H.R. 2511 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2511 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 14, 2021Mr. 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 (c) Repeal Section 27 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 26b) is repealed.