[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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               METZENBAUM (AND HATCH) AMENDMENT NO. 2601

  Mr. METZENBAUM (for himself and Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment to 
the House amendment to the Senate amendment No. 12 to the bill (H.R. 
4649) making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment add:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

     SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

       The purposes of this Act are--
       (1) to encourage serious negotiations between the major 
     league baseball players and the owners of major league 
     baseball;
       (2) to prevent continued economic loss to individuals not 
     involved in the negotiations whose livelihoods depend on 
     baseball's being played;
       (3) to prevent continued losses to communities that host 
     major league baseball; and
       (4) to preserve the remainder of the 1994 regular season, 
     the 1994 playoffs and World Series, and the 1995 spring 
     training season for the fans of baseball.

     SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS 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, and that term or condition may be 
     challenged by any party to such agreement in any United 
     States district court in a district in which one of the 
     parties is doing business.
       ``(b) Stay of Certain Terms and Conditions.--If, prior to 
     the mutual adoption of agreements between the owners of major 
     league baseball and the labor organization representing the 
     players of major league baseball that replaces the agreements 
     between the parties that expired on or after December 31, 
     1993, unilateral terms and conditions are imposed by any 
     party to the prior agreement, and those terms and conditions 
     are challenged in a court action in accordance with the 
     provisions of subsection (a), the application of such 
     unilaterally imposed terms and conditions shall be stayed 
     until any such action is final, including any appellate 
     review thereof, and the parties shall be bound by the terms 
     and conditions of the agreements between the parties in 
     effect on December 30, 1993 until such stay has expired.
       ``(c) Definition.--In this section, `term or condition' 
     does not include a strike or a lockout.''.
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              DURENBERGER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2602

  Mr. DURENBERGER (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Chafee, Mrs. Feinstein, 
Mr. Bond, Mr. Heflin, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Danforth, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. 
Kohl, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Rockefeller) proposed an amendment to the 
House amendment to Senate amendment No. 12 to the bill H.R. 4649, 
supra; as follows:

     SEC.  . MEDICARE SELECT.

       Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
     1990 is amended by striking ``3-year period''.

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