Price Fixing Prevention Act of 1991

Summary

Price Fixing Prevention Act of 1991 - Provides that in any civil action alleging a contract, combination, or conspiracy to set, change, or maintain prices (other than a maximum price) under the Sherman Antitrust Act: (1) evidence that a person who sells a good or service to the claimant for resale received from a competitor a communication regarding price competition by the claimant and in response terminated the claimant as a buyer (or refused to supply such goods or services) shall be sufficient to raise the inference that such person and such competitor engaged in concerted action to set, change, or maintain prices in violation of such Act (in such case, a termination or refusal to supply is in response to a communication if such communication is a substantial contributing cause of such termination or refusal to supply); (2) the fact that the seller and the purchaser of a good or service entered into an agreement to set, change, or maintain prices shall be sufficient to constitute a violation of such Act; and (3) an agreement between the seller and the purchaser to terminate another purchaser as a dealer or to refuse to supply such other purchaser because of that purchaser's pricing policies shall constitute a violation of such Act, whether or not a specific price level is agreed upon. Provides that the provisions with respect to agreements to set, change, or maintain prices (other than a maximum price) shall apply to civil actions commenced before enactment of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 19 March 1991

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 March 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 March 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 May 1991

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

   Source: Committee

5. 19 June 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 June 1991

   Committee

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.

   Source: Committee

7. 25 June 1991

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported.

   Source: Committee

8. 25 June 1991

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 3 October 1991

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 139.

   Source: Calendars

10. 3 October 1991

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 102-237.

    Source: Committee

11. 3 October 1991

    Reported

    Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 102-237.

    Source: Committee

12. 8 October 1991

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 241 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1470 and S. 429 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments. After passage of H.R. 1470, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill S. 429 and to consider said bill in the House. It shall then be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of said Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1470 as passed by the House. It shall then be in order to move that the House insist on its amendment to S. 429

    Source: Floor

13. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 429 for further action.

    Source: Floor

14. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

15. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

16. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

17. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

    Source: Floor

18. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

19. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1470.

    Source: Floor

20. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Jim Slattery to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

21. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 241 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

22. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1470 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments. After passage of H.R. 1470, it shall be in order to take from the Speaker's table the bill S. 429 and to consider said bill in the House. It shall then be in order to move to strike all after the enacting clause of said Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 1470 as passed by the House. It shall then be in order to move that the House insist on its amendment to S. 429

    Source: Floor

23. 10 October 1991

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 241.

    Source: Floor

24. 10 October 1991

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 241 passed House.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Documents

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Sponsors

• Rep. Brooks, Jack B. [D-TX-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bryant, John W. [D-TX-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sangmeister, George E. [D-IL-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Washington, Craig A. [D-TX-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hoagland, Peter [D-NE-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kopetski, Mike [D-OR-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCloskey, Frank [D-IN-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bacchus, Jim [D-FL-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pickett, Owen B. [D-VA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bilbray, James H. [D-NV-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Swett, Dick [D-NH-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lancaster, H. Martin [D-NC-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Stokes, Louis [D-OH-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kolter, Joseph P. [D-PA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] · D · Cosponsor

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Related records

• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1470) to establish evidentiary standards for Federal civil antitrust claims based on resale price fixing.
• related to ← Consumer Protection Against Price-Fixing Act of 1991
• amends ← An amendment to make it a defense to price-fixing actions brought under the bill that the defendant had such a small share of the relevant market as to lack power.
• amends ← Amendment sought to require that before a jury trial can be obtained in a price-fixing action, there must be shown by the plaintiff some evidence of a conspiracy to fix prices and that the conspiracy was the "major cause" in the termination of the contract.