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S. 803 (100th)

Fairness in Franchising Act

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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

Defence

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

  1. 20 March 1987

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 March 1987

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 24 March 1987

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability, Support.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

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