State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

This bill limits the transfer and consolidation of antitrust cases that are brought by states in federal court.

Current law generally permits federal civil cases that are related to be transferred to a single district court and consolidated for pretrial proceedings. However, under current law, antitrust cases brought by the federal government are exempt from transfer and consolidation. This bill adds to that exemption antitrust cases brought by states.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3460 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3460

To amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of 
    actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a 
                              complainant.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2021

  Mr. Buck (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Cicilline, and Mr. Bishop of 
 North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 28 of the United States Code to prevent the transfer of 
    actions arising under the antitrust laws in which a State is a 
                              complainant.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Antitrust Enforcement Venue 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 1407 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g) by inserting ``or a State'' after 
        ``United States'', and
            (2) by striking subsection (h).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on 
June 1, 2021.
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