United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1583 (111th)
Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009
Introduced
18 March 2009
Last action
27 April 2009 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Sponsors
PETER DEFAZIO, Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-5], Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], LOUISE SLAUGHTER, Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29], PETER VISCLOSKY, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12], Michael Simpson
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
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.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
18 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to House Judiciary
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2009
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Source: Committee
27 April 2009
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 18 March 2009 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 March 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 18 March 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 18 March 2009
Sponsors
- PETER DEFAZIO · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-5] · D · Sponsor
- Marcy Kaptur · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29] · D · Cosponsor
- PETER VISCLOSKY · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] · D · Cosponsor
- Michael Simpson · R · Cosponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
- · hsif00 · Standing
- · hsba00 · Standing
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1583
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1583
- us · 111-hr-1583 · source updated 14 August 2025