State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-3460
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-21
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Competition and antitrust

Judicial procedure and administration

Jurisdiction and venue

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 376.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill exempts antitrust actions brought by states from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's processes regarding transfers and consolidations of cases. Under current law, civil actions that are pending in different federal courts, and that involve common questions of fact, may be transferred to a single court district for coordinated or consolidated trial proceedings. Current law exempts antitrust actions from consolidation or transfers only if they are brought by the United States. <br> </p> </p>

action_date: 2022-09-26
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><strong>State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill limits the transfer and consolidation of antitrust cases that are brought by states in federal court. </p> <p>Current law generally permits federal civil cases that are related to be transferred to a single district court and consolidated for pretrial proceedings. However, under current law, antitrust cases brought by the federal government are exempt from transfer and consolidation. This bill adds to that exemption antitrust cases brought by states.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3460 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021 . 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). 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on June 1, 2021.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 376 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3460 [Report No. 117–494] 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. DeFazio , 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. Williams 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022 . 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). 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 complainant. .

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