[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 53 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 53

   To require the general application of the antitrust laws to major 
                league baseball, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

  Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Thurmond, and Mr. Moynihan) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the general application of the antitrust laws to major 
                league baseball, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Curt Flood Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS TO PROFESSIONAL MAJOR LEAGUE 
              BASEBALL.

    The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 27. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the antitrust laws shall 
apply to the business of professional major league baseball.
    ``(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect--
            ``(1) the applicability or nonapplicability of the 
        antitrust laws to the amateur draft of professional baseball, 
        the minor league reserve clause, the agreement between 
        professional major league baseball teams and teams of the 
        National Association of Baseball, commonly known as the 
        `Professional Baseball Agreement', or any other matter relating 
        to the minor leagues;
            ``(2) the applicability or nonapplicability of the 
        antitrust laws to any restraint by professional baseball on 
        franchise relocation; or
            ``(3) the application of Public Law 87-331 (15 U.S.C. 1291 
        et seq.) (commonly known as the `Sports Broadcasting Act of 
        1961').''.
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