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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1113
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2013
Mr. Grayson
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To make the antitrust laws applicable to a political
committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established
and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to
section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act.
1.
Application of antitrust laws
to corporate PACs
The
antitrust laws shall apply to a political committee under the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate
segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act,
and in accordance with such laws, a political committee for multiple legal
entities in the same business shall be prohibited.
2.
Definition
For purposes of this Act, the term
antitrust laws has the meaning given such term in the first
section of the Clayton Act, except that such term includes section 5 of the
Federal Trade Commission Act to the extent that such section 5 applies to
unfair methods of competition.