[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4965 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4965

  To encourage serious negotiations between the major league baseball 
 players and the owners of major league baseball in order to prevent a 
strike by the players or a lockout by the owners so that the fans will 
 be able to enjoy the remainder of the baseball season, the playoffs, 
                         and the World Series.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 12, 1994

  Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To encourage serious negotiations between the major league baseball 
 players and the owners of major league baseball in order to prevent a 
strike by the players or a lockout by the owners so that the fans will 
 be able to enjoy the remainder of the baseball season, the playoffs, 
                         and the World Series.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Baseball Fans Protection Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN 
              EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.

    The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 27. (a) In General.--In the event that a unilateral term or 
condition is imposed by any party that has been subject to an agreement 
between the owners of major league baseball and the labor organization 
representing the players of major league baseball, the antitrust laws 
shall apply to that term or condition.
    ``(b) Termination of Effectiveness.--Subsection (a) shall cease to 
be effective upon the mutual adoption of an agreement between the 
owners of major league baseball and the labor organization representing 
the players of major league baseball to replace the basic agreement 
between the two parties that expired on December 31, 1993, but 
subsection (a) shall continue to apply to conduct occurring prior to 
the adoption of such an agreement.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, `term or condition' does not 
include a strike or a lockout.''.
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