ANTITRUST POLICY related term(s) Monopolies

Amendments

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), H3855 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (H. Res. 872), H3794 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and establish a commission to review such mergers and antitrust oversight of farm and food sectors (see S. 3404), S5991 [28AU] (see H.R. 6800), H8724 [13SE]

Business and industry: clarify that acquisitions that tend to create a monopsony violate certain antitrust laws (see H.R. 5630), H3705 [26AP]

——— prohibit consideration of spurious economic efficiencies to justify anticompetitive mergers (see H.R. 5642), H3706 [26AP]

CFTC: extend jurisdiction to include setting of reference prices for aluminum premiums (see S. 3569), S6770 [10OC] (see H.R. 6927), H9149 [27SE]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see S. 2591), S1947 [22MR]

Drugs: enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing ability of Dept. of Justice and FTC to enforce existing antitrust laws relative to biologic and biosimilar products (see H.R. 6478), H6649 [23JY]

Employment: limit private antitrust damages against occupational licensing boards and promote beneficial reforms of State occupational licensing (see S. 3598), S6816 [11OC] (see H.R. 6515), H7686 [25JY]

FCC: issue merger review decisions on transfer of control or assignment of any license or authorization expeditiously (see S. 2847), S2679 [15MY]

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (see S. 2847), S2679 [15MY] (see H.R. 5645), H3741 [27AP]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (see H. Res. 872), H3781 [7MY]

——— permit voluntary economic activity by limiting enforcement of antitrust laws (see S. 2491), S1338 [5MR]

Insurance: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see S. 3782), S7925 [19DE]

Medicare: increase hospital competition (see H.R. 7084), H9443 [23OC]

Monopolies: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 3214), S4965 [16JY] (see H.R. 5904), H4582 [22MY]

News media: provide a temporary safe harbor from antitrust laws for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms about terms on which their content may be distributed (see H.R. 5190), H1475 [7MR]

Lists

Organizations supporting S. 3404, Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act, S5994 [28AU]

Motions

FTC: exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), H3856 [9MY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and establish a commission to review such mergers and antitrust oversight of farm and food sectors (H.R. 6800), H9101 [27SE]

FTC: ensure mergers involving pharmaceutical companies do not lead to increases in prescription drug prices, H3856, H3857 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), H3851–H3857 [9MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), consideration (H. Res. 872), H3790–H3797 [8MY]

——— exercise authority relative to mergers under certain antitrust legislation and only in the same procedural manner as the Dept. of Justice exercises such authority (H.R. 5645), motion to recommit, H3856, H3857 [9MY]

Monopolies: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 5904), H5188 [14JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers and establish a commission to review such mergers and antitrust oversight of farm and food sectors (S. 3404), S5993 [28AU]

Business and industry: modify standards for unlawful acquisitions (S. 1812), S2856 [23MY]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and improving information provided to antitrust enforcers (S. 1811), S2855 [23MY]

Economy: enforce antitrust regulations, S2854–S2856 [23MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 872) (H. Rept. 115–664), H3781 [7MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 872, consideration of H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, H.R. 2152, Citizens’ Right To Know Act, S.J. Res. 57, disapprove Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule on indirect auto lending, H3790 [8MY]

H.R. 5645, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act, H3851 [9MY]

S. 3598, Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act, S6820 [11OC]