To require pre-merger notification to identify entities subject to a collective bargaining agreement and affected labor organizations, to require post-merger monitoring for anticompetitive effects and antitrust violations, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require pre-merger notification to identify entities subject to a collective bargaining agreement and affected labor organizations, to require post-merger monitoring for anticompetitive effects and antitrust violations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Government Operations, Trade.
Who Benefits and How
workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Threats to Our Prices from Bad Mergers Act or the STOP Bad Mergers Act.
- Section idb71f7b6b47b4488a93e8c677d49ae573: 2. Monitoring of consummated mergers In this section: The term antitrust laws means the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et...
- Section idce3a6a70cd2a457dac62e76d09d69565: 3. Amendments to the pre-merger notification and waiting period Section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) is amended— in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1),...
- Section ide14844af5b6b4abd8655e0e6ca6ad015: 4. Notice and rights of affected labor organizations Section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a) is amended, by adding at the end the following:...
- Section id83493a3ed8e84dd2b853f483993a7d7e: 5. Studies required The Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Economics Merger Retrospective...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require pre-merger notification to identify entities subject to a collective bargaining agreement and affected labor organizations, to require post-merger monitoring for anticompetitive effects and antitrust violations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Government Operations, Trade
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require pre-merger notification to identify entities subject to a collective bargaining agreement and affected labor organizations, to require post-merger monitoring for anticompetitive effects and antitrust violations, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- workers, employers, and labor regulators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Baldwin introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a merger— that is subject to premerger notification and waiting period requirements under section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a)
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