Respect for Native Americans in Professional Sports Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3487
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-09-10
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Competition and antitrust

District of Columbia

Professional sports

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Respect for Native Americans in Professional Sports Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill applies the antitrust laws to a professional sports league that uses, or promotes or allows a member team or franchisee to use or promote the use of, "Redskins" or "Redskin" in connection with such league or a team or franchise connected with such league.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3487 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2015 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make the antitrust laws applicable to professional sports leagues that use, or promote or allow member teams or franchisees to use, the term Redskins or the term Redskin .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Respect for Native Americans in Professional Sports Act of 2015 . 2. Restoring the application of the antitrust laws with respect to certain professional sports leagues (a) Removal of exemptions Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the antitrust laws shall apply with respect to a professional sports league if such league uses, or promotes or allows a member team or a franchisee to use or promote the use of, the term Redskins (or the term Redskin ) in connection with such league, or with a team or franchise connected with such league. (b) Definition of antitrust laws The term antitrust laws has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 12(a) ), except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ) to the extent such section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.