3.0.0
130
2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
2025-07-21T19:32:26Z
Senate
S
S
2025-01-16
119
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Standing
  - Referred To
2025-01-16T20:21:21Z
- 2025-01-16
  - ssju00
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
IntroReferral
- 2025-01-16
Introduced in Senate
IntroReferral
10000
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Library of Congress
- K000367
Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Amy
Klobuchar
D
MN
N
- W000802
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Sheldon
Whitehouse
D
RI
2025-01-16
True
- B001277
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Richard
Blumenthal
D
CT
2025-01-16
True
- B001288
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Cory
Booker
D
NJ
2025-01-16
True
- H001042
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Mazie
Hirono
D
HI
K.
2025-01-16
True
- W000800
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Peter
Welch
D
VT
2025-01-16
True
- H001046
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Martin
Heinrich
D
NM
T.
2025-01-16
True
- M000133
Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Edward
Markey
D
MA
J.
2025-01-16
True
- M001169
Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Christopher
Murphy
D
CT
S.
2025-01-16
True
- S001203
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Tina
Smith
D
MN
2025-01-16
True
- S001194
Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Brian
Schatz
D
HI
2025-01-16
True
- W000805
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Mark
Warner
D
VA
R.
2025-01-16
True
- W000779
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Ron
Wyden
D
OR
2025-01-16
True
- B001267
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Michael
Bennet
D
CO
2025-01-16
True
Commerce
Commerce
2025-02-19T13:44:27Z
00
2025-01-16
Introduced in Senate
2025-06-23T21:13:58Z
Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025
This bill revises antitrust laws applicable to mergers and anticompetitive conduct.
Specifically, the bill applies a stricter standard for permissible mergers by prohibiting mergers that (1) create an appreciable risk of materially lessening competition, or (2) create a monopsony (i.e., where a single buyer or employer has sufficient market power to lower the price of goods or wages due to a lack of competition)
Additionally, for some large mergers or mergers that concentrate markets beyond a certain threshold, the bill shifts the burden of proof to the merging parties to prove that the merger does not violate the law.
The bill also prohibits exclusionary conduct that presents an appreciable risk of harming competition.
No predispute arbitration agreements or predispute joint-action waivers are valid or enforceable with respect to an antitrust dispute.
The bill also establishes monetary penalties for violations, requires annual reporting for certain mergers and acquisitions, establishes within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the Office of the Competition Advocate, and sets forth whistleblower protections.
The Government Accountability Office must report on (1) the success of merger remedies required by the Department of Justice or the FTC in recent consent decrees; and (2) the impact of mergers and acquisitions on wages, employment, innovation, and new business formation.

Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025
- Display Title
45

Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025
2025-02-19T03:23:20Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
101

Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2025
2025-02-19T03:23:17Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Official Title as Introduced
6

A bill to reform the antitrust laws to better protect competition in the American economy, to amend the Clayton Act to modify the standard for an unlawful acquisition, to deter anticompetitive exclusionary conduct that harms competition and consumers, to enhance the ability of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the antitrust laws, and for other purposes.
2025-02-19T03:18:20Z
Introduced in Senate
IS
- Introduced in Senate
2025-01-16T05:00:00Z
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2025-01-16
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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