118 HR 147 IH: Teddy Roosevelt Fair Competition and Public Trust Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-01-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 147IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 9, 2023Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. Bishop of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo provide that professional baseball teams, and leagues composed of such teams, shall be subject to the antitrust laws.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Teddy Roosevelt Fair Competition and Public Trust Act of 2023.

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Finding

The Congress finds that the business of providing for profit public baseball games between teams of professional baseball players in a league and between such teams of rival leagues is in, or affects, interstate commerce.

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Application of antitrust laws to professional baseball

The antitrust laws shall apply to the business of providing for profit public baseball games between teams of professional baseball players and to leagues composed of teams of professional baseball players.

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Definition

For purposes of this Act, the term antitrust laws has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)), except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that such section 5 relates to unfair methods of competition.

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Application of section 3

Section 3 shall not apply with respect to conduct occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act.