United States · Bill · S
S. 803 (100th)
Fairness in Franchising Act
Introduced
20 March 1987
Last action
24 March 1987 · Referred
Status
Committee on Armed Services requested executive comment from Defense Department.
Sponsors
Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5], Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
28 August 2025
Summary
Fairness in Franchising Act - Imposes a one-year moratorium on the construction of any commercial franchise business facility on any military installation in the United States, except where the franchisee involved owns or controls a competing franchise business located off the military installation. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study concerning the effects of the operation of commercial franchise businesses located on military installations on the sales of franchise businesses located outside the installations, and to report the results of such study to the Congress no later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act.
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Timeline
20 March 1987
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
20 March 1987
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 March 1987
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability, Support.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 20 March 1987
Sponsors
- Rep. Harkin, Tom [D-IA-5] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
- · ssas00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-bill/803
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/100/s/803
- us · 100-s-803 · source updated 28 August 2025