A bill to amend the Clayton Act to modify the amount of damages payable to foreign states and instrumentalities of foreign states which sue for violations of the antitrust laws.

Summary

Amends the Clayton Act to limit the amount a foreign state may recover in a suit for damages resulting from an antitrust violation, to the amount of actual damages it sustained and the cost of the suit. Declares that such limitation shall not apply to any foreign state which: (1) would not be immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts with respect to a claim against it arising out of the same violation; (2) waives all of its defenses as a foreign state to any counterclaims or crossclaims; (3) engages primarily in a commercial activity; and (4) does not function as a procurement entity for itself or another foreign state with respect to such violation.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

4 official files

• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 30 September 1982

  Open at official source

• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 27 April 1982

  Open at official source

• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 31 March 1982

  Open at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 November 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.