S4434-119

In Committee

CLEAN Mergers Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 29, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 2. Divestiture of threshold transactions; review of enforcement-lapse transactions The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by inserting after, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 7B, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, severability provision: 4. Severability If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance. It relies on compliance mandates, exemptions, procurement rules, and severability. The main policy areas are Environment and Criminal Justice.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 2. Divestiture of threshold transactions; review of enforcement-lapse transactions The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by inserting after...
  • Expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 7B.
  • Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, severability provision: 4. Severability If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 2. Divestiture of threshold transactions; review of enforcement-lapse transactions The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by inserting after, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 7B, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, severability provision: 4. Severability If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Criminal Justice

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 2. Divestiture of threshold transactions; review of enforcement-lapse transactions The Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) is amended by inserting after, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, procurement provision: 7B, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate, severability provision: 4. Severability If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance.

Policy Domains

Environment Criminal Justice

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 29, 2026

Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Murphy, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Criminal Justice
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"transaction" §ID209F828F35DD4E2381DED83FD5EFEBC3

an acquisition subject to section 7A, including any transaction exempt from the requirements of subsection (c) of that section, during the covered period

"transaction" §id459ff6a4bb9144fea69ef8fb46c66456

an acquisition subject to section 7A, including any transaction exempt from the requirements of subsection (c) of that section, during the covered period

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

Learn more about our methodology