HR 1583
111th Congress
House
Commerce
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Insurance industry and regulation
Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009
Introduced: March 18, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Mar 19, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, 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.
Mar 18, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 18, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to make the Federal Trade Commission Act, as it relates to areas other than unfair methods of competition, applicable to the business of insurance to the extent that such business is not regulated by state law.
Authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue joint statements of their antitrust enforcement policies regarding joint activities in the business of insurance.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.