Oversight of Anti-Competitive Behavior of Non-Profit Hospitals Act

Bill: 117-hr-8129
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2022-06-16
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Oversight of Anti-Competitive Behavior of Non-Profit Hospitals Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides the Federal Trade Commission with enforcement authority over certain tax-exempt, hospital or cooperative hospital service organizations.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8129 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 16, 2022 Mrs. Spartz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain tax-exempt organizations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Oversight of Anti-Competitive Behavior of Non-Profit Hospitals Act . 2. Authority of Federal Trade Commission Over Certain Tax-Exempt Organizations Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 44 ) is amended, in the undesignated paragraph relating to the definition of the term Corporation — (1) by striking , and any and inserting , any ; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and any hospital organization or cooperative hospital service organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code .