2002-05-22 | 2002-05-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] | CA | D | D000424 | 1 | Amends the Small Business Act to allow the following task forces to designate certain areas a HUBZones for purposes of such Act: (1) the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley; (2) the Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border; and (3) any interagency task force established by an executive order of the President and identified therein as having the authority to make such designations. | 2025-01-02T16:52:01Z | |
| 107-hr-4698 | 107 | hr | 4698 | To require licenses for the sale, purchase, and distribution of certain chemicals that are precursors to chemical weapons, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2002-05-09 | 2002-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 4 | Requires a license from the Secretary of Commerce to purchase, sell, or distribute in interstate commerce any chemical weapon precursor. Requires licensees to maintain records of such transactions and report suspicious purchases. Establishes civil penalties for violations. Imposes an additional, criminal penalty if a violation was intentional. | 2025-01-16T11:48:07Z | |
| 107-hr-4701 | 107 | hr | 4701 | Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act | Commerce | 2002-05-09 | 2002-10-07 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 453. | House | Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] | TN | D | G000309 | 116 | Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act - Prohibits an agent from: (1) directly or indirectly recruiting or soliciting a student athlete to enter into an agency contract by giving false or misleading information or making a false promise or representation or by providing anything of value to the athlete before entering into such a contract; (2) entering into an agency contract with a student athlete without providing the required disclosure document; or (3) predating or postdating an agency contract.Requires an agent, in conjunction with the signing of an agency contract, to provide to the athlete a separate disclosure document that includes notice that if the athlete signs the contract he or she may lose eligibility to compete as a student athlete in that sport. Requires the student athlete to sign such document before signing the agency contract.Treats a violation of this Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Authorizes civil actions by State attorneys general under specified circumstances.Requires the agent and the athlete, within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next athletic event in which the athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, to provide notice to the educational institution that the athlete has entered into an agency contract. Grants an educational institution a right of action against an agent for damages caused by such agent's failure to provide such notice.Expresses the sense of Congress that States should enact the Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2000 drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to protect student athletes and the integrity of amateur sports from unscrupulous sports agents. | 2025-08-19T17:29:01Z | |
| 107-hr-4678 | 107 | hr | 4678 | Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-05-08 | 2002-09-24 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 21 | Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2002 - Requires data collection organizations, under specified conditions, to notify consumers: (1) at the time of collection that their personally identifiable information may be used for an unrelated transaction purpose; and (2) of any material change in the organization's privacy policy statement immediately after each change.Requires the organizations to establish a privacy policy with respect to the collection, sale, disclosure for consideration, or use of the consumer's information.Requires an organization to provide consumers, without charge, the opportunity to preclude the sale or disclosure of their information to any organization that is not an information-sharing partner. Allows a consumer an opportunity to limit other information practices of the organization.Directs an organization to prepare and implement an information security policy that prevents the unauthorized disclosure or release of a consumer's information.Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to presume that an organization is in compliance with this Act if it participates in an approved self-regulatory program for an eight-year period.Directs the FTC to: (1) facilitate electronic and promote the use of common identity theft affidavits; (2) require the timely resolution of identity theft disputes; (3) utilize the Identity Theft Clearinghouse to transmit information to appropriate entities for protective action and to mitigate losses; and (4) provide change of address protection for consumers.Requires: (1) the Comptroller General to analyze the impact on U.S. interstate and foreign commerce of information privacy laws, regulations, or agreements enacted, promulgated, or adopted by other nations, and whether the enforcement mechanisms or procedures of them result in discriminatory treatment of U.S. entities; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce, based on such results, to take steps to mitigate against such discriminatory impact.Directs the Secretary to seek harmonization of this Act with other internatio… | 2025-08-19T17:29:26Z | |
| 107-s-2483 | 107 | s | 2483 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-05-08 | 2002-10-09 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696. | Senate | Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA] | GA | D | C001034 | 13 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers). Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; (4) technical assistance; and (5) partnerships with Federal compliance programs. Requires each participating Center to report quarterly to the Administrator and the SBA's Chief Counsel for Advocacy.Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the recommendations of the majority of the Centers, to select the Center programs of two States from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program. Provides grant limits. Requires an evaluation and report by the General Accounting Office. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the pilot program four years after disbursement of the first grant.Provides privacy requirements applicable to Centers, a consortium of Centers, or any Center contractor or agent with respect to regulatory compliance assistance provided to small businesses. | 2025-04-07T13:37:34Z | |
| 107-sres-264 | 107 | sres | 264 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that small business participation is vital to the defense of our Nation, and that Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from American small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism. | Commerce | 2002-05-08 | 2002-07-08 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6432) | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 25 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) small business participation is vital to U.S. defense and should play an active role in assisting the military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local police to combat terrorism through the design and development of innovative products; and (2) Federal, State, and local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and services from, and promote research opportunities for, American small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism. | 2025-01-14T17:16:56Z | |
| 107-s-2466 | 107 | s | 2466 | Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act | Commerce | 2002-05-07 | 2002-10-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 694. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 6 | Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act - Amends the Small Business Act to modify contract consolidation requirements.Replaces definitions of "bundled contracts" and "bundling of contract requirements" with definitions of "consolidated contract" and "multiple award contract."Prohibits a Federal contracting agency from executing a procurement strategy that includes a consolidated contract valued at more than $2 million unless such strategy: (1) identifies benefits anticipated from consolidation and alternative contracting approaches that would involve a lesser degree of consolidation; and (2) includes a determination that the consolidation is necessary and the benefits justify its use. Provides that a procurement strategy that includes a consolidation valued at more than $5 million shall also: (1) be supported by market research demonstrating that such contract will result in cost savings, quality improvements, reduction in acquisition cycle times, or better terms and conditions; (2) include an assessment of impediments to participation by small businesses as prime contractors that result from such consolidation; (3) specify actions designed to maximize small business participation as subcontractors; and (4) not be justified by savings in administrative or personnel costs unless such savings are substantial in relation to the total cost of the procurement.Allows a small business, if an agency head solicits offers for a consolidated contract, to submit an offer that provides for the use of a particular team of subcontractors. Requires equal evaluation of such an offer. | 2025-04-07T13:37:34Z | |
| 107-hr-4643 | 107 | hr | 4643 | Freelance Writers and Artists Protection Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E702) | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 29 | Freelance Writers and Artists Protection Act of 2002 - Applies the antitrust laws to freelance writers or artists for purposes of negotiating the terms and conditions of contracts for the sale of written or graphic material to publishers in the same manner as such laws apply to employees who are members of a bargaining unit recognized under the National Labor Relations Act for purposes of engaging in collective bargaining with an employer.Prohibits the award of statutory damages or attorney's fees for copyright infringement involving a work that was not made for hire that was first published as a contribution to a collective work unless registration of the collective work was made within three months after its first publication or prior to the infringement.Includes unpublished works within the scope of criminal copyright infringement provisions. | 2025-08-19T17:29:26Z | |
| 107-hr-4652 | 107 | hr | 4652 | Consumer Protection for On-Line Games Act | Commerce | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-15] | MI | D | K000180 | 0 | Consumer Protection for On-Line Games Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in the labeling and advertising of games of chance and games of skill offered by means of the communications networks by network game operators. Requires that such rules prohibit: (1) making false, unsubstantiated, non-verifiable, or misleading claims regarding the fairness of the game; (2) displaying or advertising any seal or insignia attesting to the fairness of any game of chance or skill unless such seal or insignia has been awarded by a self-regulatory organization that complies with this Act; and (3) unfair or deceptive acts or practices that evade such rules or undermine customer rights.Requires a self-regulatory organization, to be in compliance, to: (1) be able to enforce compliance by its members; and (2) have rules designed to prevent fraudulent and deceptive acts and practices, to protect consumers and the public interest, and to discipline violating members.Authorizes State attorneys general to bring civil actions on behalf of residents in U.S. district court to enjoin a pattern or practice which violates such FTC rules. | 2025-08-19T17:28:38Z | |
| 107-s-2455 | 107 | s | 2455 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] | NV | R | E000194 | 3 | National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a pilot program to provide regulatory compliance assistance to small businesses through participating Small Business Development Centers (Centers), the Association for Small Business Development Centers (Association), and Federal compliance partnership programs. Requires the Administrator to enter into arrangements with participating Centers to provide: (1) access to regulatory information and resources; (2) training and education activities; (3) confidential counseling to owners and operators of small businesses regarding compliance with Federal regulations; and (4) technical assistance.Directs the Administrator to act as the repository of and clearinghouse for data and information submitted by Centers.Requires the Administrator, giving substantial weight to the Association's recommendations, to select the Center programs of two States from each of ten groups of States for participation in the pilot program.Provides privacy requirements applicable to Centers, a consortium of Centers, or any Center contractor or agent with respect to regulatory compliance assistance provided to small businesses. | 2025-08-19T17:30:02Z | |
| 107-hr-4607 | 107 | hr | 4607 | Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-25 | 2002-04-26 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E646) | House | Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | M000133 | 15 | Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe fire safety standards for cigarettes to reduce the risk of ignition presented by cigarettes (including a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply).Sets forth general test requirements.Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products except as provided in this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:32:35Z | |
| 107-s-2268 | 107 | s | 2268 | Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act | Commerce | 2002-04-25 | 2002-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] | GA | D | M001141 | 46 | Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act - Amends the Organic Act establishing the Department of Commerce to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain a list of each person that notifies the Secretary that it is a manufacturer or seller that is: (1) licensed to engage in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm (including antique firearm) or ammunition product; or (2) is a trade association representing such manufacturers or sellers. Declares that any lawful conduct carried out by a manufacturer or seller in interstate or foreign commerce of a firearm or ammunition product, or lawful conduct carried out by a trade association in the course of representing such manufacturers or sellers, shall not be the basis for imposing a restriction on such commerce (the award of civil damages, equitable relief, or any other specified limitation) as a result of harm caused by the criminal or other unlawful misuse of such firearm or ammunition product by any other person. | 2025-08-19T17:29:40Z | |
| 107-s-2317 | 107 | s | 2317 | Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-25 | 2002-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 8 | Joseph Moakley Memorial Fire Safe Cigarette Act of 2002 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to prescribe fire safety standards for cigarettes to reduce the risk of ignition presented by cigarettes (including a proscription against the stockpiling of cigarettes to which the fire safety standards will apply).Sets forth general test requirements.Denies the Commission any jurisdiction over tobacco or tobacco products. | 2025-08-19T17:30:20Z | |
| 107-s-2335 | 107 | s | 2335 | Native American Small Business Development Act | Commerce | 2002-04-25 | 2002-08-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] | SD | D | J000177 | 12 | Native American Small Business Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Office of Native American Affairs, headed by an Assistant Administrator, to implement SBA programs for the development of business enterprises by Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians). Requires the Office to assist Native American entrepreneurs to: (1) start, operate, and grow small businesses; (2) develop management and technical skills; (3) seek Federal procurement opportunities; (4) increase Native American employment opportunities; and (5) increase Native American access to capital markets.Requires the SBA to provide financial assistance to tribal governments, tribal colleges, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Alaska Native corporations to create Native American business centers. Requires: (1) each business center to conduct five-year projects for business education aid to such entities; (2) each assistance applicant to submit a five-year plan on proposed assistance and training activities; (3) each business center to annually provide the Administrator with an itemized cost breakdown of project expenses; (4) the Administrator to report annually to the congressional small business committees on the effectiveness of such projects; and (5) each entity receiving assistance to report to the SBA on services provided with such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.Establishes a four-year pilot program under which the SBA is authorized to award Native American development grants to provide culturally-tailored business development training and related services to Native Americans and Native American small businesses. Requires the same number of such grants to be awarded to small business development centers and private, nonprofit organizations providing appropriate assistance to Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives. Provides for: (1) initial disbursement of grant assistance; and (2) provisional approva… | 2025-06-20T19:33:16Z | |
| 107-hr-4574 | 107 | hr | 4574 | Steel Industry Legacy Relief and Transition Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-24 | 2002-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] | PA | R | E000187 | 11 | Steel Industry Legacy Relief and Transition Act of 2002 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to establish in the Department of Labor a Steel Industry Legacy Relief Program administered by the Secretary of Labor to provide certain post-employment retiree health benefits previously provided by qualified steel companies purchased or otherwise acquired by another qualified steel company (eligible buyer).Prescribes procedures by which an eligible buyer may petition for transfer to the Steel Industry Legacy Relief Trust Fund (established by this Act) of all assets of the acquired company which were required to be set aside for provision of the steel retiree benefits, liability for which is relieved by operation of this Act.Requires eligible buyers to make specified contributions to the Trust for ten years following acquisition of another steel company.Requires the Secretary to provide for the purchase of coverage of steel retiree health benefits for eligible retirees, surviving spouses, and dependents.Requires deposit in the Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to certain duties on imports of basic steel mill products.Establishes the Steel Transition Board to review and approve or disapprove applications for expedited antitrust review of steel company acquisitions by eligible buyers petitioning for assistance under this Act.Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to treat as terminated any qualified defined benefit plan maintained by the acquired company in any qualified acquisition under this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 107-hr-4586 | 107 | hr | 4586 | Brownfields Use Invigoration Land Development Act | Commerce | 2002-04-24 | 2002-04-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 6 | Brownfields Use Invigoration Land Development Act - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to a small business, a local organization that represents small businesses, or a local redevelopment agency chartered, established, or otherwise sanctioned by a State or local government to participate in the redevelopment of remediated sites (real property with respect to which requirements under Federal or State law for the remediation of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants have been completed). Sets a maximum per-grant limit of $200,000. Increases to 90 percent of the amount of the outstanding financing the level of SBA participation in guaranteed loans made to small businesses on a deferred basis for small businesses located or locating on a remedial site.Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: (1) authorize the SBA to provide assistance to State development companies for projects for the redevelopment of remediated sites; and (2) exempt from current outstanding leverage limits small business investment company investments in remediated sites. | 2025-08-19T17:28:41Z | |
| 107-s-2208 | 107 | s | 2208 | Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-18 | 2002-04-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 1 | Children's Sleepwear Safety Act of 2002 - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to revoke the amendments to the standards for the flammability of children's sleepwear sizes 0 through 6X, and 7 through 14, contained in specified regulations issued by the Commission on September 9, 1996. | 2025-08-19T17:31:47Z | |
| 107-s-2188 | 107 | s | 2188 | Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-17 | 2002-04-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2842) | Senate | Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] | LA | D | B000780 | 7 | Children's Safe Sleepwear and Burn Prevention Act of 2002 - Prohibits the Consumer Product Safety Commission from enforcing or enacting a flammability standard for infants' and children's sleepwear that: (1) exempts certain garments (including diapers); or (2) includes as part of any definition of children's sleepwear a standard based on the intent of the manufacturer or retailer.Instructs the Commission to provide a functional definition of children's sleepwear for ages 0 through seven years, including certain children's clothing used with some regularity as sleepwear. | 2025-08-19T17:32:10Z | |
| 107-hr-4231 | 107 | hr | 4231 | Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-16 | 2002-07-08 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 485. | House | Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] | IL | R | M001138 | 2 | Small Business Advocacy Improvement Act of 2002 - Requires appointment to the position of Chief Counsel of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) without regard to political affiliation and on the basis of fitness to perform duties. Prohibits appointment of an individual who has served as an SBA officer or employee within the last five years.Requires the Office to: (1) recommend methods for the delivery of financial assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, women, and veterans; (2) make recommendations and submit relevant reports to the President, the chairmen and ranking members of the congressional small business committees, and the SBA Administrator; (3) maintain economic databases and make such information available to the Administrator and Congress; and (4) coordinate functions with the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman.Requires the Chief Counsel to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget and the congressional small business and appropriations committees the Office's appropriation estimate and request. Requires each budget of the United States submitted by the President to include a separate statement of the amount of appropriations requested for the Office of Advocacy.Authorizes the Chief Counsel to appoint two Deputy Chief Counsels, as well as regional advocates.Requires the Administrator to provide the Office with appropriate office space, equipment, supplies, communications facilities, and personnel and maintenance services.Requires the Chief Counsel to report at least annually to the President, specified congressional committees, and the Administrator on Federal agency regulatory flexibility exercised with respect to small businesses.Increases, and extends through FY 2005, the authorization of appropriations for the Office.Requires the Administrator (currently, the Chief Counsel) to conduct an SBA program for the development of rural small businesses engaged in touris… | 2025-04-07T13:40:34Z | |
| 107-hr-4163 | 107 | hr | 4163 | Mercury in Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act | Commerce | 2002-04-10 | 2002-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | W000794 | 8 | Mercury in Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit mercury from being used to make dental fillings as of January 1, 2007. Establishes that a device containing mercury intended for use in a dental filling shall be considered misbranded after July 1, 2002, unless it bears a label warning of the potential dangers of mercury, and stating that the consumer should be warned of the health risks it poses. | 2025-08-19T17:32:00Z | |
| 107-s-2082 | 107 | s | 2082 | Playwrights Licensing Relief Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-04-10 | 2002-04-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2486) | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 2 | Playwrights Licensing Relief Act of 2002 - Provides that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement between or among playwrights for the express purpose of developing a standard form contract containing minimum terms of artistic protection and levels of compensation for playwrights or any joint or collective voluntary actions for the limited purposes of developing a standard form contract by playwrights or their representatives; and (2) any joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the express purpose of reaching a collective agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form contract as the sole and exclusive means by which participating playwrights shall license their plays to producers.Makes a standard form of contract developed and implemented under this Act subject to amendment by individual playwrights and producers consistent with its terms. | 2025-08-19T17:28:36Z | |
| 107-hr-4065 | 107 | hr | 4065 | Stop Kids From Smoking Act | Commerce | 2002-03-20 | 2002-03-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 0 | Stop Kids From Smoking Act - Allows the use of vending machines to sell tobacco products only in an area or establishment to which individuals under the minimum age are denied access. Defines the minimum age as 18, unless a State or municipality has established a higher age. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to individuals under the minimum age. Declares that this Act does not preempt existing or bar future State or municipal laws banning all tobacco vending machines. Imposes a civil monetary penalty for violations. | 2025-08-19T17:32:52Z | |
| 107-s-2031 | 107 | s | 2031 | Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-03-19 | 2002-03-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2080-2081) | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 1 | sn01611 | 2025-08-19T17:32:49Z | |
| 107-hr-3911 | 107 | hr | 3911 | Telemarketing Relief Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-03-07 | 2002-03-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] | CT | R | J000163 | 11 | Telemarketing Relief Act of 2002 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to amend rules established under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to: (1) establish a list of phone numbers of consumers who have notified the FTC or an entity specified below that they do not wish to receive telemarketing calls; (2) specify the manner of such notification; (3) make such list available to the public; and (4) prohibit, as a deceptive or abusive telemarketing act or practice, the making of any telemarketing call to a number so listed.Requires the following entities to amend their rules in substantially the same manner: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (3) the Federal Reserve System; (4) the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and (5) the National Credit Union Administration.Provides exceptions to the rules amended under this Act, including for: (1) charitable, political opinion polling, or other nonprofit activities; and (2) calls made with the consumer's prior written or verbal permission. | 2025-08-19T17:29:32Z | |
| 107-s-1994 | 107 | s | 1994 | Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act | Commerce | 2002-03-06 | 2002-10-01 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 1 | Combined 8(a) and HUBZone Priority Preference Act - Amends the Small Business Act to require a Federal procurement contract awarded as a best value contract by competition to an eligible small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to include an evaluation factor for a bidding participant that is also a qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small business. Prohibits such factor from exceeding ten percent of the best value factor assigned to price as an evaluation factor.Prohibits a procurement contract from being awarded on the basis of competition restricted to qualified HUBZone small businesses unless: (1) the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that no less than two qualified HUBZone small businesses will submit offers; (2) the award can be made at a fair market price; (3) the contract awarded as a best value contract includes an evaluation factor for a bidding qualified HUBZone small business that is also qualified to receive small business loan assistance through the Small Business Administration (an 8(a) small business); and (4) the evaluation factor does not exceed ten percent of the best value factor assigned to price as an evaluation factor.Provides that the price offered by an 8(a) HUBZone small business in any case in which a Federal contract is to be awarded on the basis of full and open competition under provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall be deemed to be lower than the price offered by another offeror if the price offered by the 8(a) HUBZone small business is no more than 12 percent higher than the otherwise lowest offer. Provides a ten percent higher preference for qualified small businesses that are not HUBZone small businesses.Sets forth citizenship requirements for HUBZone small businesses.Increases the procurement contract award thresholds for 8(a) small businesses and qualified HUBZone small businesses. | 2025-04-07T13:37:45Z | |
| 107-hr-3810 | 107 | hr | 3810 | Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-02-27 | 2002-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture. | House | Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2] | IA | R | N000172 | 3 | Livestock Ownership Fairness Act of 2002 - Amends the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 to prohibit livestock packers directly or through a subsidiary, from conspiring to, or owning or feeding livestock to such an extent that the producer no longer materially participates in the management of the operation, with respect to livestock held for more than 14 days prior to slaughter. Exempts from such prohibition certain: (1) forward contracting arrangements under which the producer retains pre-delivery operational control of the livestock; (2) cooperatives that own, or feed livestock and provide such livestock for slaughter; or (3) certain small producer-owned or-controlled packers.Directs the Attorney General to establish in the Department of Justice an Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture to handle agricultural antitrust and related matters.Requires: (1) a person in the business of purchasing livestock, poultry, or a basic agricultural commodity for wholesale resale who files a premerger notice under the Clayton Act to file simultaneously a premerger notice with the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) the Secretary to review the proposed merger and report to the Office of Special Counsel for Agriculture.. | 2025-08-19T17:28:10Z | |
| 107-hr-3791 | 107 | hr | 3791 | Small Business High Technology Entrepreneurship Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2002-02-26 | 2002-02-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] | NY | D | I000057 | 2 | Small Business High Technology Entrepreneurship Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make direct loans under the Small Business Act to technology-related small businesses located in a technology region. Allows such a loan if the total amount of SBA loans to such business does not exceed $5 million. Requires the Administrator, in evaluating each loan applicant, to consult with and give considerable weight to the assessments, recommendations, and conclusions of the regional technology consultant regarding the technological feasibility and commercial viability of the applicant's business plan for the use of such funds, including any technological research or development involved. Requires the Administrator to select one nonprofit organization in each technology region to serve as such consultant. | 2025-08-19T17:27:57Z | |
| 107-hr-3646 | 107 | hr | 3646 | To amend the Small Business Act to increase the maximum amount for which a loan can be made under the Microloan Program. | Commerce | 2002-01-29 | 2002-01-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | H000621 | 0 | Amends the Small Business Act to increase from $35,000 to $50,000 the maximum individual loan amount under the Microloan Program (a program of start-up assistance for women, low-income, veteran, and minority entrepreneurs and business owners and businesses located in economically distressed areas). | 2025-01-02T16:49:47Z | |
| 107-hr-3658 | 107 | hr | 3658 | Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2002-01-29 | 2002-02-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] | VA | D | M000933 | 1 | Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act of 2002 - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard that requires the manufacturer of a covered consumer product to establish and maintain a consumer notification system for product recalls.Prescribes database requirements. | 2025-08-19T17:29:43Z | |
| 107-hr-3559 | 107 | hr | 3559 | To amend the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees under that Act, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2001-12-20 | 2002-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth. | House | Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | V000108 | 1 | Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend the definition of a steel company qualified for a loan guarantee to one that has placed on hot idle status any steel mill facilities used in steel production or manufacture.Increases the individual guarantee limit under the loan guarantee program.Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to utilize a form of unconditional and unqualified guarantee that U.S. commercial banks would typically require from a nongovernmental guarantor in a similar commercial loan transaction.Revises loan guarantee requirements to: (1) replace "reasonable assurance" of loan repayment with "fair likelihood" of repayment; and (2) include a Board determination that the applicant company's business plan maximizes job retention and capacity consistent with its long-term economic viability.Repeals the requirement that loan securities be guaranteed. Authorizes the Board, in lieu of such requirement, to: (1) require security in either existing or after-acquired assets for the guaranteed portion of the loan; and (2) provide the unguaranteed portion of the loan different payment preference or different terms than those provided to the guaranteed portion of the loan.Increases the maximum principal loan amount to be guaranteed from 85 percent to 95 percent, plus the amount of any unpaid interest on the loan. | 2025-01-02T16:49:45Z | |
| 107-hr-3590 | 107 | hr | 3590 | Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act | Commerce | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Electronic Marketplace Ownership Disclosure Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require an operator of an electronic marketplace to provide clear and conspicuous disclosure to the public through the Internet concerning: (1) the identity of any marketplace affiliate; (2) contact information, or a website link, from which a marketplace participant may obtain additional information about such affiliates; (3) the usual or customary financial arrangements under which the largest portion of marketplace participants are permitted to participate; (4) any unusual or special financial arrangements under which a smaller number of marketplace participants are accorded special privileges or benefits; and (5) the identity of any persons or entities with whom the operator has unusual or special financial arrangements.Grants the FTC regulatory and enforcement authority. | 2025-08-19T17:27:51Z | |
| 107-s-1884 | 107 | s | 1884 | A bill to amend the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees under that Act, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 6 | Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend the definition of a steel company qualified for a loan guarantee to include one that has placed on hot idle status any steel mill facilities used in steel production or manufacture.Increases the individual guarantee limit under the loan guarantee program.Requires the Loan Guarantee Board to utilize a form of unconditional and unqualified guarantee that U.S. commercial banks would typically require from a nongovernmental guarantor in a similar commercial loan transaction.Revises loan guarantee requirements to: (1) replace "reasonable assurance" of loan repayment with "fair likelihood" of repayment; and (2) include a Board determination that the applicant company's business plan maximizes job retention and capacity consistent with its long-term economic viability.Repeals the requirement that loan securities be guaranteed. Authorizes the Board, in lieu of such requirement, to: (1) require security in either existing or after-acquired assets for the guaranteed portion of the loan; and (2) provide the unguaranteed portion of the loan different payment preference or different terms than those provided to the guaranteed portion of the loan.Increases the maximum principal loan amount to be guaranteed from 85 percent to 95 percent, plus the amount of any unpaid interest on the loan. | 2025-04-07T13:37:55Z | |
| 107-hr-3533 | 107 | hr | 3533 | Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Amendment Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-12-19 | 2002-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. | House | Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13] | IL | R | B001232 | 14 | Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Amendment Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of "communication" actions taken pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, the rules of civil procedure applicable in State courts. | 2025-08-19T17:28:22Z | |
| 107-hr-3543 | 107 | hr | 3543 | Fair Play for Playwrights Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-12-19 | 2001-12-19 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 2 | Fair Play for Playwrights Act of 2001 - Declares that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any agreement by and among playwrights, their representatives, or associations of playwrights, or concerted action taken by them, for the purpose of establishing and enforcing the minimum terms and conditions on which their works will be developed, licensed, or produced; or (2) any discussion by and among representatives or associations of playwrights and producers for the purpose of negotiating, implementing, or enforcing a standard form contract or other collective agreement governing such terms and conditions. | 2025-08-19T17:32:28Z | |
| 107-hr-3474 | 107 | hr | 3474 | United States Territories Truth in Labelling Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-12-12 | 2001-12-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] | WA | D | S000510 | 0 | United States Territories Truth in Labelling Act of 2001 - Amends the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939, and the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, respectively, to require that labels identify wool and textile fiber products processed or manufactured in territories of the United States. | 2025-08-19T17:28:52Z | |
| 107-hr-3454 | 107 | hr | 3454 | To amend the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to clarify the definition of qualified steel company under that Act. | Commerce | 2001-12-11 | 2002-01-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 1 | Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to extend the definition of a steel company qualified for a loan guarantee to a company that has placed on hot idle status any steel mill facilities used in production and manufacture of a basic steel mill product. | 2025-04-07T13:37:55Z | |
| 107-hr-3456 | 107 | hr | 3456 | Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act | Commerce | 2001-12-11 | 2001-12-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 1 | Tobacco Free Internet for Kids Act - Prohibits the sale of tobacco products advertized through the Internet or other means to an individual under the age of 18 when such products are shipped by carrier in or affecting interstate commerce. Requires the verification of certain submitted proofs of identity, birth date, and signed statement and certain confirmations of an order before any such products are so shipped.Requires tobacco product advertising on the Internet to prominently display a warning label as required by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act. Deems violations of these requirements unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Imposes criminal penalties for subsequent, knowing violations.Authorizes a State attorney general to bring a civil action for injunctive relief to restrain a person from engaging, or continuing to engage, in a violation of this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:28:09Z | |
| 107-hr-3428 | 107 | hr | 3428 | To amend the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to revise eligibility and other requirements for loan guarantees under that Act. | Commerce | 2001-12-06 | 2001-12-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Technology and Economic Growth. | House | Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] | OH | R | L000553 | 3 | Amends the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Act of 1999 to authorize the Loan Guarantee Board to waive the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee program requirement that an applicant steel company furnish reasonable assurance that its prospective earning power permits loan repayment, if the Board determines that: (1) the inability of the company to satisfy such requirement is due to reasons of financial hardship beyond company control; (2) the company has demonstrated a good faith effort to be cost efficient in its business practices; and (3) the issuance of such loan guarantee is in the national security interests of the United States.Increases from 85 percent to 95 percent the maximum principal loan amount to be guaranteed if the Board determines that the aggregate amount of steel imported into the United States during the prior year exceeds 30 percent of the aggregate amount of steel produced in the United States during that year. | 2025-01-02T16:49:34Z | |
| 107-hr-3404 | 107 | hr | 3404 | Consumer Product Safety Recall Improvement Act | Commerce | 2001-12-05 | 2001-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] | MA | D | M000312 | 0 | Consumer Product Safety Recall Improvement Act - Instructs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study and report to Congress on methods to dramatically increase the number of consumers effectively reached by product safety recalls, including by creation of an improved consumer recall notification system. | 2025-08-19T17:32:31Z | |
| 107-hr-3387 | 107 | hr | 3387 | Fair Credit Reporting Act Limitations on Actions Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-30 | 2002-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] | NE | R | T000459 | 0 | Fair Credit Reporting Act Limitations on Actions Act of 2001 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to extend the statute of limitations from the period that is within two years from the date on which the liability arises to the period that is before the end of the three-year period beginning on the date by which the violation giving rise to the liability is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered by the consumer. | 2025-08-19T17:30:04Z | |
| 107-s-1754 | 107 | s | 1754 | Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 | Commerce | 2001-11-30 | 2002-06-27 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] | VT | D | L000174 | 5 | Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for salaries and expenses for FY 2003 through 2008 in an amount equal to all patent and trademark fees estimated by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to be collected in each such fiscal year.(Sec. 2) Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the Office (Director), by February 15 of each fiscal year, to report an estimate of all fees to be collected in the next fiscal year to the chairman and ranking member of specified congressional committees.(Sec. 3) Requires the Director, by December 1, 2004, to complete the development of an electronic system for the filing and processing of patent and trademark applications that: (1) is user friendly; and (2) includes the necessary infrastructure to allow examiners and applicants to send all communications electronically, and the Office to process, maintain, and search electronically the contents and history of each application. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 and 2004 for development of such system.(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary, in each of the five calendar years following the enactment of this Act, to report to specified congressional committees on the progress made in implementing the 21st Century Strategic Plan issued on June 3, 2002, and on any amendments made to it.(Sec. 5) Amends Federal patent law to provide that previous citation by or to, or consideration by the Office of, a patent or printed publication does not preclude the existence of a substantial new question of patentability in patent reexamination proceedings.(Sec. 6) Revises requirements for appeals in inter partes reexamination proceedings to allow a third-party requester to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or be a party to any appeal taken by the patent owner, with respect to any final decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended or new claim of the patent.Allows a third… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 107-hr-3383 | 107 | hr | 3383 | To require the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission to issue guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural commodities. | Commerce | 2001-11-29 | 2001-11-29 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] | KS | R | M000934 | 0 | Directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission to issue guidelines relating to mergers by wholesale purchasers of livestock, poultry, and unprocessed agricultural commodities, taking into consideration such mergers' effects on farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers. | 2025-01-02T16:49:17Z | |
| 107-hr-3385 | 107 | hr | 3385 | To direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue rules that set safety standards for marine internal combustion engines, including in regard to the emissions of toxic fumes, and for other purposes. | Commerce | 2001-11-29 | 2001-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | S000275 | 1 | Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to include a marine internal combustion engine within the term "consumer product." Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to set safety standards for such engines according to prescribed guidelines.Transfers from the Coast Guard to the Commission the regulation of marine internal combustion engines. | 2025-01-16T11:48:07Z | |
| 107-hr-3369 | 107 | hr | 3369 | Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendment of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-28 | 2002-01-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-4] | AZ | R | S000275 | 1 | Fair Credit Reporting Act Amendment of 2001 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide that an action to enforce a liability may be brought within two years from the earlier of the date on which the consumer discovers, or the date by which the consumer reasonably should have discovered, the violation giving rise to the liability. | 2025-08-19T17:27:58Z | |
| 107-hr-3350 | 107 | hr | 3350 | Small Business Economic Recovery Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-27 | 2001-12-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2297) | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 1 | Small Business Economic Recovery Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make loans under disaster loan provisions of the Small Business Act to any small business determined to have suffered a substantial economic injury. States that, with respect to such loans: (1) no declaration of a disaster area is required; and (2) no determination that the business suffered economic injury as the result of a disaster is required.Prohibits any such loan after September 11, 2002. | 2025-08-19T17:32:17Z | |
| 107-hr-3321 | 107 | hr | 3321 | American Travel Promotion Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-16 | 2002-05-23 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] | FL | R | F000238 | 71 | American Travel Promotion Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants, based on a specified formula, to qualified State agencies for advertising to promote travel and tourism. Caps the Federal share of costs for such activities at 50 percent. | 2025-08-19T17:30:03Z | |
| 107-hr-3329 | 107 | hr | 3329 | Ginseng Truth in Labeling Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-16 | 2001-12-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | Ginseng Truth in Labeling Act of 2001 - Requires: (1) persons selling ginseng (as defined by this Act) as a raw agricultural commodity to disclose its country of origin to purchasers; and (2) importers of ginseng to disclose its country of origin at the point of U.S. entry. Exempts retailers from additional labeling if the ginseng is appropriately labeled by the packer or importer. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to impose penalties for violations of such requirement.Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, respecting dietary supplement labeling, to state that "ginseng" shall be used only in reference to an herb or herbal ingredient that: (1) is part of a plant of the species of the genus Panax; and (2) is produced in compliance with U.S. pesticide laws. Provides for a specified enforcement plan to prohibit the importation of dietary supplements mislabeled as a ginseng. | 2025-08-19T17:29:28Z | |
| 107-hr-3308 | 107 | hr | 3308 | American Small Business Recovery Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House | Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] | NY | D | V000081 | 16 | American Small Business Recovery Act of 2001 - Limits the interest rate on disaster loans made during the year after this Act's enactment to any small business concern which suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) make grants to such concerns during that same period; and (2) undertake payments (guaranteed loans) or discharge indebtedness (direct loans) for previous SBA loans made to such concerns. | 2025-08-19T17:28:03Z | |
| 107-hr-3288 | 107 | hr | 3288 | Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-14 | 2001-12-06 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 21 | Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements (conduct) of persons in the business of organized professional major league baseball directly relating to or affecting the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise are subject to the antitrust laws to the same extent that such conduct would be subject to such laws if engaged in by persons in any other professional sports business affecting interstate commerce.Declares that: (1) no court shall rely on the enactment of this Act as a basis for changing the application of the antitrust laws to any other conduct; and (2) this Act does not create, permit, or imply a cause of action by which to challenge under the antitrust laws, or otherwise apply the antitrust laws to, any conduct that does not directly relate to or affect the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise.Grants standing to bring action under this Act based on such violation to any person (including any major league or minor league baseball player; any Federal, State, or local government, and any stadium authority) injured by a violation of this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:31:33Z | |
| 107-s-1704 | 107 | s | 1704 | Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-14 | 2001-11-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 3 | Fairness in Antitrust in National Sports (FANS) Act of 2001 - Amends the Clayton Act to provide that the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements (conduct) of persons in the business of organized professional major league baseball directly relating to or affecting the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise are subject to the antitrust laws to the same extent that such conduct would be subject to such laws if engaged in by persons in any other professional sports business affecting interstate commerce.Declares that: (1) no court shall rely on the enactment of this Act as a basis for changing the application of the antitrust laws to any other conduct; and (2) this Act does not create, permit, or imply a cause of action by which to challenge under the antitrust laws, or otherwise apply the antitrust laws to, any conduct that does not directly relate to or affect the elimination or relocation of a major league baseball franchise.Grants standing to bring action under this Act based on such violation to any person (including any major league or minor league baseball player; any Federal, State, or local government, and any stadium authority) injured by a violation of this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:31:48Z | |
| 107-hr-3283 | 107 | hr | 3283 | Infant and Toddler Durable Product Safety Act | Commerce | 2001-11-13 | 2001-11-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | S001145 | 39 | Infant and Toddler Durable Product Safety Act - Instructs the Consumer Products Safety Commission to: (1) promulgate a consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products; and (2) establish an Infant and Toddler Product Review Panel to advise the Commission regarding guidelines and promulgation of consumer product safety standards for such products.Amends the Consumer Product Safety Act to declare the limitation on maximum civil penalty inapplicable to this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:30:33Z | |
| 107-s-1670 | 107 | s | 1670 | Small Business Venture Capital Act of 2001 | Commerce | 2001-11-09 | 2001-11-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 0 | Small Business Venture Capital Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1985 to increase the cost recovery fee charged by the Small Business Administration for guaranteeing small business investment company debentures. Extends the program to debentures obligated after FY 2001 (currently, FY 2000). | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z |
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