Competition in Professional Baseball Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1111 To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 14, 2021 Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. RUBIO, and Mrs. BLACK- BURN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Competition in Profes- 4 sional Baseball Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SUBJECT TO ANTITRUST 6 LAWS. 7 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘anti- 8 trust laws’’— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Apr 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1111.IS S1111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1111 IS (1) has the meaning given the term in sub- 1 section (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 2 U.S.C. 12); and 3 (2) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade 4 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that 5 such section applies to unfair methods of competi- 6 tion. 7 (b) REMOVAL OF EXEMPTION.—Professional baseball 8 clubs shall not be exempt from the antitrust laws. 9 (c) REPEAL.—Section 27 of the Clayton Act (15 10 U.S.C. 26b) is repealed. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:51 Apr 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1111.IS S1111 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS