S 75 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act

Introduced Jan 25, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Herb Kohl D-WI

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 3, 2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 25, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Sherman Act to declare that any contract, combination, conspiracy, or agreement setting a minimum price below which a product or service cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor violates the Act.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2011 to Oct 31, 2011, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAl FrankenOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-ORRon WydenOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalJan 25, 2011
D-NYCharles E. SchumerJan 26, 2011
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOct 31, 2011

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  2. Nov 3, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
  3. Nov 3, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.
  4. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
  5. Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S186)
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3406Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2011Related billNov 21, 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2011Reported to Senate
  2. Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate

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