Competition in Professional Baseball Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2511 To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 14, 2021 Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. GREENE of Georgia, Mr. AUS- TIN 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. 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 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:38 Jun 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2511.IH H2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2511 IH SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SUBJECT TO ANTITRUST 1 LAWS. 2 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘anti- 3 trust laws’’— 4 (1) has the meaning given the term in sub- 5 section (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 6 U.S.C. 12); and 7 (2) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade 8 Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that 9 such section applies to unfair methods of competi- 10 tion. 11 (b) REMOVAL OF EXEMPTION.—Professional baseball 12 clubs shall not be exempt from the antitrust laws. 13 (c) REPEAL.—Section 27 of the Clayton Act (15 14 U.S.C. 26b) is repealed. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:38 Jun 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2511.IH H2511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS