[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4994 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 488
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4994

                          [Report No. 103-871]

   To apply the antitrust laws of the United States to major league 
                               baseball.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 18, 1994

  Mr. Synar (for himself, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Bilirakis) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

                           November 29, 1994

     Additional sponsors: Mr. Williams, Mr. Gordon, and Mr. Sanders

                           November 29, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   To apply the antitrust laws of the United States to major league 
                               baseball.

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

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-S-E-C-. -2-. -P-U-R-P-O-S-E-.

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-i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l-s -n-o-t -i-n-v-o-l-v-e-d -i-n -t-h-e 
-n-e-g-o-t-i-a-t-i-o-n-s -w-h-o-s-e -l-i-v-e-l-i-h-o-o-d -d-e-p-e-n-d-s 
-o-n -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l -b-e-i-n-g -p-l-a-y-e-d-, -t-o -p-r-e-v-e-n-t 
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-t-h-a-t -h-o-s-t -m-a-j-o-r -l-e-a-g-u-e -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l-, -a-n-d 
-t-o -p-r-e-s-e-r-v-e -t-h-e -r-e-m-a-i-n-d-e-r -o-f -t-h-e 
-s-e-a-s-o-n-, -t-h-e -p-l-a-y-o-f-f-s-, -a-n-d -t-h-e -W-o-r-l-d 
-S-e-r-i-e-s -f-o-r -t-h-e -f-a-n-s -o-f -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l-.

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              -E-X-T-R-A-O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y -C-I-R-C-U-M-S-T-A-N-C-E-S-.

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-t-h-e -f-o-l-l-o-w-i-n-g -n-e-w -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-:
    -`-`-S-e-c-. -2-7-. -(-a-) -I-n -t-h-e -e-v-e-n-t -t-h-a-t 
-u-n-i-l-a-t-e-r-a-l -t-e-r-m-s -o-r -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -a-r-e 
-i-m-p-o-s-e-d -b-y -a-n-y -p-a-r-t-y -t-h-a-t -h-a-s -b-e-e-n 
-s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -a-n -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t -b-e-t-w-e-e-n -t-h-e 
-o-w-n-e-r-s -o-f -m-a-j-o-r -l-e-a-g-u-e -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l -a-n-d 
-t-h-e -l-a-b-o-r -o-r-g-a-n-i-z-a-t-i-o-n -r-e-p-r-e-s-e-n-t-i-n-g 
-t-h-e -p-l-a-y-e-r-s -o-f -m-a-j-o-r -l-e-a-g-u-e -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l-, 
-t-h-e -a-n-t-i-t-r-u-s-t -l-a-w-s -s-h-a-l-l -a-p-p-l-y -t-o -s-u-c-h 
-t-e-r-m-s -a-n-d -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -a-n-d -s-u-c-h -t-e-r-m-s 
-a-n-d -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -m-a-y -b-e -c-h-a-l-l-e-n-g-e-d -b-y 
-a-n-y -p-a-r-t-y -t-o -s-u-c-h -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t -i-n -a-n-y 
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-f-o-r -t-h-e -d-i-s-t-r-i-c-t -i-n -w-h-i-c-h -o-n-e -o-f -t-h-e 
-p-a-r-t-i-e-s -i-s -d-o-i-n-g -b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s-.
    -`-`-(-b-) -I-f-, -p-r-i-o-r -t-o -t-h-e -m-u-t-u-a-l 
-a-d-o-p-t-i-o-n -o-f -a-n -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t -b-e-t-w-e-e-n -t-h-e 
-o-w-n-e-r-s -o-f -m-a-j-o-r -l-e-a-g-u-e -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l -a-n-d 
-t-h-e -l-a-b-o-r -o-r-g-a-n-i-z-a-t-i-o-n -r-e-p-r-e-s-e-n-t-i-n-g 
-t-h-e -p-l-a-y-e-r-s -o-f -m-a-j-o-r -l-e-a-g-u-e -b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l 
-t-h-a-t -r-e-p-l-a-c-e-s -t-h-e -b-a-s-i-c -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t 
-b-e-t-w-e-e-n -t-h-e -p-a-r-t-i-e-s -t-h-a-t -e-x-p-i-r-e-d -o-n 
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-a-n-d -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -a-r-e -i-m-p-o-s-e-d -b-y -a-n-y 
-p-a-r-t-y -t-o -t-h-e -p-r-i-o-r -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t-, -a-n-d 
-t-h-o-s-e -t-e-r-m-s -a-n-d -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -a-r-e 
-c-h-a-l-l-e-n-g-e-d -i-n -a -c-o-u-r-t -a-c-t-i-o-n -i-n 
-a-c-c-o-r-d-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-, -t-h-e 
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -s-u-c-h -u-n-i-l-a-t-e-r-a-l-l-y 
-i-m-p-o-s-e-d -t-e-r-m-s -a-n-d -c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s -s-h-a-l-l -b-e 
-s-t-a-y-e-d -d-u-r-i-n-g -t-h-e -p-e-n-d-e-n-c-y -o-f -a-n-y -s-u-c-h 
-a-c-t-i-o-n -o-r -a-p-p-e-a-l -t-h-e-r-e-f-r-o-m-.
    -`-`-(-c-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-t-e-r-m-s -a-n-d 
-c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-s-' -s-h-a-l-l -n-o-t -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -e-i-t-h-e-r -a 
-s-t-r-i-k-e -o-r -a -l-o-c-k-o-u-t-.-'-'-.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Baseball Fans and Communities 
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:
    ``Sec. 27. (a) If unilateral terms and conditions of employment in 
restraint of trade or commerce are imposed by any party that has been 
subject to an agreement between 2 or more major league baseball clubs 
and the labor organization representing the players of major league 
baseball, such unilateral imposition shall be subject to the antitrust 
laws.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a term or condition imposed 
solely with respect to a professional baseball player who is a party to 
a uniform player contract that is assigned, at the time the imposition 
described in such subsection occurs, to a baseball club that is not a 
major league professional baseball club.
    ``(c) This section shall not be construed to modify, impair, or 
supersede the operation of--
            ``(1) the Act of September 30, 1961 (Public Law 87-331; 15 
        U.S.C. 1291 et seq.), or
            ``(2) any Federal statute relating to labor relations.
    ``(d) For purposes of this section, the term `terms and conditions' 
does not include a strike or a lockout.''.
                                     





                                                 Union Calendar No. 488

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4994

                          [Report No. 103-871]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To apply the antitrust laws of the United States to major league 
                               baseball.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           November 29, 1994

                       Reported with an amendment