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General issues involving interchange fees, including: H.R. 5546 (the Credit Card Fair Fee Act), S. 3086 (the Credit Card Fair Fee Act), H.R. 6248 (the Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2008), and H.R. 6620 (the Gas Pump Fair Payment Act), S. 3629 (the Consumer Credit Safety Commission Act) and H.R. 7258 (companion legislation to S. 3629); Issues relating to payment card issuer practices, including: provisions in S. 1395 (the Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act), H.R. 873 (the Credit Card Payment Fee Act), H.R. 2911 (the Electronic Funds Transfer Equal Consumer Protection Act), H.R. 2146 (the Universal Default Prohibition Act), H.R. 946 (the Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act), H.R. 5244 (the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights Act), S. 2753 (the Credit Card Reform Act), S. 2411 (the Credit Card Safety Star Act), and S. 3252 (the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act); Issues pertaining to data security, customer notification of security breaches, and mitigation of harm resulting from security breaches, including: provisions in S. 1178 (the Identity Theft Prevention Act), S. 239 (the Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act), S. 495 (the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act), H.R. 958 (the Data Accountability and Trust Act), and H.R. 3046 (the Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act); Issues related to the use of payment cards in connection with the purchase of prescription medications over the Internet, including: provisions in S. 980 (the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act), H.R. 6353 (companion legislation to S. 980), and S. 1082 (the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act); Issues relating to the use of payment systems in connection with transactions infringing on intellectual property rights, including: S. 3325 (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act) and H.R. 4279 (companion legislation to S. 3325); Issues related to retail theft, including: H.R. 6491 (the Organized Retail Crime Act), and S. 3434 (companion legislation to H.R. 6491).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2753 (110th), H.R. 6353 (110th), S. 980 (110th), S. 3325 (110th), S. 2411 (110th), S. 3629 (110th), S. 3252 (110th), H.R. 873 (110th), S. 1178 (110th), H.R. 6620 (110th), S. 3434 (110th), H.R. 7258 (110th), H.R. 6248 (110th), H.R. 4279 (110th), S. 3086 (110th), H.R. 2911 (110th), H.R. 2146 (110th), S. 1395 (110th), S. 1082 (110th), H.R. 946 (110th), H.R. 3046 (110th), S. 495 (110th), H.R. 958 (110th), H.R. 5244 (110th), H.R. 5546 (110th), H.R. 6491 (110th), S. 239 (110th)

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Issues relating to the use of payment systems in connection with transactions infringing on intellectual property rights, including: S. 3325 (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act) and H.R. 4279 (companion legislation to S. 3325);

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Reserve System; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4279 (110th), S. 3325 (110th)