,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,duncan 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,biggs1 and ,mr4 ,bishop of ,north      
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to provide that professional baseball  
teams1 and leagues composed of such     
teams1 shall be subject to the antitrust
 laws4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,teddy ,roosevelt ,fair 
,competition and ,public ,trust ,act of 
#bjbc4  #b4 ,finding ,the ,congress     
finds that the business of providing for
 profit public baseball games between   
teams of professional baseball players  
in a league and between such teams of   
rival leagues is in1 or affects1        
interstate commerce4  #c4 ,application  
of antitrust laws to professional       
baseball ,the antitrust laws shall apply
 to the business of providing for profit
 public baseball games between teams of 

professional baseball players and to    
leagues composed of teams of            
professional baseball players4  #d4     
,definition ,for purposes of this ,act1 
the term antitrust laws has the meaning 
given it in subsection 7a7 of the first 
section of the ,clayton ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #ab7;a771 except that such    
term includes section #e of the ,federal
 ,trade ,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 
#de7 to the extent that such section #e 
relates to unfair methods of            
competition4  #e4 ,application of       
section #c ,section #c shall not apply  
with respect to conduct occurring before
 the date of the enactment of this ,act4