Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act
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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jan 25, 2011 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jan 26, 2011 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Oct 31, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2011Markup Nov 3, 2011Reported Nov 3, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Nov 3, 2011Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 3, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 215.
- Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Jan 25, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S185-186)
- Jan 25, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S186)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 1, 2011S. 75, Discount Pricing Consumer Protection ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on November 3, 2011
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3406 | Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2011 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price below which the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 3, 2011Reported to Senate
- Jan 25, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
