[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3190 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3190

     To restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and 
 retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the price below which 
   the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the 
                              Sherman Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2009

  Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To restore the rule that agreements between manufacturers and 
 retailers, distributors, or wholesalers to set the price below which 
   the manufacturer's product or service cannot be sold violates the 
                              Sherman Act.

    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 ``Discount Pricing Consumer Protection 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON MINIMUM RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE.

    Any agreement setting a price below which a product or service 
cannot be sold by a retailer, wholesaler, or distributor shall violate 
section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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