[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2935-S2936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             STATE ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT VENUE ACT OF 2021

  Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 261, S. 1787.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1787) to amend title 28 of the United States 
     Code to prevent the transfer of actions arising under the 
     antitrust laws in which a State is a complainant.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Lee 
amendment which is at the desk be considered and agreed to, the bill, 
as amended, be considered read a third timed and passed, and that the 
motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5096) was agreed to, as follows:

          (Purpose: To strike the retroactive effective date)

       Strike section 3.


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  The bill (S. 1787), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 1787

       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 ``State Antitrust Enforcement 
     Venue Act of 2021''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

       Section 1407 of title 28 of the United States Code is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (g) by inserting ``or a State'' after 
     ``United States'', and
       (2) by striking subsection (h).

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