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Union Calendar No. 376 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3460 
[Report No. 117–494] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2021 
Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. BISHOP of 
North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ROY, 
Ms. HERRELL, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. 
BOEBERT, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. JONES, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BANKS, Mr. DEFA-
ZIO, Mr. GOODEN of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. ROSENDALE, 
Mr. CURTIS, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of 
South Dakota, Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. COLE, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. HILL, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS of Texas, Mr. CLINE, Mr. KUSTOFF, and Mr. SMITH of Missouri 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 21, 2021] 
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A BILL 
To amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Antitrust Enforce-
ment Venue Act of 2022’’. 
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). 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall 
take effect on June 1, 2021. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to promote 
competition by preventing the transfer of actions arising 
under the antitrust laws in which a State is a complain-
ant.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 376 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3460 
[Report No. 117–494] 
A BILL 
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. 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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