Baseball Fans and Communities Protection Act of 1994

Summary: Baseball Fans and Communities Protection Act of 1994 - Amends the Clayton Act to apply the antitrust laws to any unilateral terms and conditions of employment in restraint of trade or commerce imposed by any party to an agreement between two or more major league baseball clubs and the labor organization representing the baseball players. 
States that the antitrust laws shall not apply to a term or condition imposed solely with respect to a player party to a uniform player contract that is assigned, at the time such imposition occurs, to a non-major league professional baseball club.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. APPLICATION 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:
    ``Sec. 27. (a) If unilateral terms and conditions of employment in 
restraint of trade or commerce are imposed by any party that has been 
subject to an agreement between 2 or more major league baseball clubs 
and the labor organization representing the players of major league 
baseball, such unilateral imposition shall be subject to the antitrust 
laws.
    ``(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a term or condition imposed 
solely with respect to a professional baseball player who is a party to 
a uniform player contract that is assigned, at the time the imposition 
described in such subsection occurs, to a baseball club that is not a 
major league professional baseball club.
    ``(c) This section shall not be construed to modify, impair, or 
supersede the operation of--
            ``(1) the Act of September 30, 1961 (Public Law 87-331; 15 
        U.S.C. 1291 et seq.), or
            ``(2) any Federal statute relating to labor relations.
    ``(d) For purposes of this section, the term `terms and conditions' 
does not include a strike or a lockout.''.