Competition in Professional Baseball Act

Bill: 117-hr-2511
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-14
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust

Professional sports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Competition in Professional Baseball Act</b></p> <p>This bill removes the limited exemption from the antitrust laws for professional baseball clubs. For purposes of this bill, the term <em>antitrust laws</em> means laws to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies (Clayton Act) and to protect against unfair methods of competition (Federal Trade Commission Act).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2511 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2021 Mr. Duncan (for himself, Mr. Norman , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Roy , Mr. Carl , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Carter of Georgia , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Weber of Texas , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Steube , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Biggs , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Babin , Mr. Perry , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Crawford , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Allen , Mr. Jordan , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Owens , Mr. Clyde , and Mr. Good of Virginia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Competition in Professional Baseball Act . 2. Professional baseball subject to antitrust laws (a) Definition In this section, the term antitrust laws — (1) has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 12 ); and (2) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ) to the extent that such section applies to unfair methods of competition. (b) Removal of exemption Professional baseball clubs shall not be exempt from the antitrust laws. (c) Repeal Section 27 of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 26b ) is repealed.