,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjbc,ms4 
,lee of ,california 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,de,saulnier7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require a professional      
baseball club to compensate its home    
community if such club relocates its    
home field more than #be miles from its 
previous location4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,moneyball ,act4  #b4 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that the unique antitrust exemption     
granted to major league baseball is an  
artifact of the unique value that       
individual teams have within their home 
communities1 and that breaking the bonds
 that tie franchises to their           
communities would nullify the legal and 
public policy basis for such exemption4 
#c4 ,compensation for home communities  
of professional baseball teams  7a7 ,any

 professional baseball club that        
relocates its home field more than #be  
miles from its previous location shall  
be required to provide compensation to  
its former host community4  7b7 ,such   
compensation shall be-- 7#a7 not less   
than the ,state1 local1 and or ,tribal  
tax revenue levied in the ten years     
prior to the date of relocation2 and    
7#b7 paid respectively to each ,state1  
local1 and or ,tribal government which  
levied taxes on the club in ten years   
prior to the date of relocation4  7c7   
,should any professional baseball club  
fail to provide the compensation        
required by subsection 7b71 then-- 7#a7 
no persons in the business of organized 
professional baseball shall be exempt   
from the antitrust laws2 and  7#b7      
section #bg of the ,clayton ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #bf;b7 shall not apply to the 
business of organized professional      
baseball4  7d7 ,should any professional 
baseball club seek to avoid the         
compensation required by this ,act by   

disbanding the club1 then the officers  
of such club shall be personally        
responsible for the cost of             
compensation4  #d4 ,definitions ,in this
 ,act-- 7#a7 the term home field means  
the venue where a professional baseball 
club plays more than one-third of its   
games in any calendar year2  7#b7 the   
term host community means the ,state1   
local1 and or tribal government areas   
where a professional baseball team has  
its home field and where it contributes 
tax revenue2 and  7#c7 the term         
antitrust laws-- 7,a7 has the meaning   
given the term in subsection 7a7 of the 
first section of the ,clayton ,act 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #ab72 and  7,b7 includes      
section #e of the ,federal ,trade       
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de7 to 
the extent that such section applies to 
unfair methods of competition4