Consumer Affairs
New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
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Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.* [SB-452]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.*
Sponsored by: Sen. Nicholas J. Sacco
Approved P.l.2017, C.182. on 08/07/2017
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Prohibits sale, offer for sale, or distribution of infant products containing bisphenol A. [AB-4764]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibits sale, offer for sale, or distribution of infant products containing bisphenol A.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joann Downey
Introduced, Referred To Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee on 05/11/2017
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Recall Unsafe Drugs Act of 2017 [HB-1108]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Recall Unsafe Drugs Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require producers of medications to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the identity and location of a medication if the producer has reason to believe: (1) that the medication is adulterated or misbranded; and (2) there is a reasonable probability that the use or consumption of, or exposure to, the medication will cause a threat of serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals. The FDA may: (1) request that the distributor
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/17/2017
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Calling on the President to initiate renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and further calling on the President to consider withdrawing the United States from NAFTA if the renegotiations are not satisfactorily completed within one year. [HR-132]
[Trade ]
[International ]
Calling on the President to initiate renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and further calling on the President to consider withdrawing the United States from NAFTA if the renegotiations are not satisfactorily completed within one year. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) initiate renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by June 1, 2017; (2) ensure that specified provisions are included in the core text of such new agreement with Canada and Mexico that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Trade. on 02/17/2017
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Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act [S.385]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Construction ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Science ]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act This bill revises a variety of programs to encourage energy efficiency in buildings, industry, the federal government, and certain appliances. TITLE I--BUILDINGS Subtitle A--Building Energy Codes (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act (ECPA) to require states and Indian tribes to measure and certify their compliance with certain residential and commercial building energy codes by a specified deadline. The Department of Energy (DOE) must: (1) provide technical and financial
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. Reported By Senator Murkowski Without Amendment. With Written Report No. 115-60. on 05/10/2017
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Unsubscribe Act of 2017 [HB-1097]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
Unsubscribe Act of 2017 This bill prohibits a negative option agreement from being entered on the Internet with consumers unless it provides the consumers a mechanism to cancel in the same manner, and by the same means, in which the agreement was entered. The bill defines a "negative option agreement" as: an automatic renewal contract that is automatically renewed after an initial fixed period, unless the consumer instructs otherwise; a continuity plan contract under which the consumer agrees to incur charges in exchange for periodic shipments of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Henry C. Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/17/2017
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Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 [HB-1068]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Climate Change ]
[Public Health ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Energy ]
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 2017 This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise regulations for drinking water contaminants, including by: requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine whether or not to regulate no fewer than 10 contaminants every 3 years (current law requires 5 contaminants every 5 years); revising the process and requirements for setting maximum containment levels in national primary drinking water regulations; directing the EPA to revise national primary drinking water regulations for lead
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 02/17/2017
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Repeal CFPB Act [S.370]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Repeal CFPB Act This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 02/14/2017
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To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. [HB-1031]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
To eliminate the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by repealing title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. This bill repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 02/14/2017
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Comprehensive Student Achievement Information Act of 2017 [S.351]
[Education ]
[Student Loans ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Comprehensive Student Achievement Information Act of 2017 This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify consumer information disclosure requirements related to completion or graduation rates. Currently, an institution that participates in federal student aid programs must disclose the completion or graduation rate of first-time, full-time, certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. This bill expands disclosure requirements to also include the completion or graduation rates of non-first time
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/13/2017
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Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017 [HB-919]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Energy ]
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2017 This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a final rule for flame mitigation devices in portable flammable liquid fuel containers that impede the propagation of flame into the container, unless the CPSC publishes a determination that a voluntary standard developed by a standard development organization meets the intent of this bill. Either the promulgated standard or the voluntary standard shall be treated as a consumer product safety rule. If a standard development organization
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald E. Connolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/10/2017
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Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-832]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Arbitration Transparency Act of 2017 This bill specifies that an arbitration proceeding between a consumer and a financial institution, in a dispute involving a consumer financial product or service, must be open to the public.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 03/02/2017
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Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 [S.261]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board must include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole menu item; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per common unit of the item, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 02/01/2017
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Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act [HB-759]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Unemployment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Ability to Repay Verification Enabling Act This bill prohibits the Department of Labor from enforcing any requirement that a third-party consumer-reporting agency that serves only as a secure conduit for data from a state unemployment compensation agency must obtain and maintain informed consent from an individual before obtaining confidential unemployment compensation information about the individual.
Sponsored by: Rep. Keith Ellison
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 02/10/2017
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To provide for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes. [HB-777]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Science ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Climate Change ]
[Manufacturing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Agriculture ]
To provide for a comprehensive assessment of the scientific and technical research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, and for other purposes. This bill requires the Office of Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to provide a comprehensive assessment of research on the implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, which compares mid-level ethanol blends to gasoline blends containing 10% or 0% ethanol. A mid-level ethanol blend
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Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment. on 04/25/2017
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Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 [HB-772]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. The nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board must include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole menu item; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per common unit of the item, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Received In The Senate. on 02/07/2018
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Black Box Privacy Protection Act [HB-736]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Black Box Privacy Protection Act This bill amends the Automobile Information Disclosure Act to require manufacturers of new automobiles to disclose on the information label affixed to the window of the automobile: (1) the presence and location of an event data recorder (commonly referred to as a "black box"), (2) the type of information recorded and how such information is recorded, and (3) that the recording may be used in a law enforcement proceeding. The bill sets forth similar requirements for motorcycle manufacturers. An "event data recorder"
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Capuano
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017
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We Are Watching You Act of 2017 [HB-709]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Media and Advertising ]
We Are Watching You Act of 2017 This bill prohibits an operator of a video service from collecting visual or auditory information from the vicinity of the device used to display the video programming stream to the consumer unless the operator: (1) displays, as part of the stream, a message that reads, "We are watching you"; and (2) describes to the consumer the types of information that will be collected and how such information will be used. The description of information collection must be provided: (1) as part of the terms and conditions to which
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Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 02/03/2017
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Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 [HB-623]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Healthcare ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. The bill applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription. A violation of this bill shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew A. Cartwright
Introduced In House on 01/24/2017
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Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 [S.228]
[Telecommunications ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2017 This bill exempts for five years any small business broadband Internet access service provider with no more than 250,000 subscribers from the enhancements to the transparency rule of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under which any person engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service must disclose publicly accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its broadband Internet access services sufficient for: consumers to
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (sponsor Introductory Remarks: Cr S451; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S451) on 01/24/2017