Box 21, Folder 18, Document 5

Box 21, Folder 18, Document 5

901 CONGRESS |
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 10,1967

Mr. Davis of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary



A BILL

To amend the Act of J uly 2, 1890, to make the antitrust laws and

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the Federal Trade Commission Act applicable to the business
of organized professional baseball.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and monopolies”, approved July 2,
1890, as amended (26 Stat. 209; 15 U.S.C. 1-7), is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
section:

“Src. 9. The words ‘trade’, ‘commerce’, and ‘trade or
commerce’ as used in this Act, the Act entitled ‘An Act to

supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and

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monopolies, and for other purposes’, approved October 15,
1914, and the Federal Trade Commission Act, shall include
the interstate business of professional baseball, and this Act,
the Act of October 15, 1914, and the Federal Trade Com-
mission Act shall be applicable according to their terms to

such business.’

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