,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dadg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ai1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,welch1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,fetterman1 
and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to strengthen   
the prohibition on price discrimination 
under the ,clayton ,act1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair ,prices for   
,local ,businesses ,act4  #b4 ,clayton  
,act amendments  7a7 ,in general ,the   
,clayton ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ab et     
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #b   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ac7-- 7,a7 in subsection
 7a7-- 7i7 by striking in commerce each 
place it appears and inserting in       
commerce or in any activity affecting   
commerce2  7ii7 by striking commodities 
each place it appears and inserting     
products or services2  7iii7 by         
inserting service provision1 after      

sale12  7iv7 by striking goods1 wares1  
or merchandise and inserting products or
 services2  7v7 by striking goods each  
place it appears and inserting products 
or services2 and  7vi7 by inserting     
functional discounts or after due       
allowance for2  7,b7 in subsection 7b7--
 7i7 by inserting including a person    
charged with inducing or receiving such 
discrimination1 after person charged    
with a violation of this section12 and  
7ii7 by striking 3 ,provided1 however1  
,that nothing herein contained shall    
prevent a seller rebutting the          
prima-facie case thus made by showing   
that his lower price or the furnishing  
of services or facilities to any        
purchaser or purchasers was made in good
 faith to meet an equally low price of a
 competitor1 or the services or         
facilities furnished by a competitor2   
7,c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7i7 by striking
 in commerce and inserting in commerce  
or in any activity affecting commerce2  
and  7ii7 by striking goods1 wares1 or  

merchandise and inserting products or   
services2  7,d7 in subsection 7d7-- 7i7 
by striking in commerce and inserting in
 commerce or in any activity affecting  
commerce2 and  7ii7 by striking products
 or commodities each place it appears   
and inserting products or services2     
7,e7 in subsection 7e7-- 7i7 by         
inserting engaged in commerce or in any 
activity affecting commerce after any   
person2 and  7ii7 by striking commodity 
each place it appears and inserting     
product or service2  7,f7 by amending   
subsection 7f7 to read as follows3  7f7 
7#a7 ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 it     
shall be unlawful for any person engaged
 in commerce or in any activity         
affecting commerce1 in the course of    
such commerce or in the course of any   
activity affecting commerce1 to induce  
or receive the benefit of any violation 
of this section4  7#b7 ,in the case of a
 person with annual retail sales that do
 not exceed #ajj1jjj1jjj1jjj1 paragraph 
7#a7 shall only apply if the person     

knowingly induced or received the       
benefit of the violation of this        
section4  2 and  7,g7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7g7 ,for purposes of
 this section-- 7#a7 the term purchase  
means to pay or grant anything of value 
in exchange for a product or service2   
and  7#b7 the term purchaser means a    
person who pays or grants anything of   
value in exchange for a product or      
service1 whether or not-- 7,a7 title    
passes to the payor or grantor2 and     
7,b7 the payor or grantor exercises     
dominion or control over the product or 
service4  2 and  7#b7 in section #d 7#ae
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ae7-- 7,a7 in subsection    
7a71 by inserting and 7c7 after ,except 
as provided in subsection 7b72  7,b7 by 
redesignating subsection 7c7 as         
subsection 7d72 and  7,c7 by inserting  
after subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7
 ,in an action brought with respect to a
 violation of any subsection of section 
#b1 the plaintiff1 upon a showing of    
proof that the plaintiff has been       

unlawfully discriminated against by the 
defendant-- 7#a7 shall conclusively be  
presumed to have sustained injury and   
damages equal to the monetary amount or 
equivalent of the unlawful              
discrimination2 and  7#b7 may establish 
damages in addition to the damages      
described in paragraph 7#a71 if any1    
that the plaintiff sustained as a result
 of the discrimination4  4  7b7         
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
this ,act shall apply to transactions   
occurring on or after the date of       
enactment of this ,act4