ANTITRUST POLICY related term(s) Monopolies

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: consolidate antitrust enforcement, improve merger enforcement, and reform competition policy and other antitrust laws (see S. 2039), S4518 [14JN]

——— curb mergers and acquisitions by certain large corporations and strengthen antitrust enforcement to pursue breakup of dominant, anticompetitive firms (see S. 1074), S1874 [12AP]

——— promote competition, lower entry barriers, and reduce switching costs for consumers and businesses online (see H.R. 3849), H2708 [11JN]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources (see S. 228), S471 [4FE] (see H.R. 3843), H2708 [11JN]

——— reform antitrust laws to protect competition, modify standard for unlawful acquisitions, deter anticompetitive exclusionary practices, and enhance ability of Federal agencies to enforce antitrust laws (see S. 225), S471 [4FE]

——— reform antitrust laws to protect competition and modify standard for unlawful acquisitions (see S. 3267), S8448 [18NO]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 963), H497 [11FE]

——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (see S. 1787), S3333 [24MY] (see H.R. 3460), H2659 [21MY]

——— prevent transfer of actions arising under antitrust laws in which State is complainant (H.R. 3460), consideration (see H. Res. 823), H6711 [30NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in Packers and Stockyards Division (see S. 2036), S4043 [10JN] (see H.R. 4103), H3081 [23JN]

——— improve health and safety protections for meatpacking workers, protect market share of small processing plants, and require GAO report on racial disparities in meat and poultry processing (see S. 3285), S8829 [30NO] (see H.R. 6250), H7642 [13DE]

Dept. of Justice and FTC: promote competition and economic opportunity in digital markets by eliminating conflicts of interest from dominant online platforms’ concurrent ownership or control of certain other businesses (see H.R. 3825), H2707 [11JN]

——— promote competition and economic opportunity in digital markets by establishing that certain acquisitions by dominant online platforms are unlawful (see S. 3197), S7789 [4NO] (see H.R. 3826), H2707 [11JN]

Employment: help States combat abuse of occupational licensing laws by economic incumbents to allow for competition and facilitate restoration of antitrust immunity to State occupational boards (see H.R. 3147), H2269 [12MY]

FTC: establish Office of Technologists (see S. 3187), S7789 [4NO] (see H.R. 4530), H3668 [19JY]

——— establish procedures for treatment of votes by departed Commisioners (see S. 3311), S8911 [2DE]

——— prohibit anticompetitive use of patents, known as product hopping, by drug product manufacturers (see S. 1435), S2293 [28AP] (see H.R. 2873), H2126 [28AP]

——— promote competition in digital markets through regulatory compliance and antitrust enforcement (see S. 1204), S2011 [19AP]

——— require any legislative recommendation be accompanied by economic analysis and include description of rationale for recommended legislation (see H.R. 2676), H1996 [20AP]

——— require disclosure of foreign government subsidies in premerger notification process (see H.R. 5639), H5725 [20OC]

——— require time limitation for consent orders (see H.R. 2677), H1996 [20AP]

——— requirements for declaring unlawful act or practice (see H.R. 2702), H1997 [20AP]

——— specify certain effects of guidelines, general statements of policy, and similar guidance (see H.R. 2671), H1996 [20AP]

——— transfer antitrust enforcement functions to Dept. of Justice (see S. 633), S1422 [9MR] (see H.R. 2926), H2133 [30AP]

Information technology: prohibit certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms (see S. 2992), S7031 [18OC] (see H.R. 3816), H2707 [11JN]

——— promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in app economy, increase choice and quality, and reduce costs for consumers (see S. 2710), S6280 [10AU] (see H.R. 5017), H4330 [13AU]

Monopolies: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 977), S1813 [25MR] (see H.R. 2393), H1717 [8AP]

News media: provide 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 S. 673), S1459 [10MR] (see H.R. 1735), H1323 [10MR]

Sound recording and reproducing: empower independent music creator owners to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding terms on which their music may be distributed (see H.R. 5713), H5872 [25OC]

Sports: subject professional baseball clubs to antitrust laws (see S. 1111), S1940 [14AP] (see H.R. 2511), H1788 [14AP]

Remarks in House

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases, H1560 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in Packers and Stockyards Division (H.R. 4103), H7490 [8DE]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: consolidate antitrust enforcement, improve merger enforcement, and reform competition policy and other antitrust laws (S. 2039), S4519 [14JN]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees and increasing antitrust enforcement resources, S4520 [14JN]

——— reform antitrust laws to protect competition, modify standard for unlawful acquisitions, deter anticompetitive exclusionary practices, and enhance ability of Federal agencies to enforce antitrust laws (S. 225), S1866 [12AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: suspend inspection services for certain meat companies relative to monopolistic practices, S5810 [4AU]

FTC: prohibit anticompetitive use of patents, known as product hopping, by drug product manufacturers (S. 1435), S9227 [16DE]

Information technology: prohibit certain discriminatory conduct by covered platforms (S. 2992), S7708–S7712 [3NO]