HR 1549 IH
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1549
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 31, 1993
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Act of September 30, 1961, to exclude
professional baseball from the antitrust exemption applicable
to certain television contracts.
- 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 `Baseball Antitrust
Restoration Amendment of 1993'.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
- The Act of September 30, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 1291-1294) is
amended--
- (1) in the first section by striking `baseball
,' each place it appears,
- (2) in sections 4 and 6 by striking `baseball
,' each place it appears, and
- (3) by adding at the end the following:
- `SEC. 7. The antitrust laws referred to in section 1
shall apply with respect to joint agreements of the kind
described in such section entered into by or among
persons engaging in or conducting the organized
professional team sport of baseball .'.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
- (a) EFFECTIVE DATE- Except as provided in subsection (b),
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
- (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS- With respect to joint
agreements entered into before the date of the enactment
of this Act, the amendments made by section 2 shall not
apply until the expiration of the 1-year period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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