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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6830

Introduced

Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025

Sponsor
DMaxine Waters· California
Introduced
December 17, 2025
Policy area
Commerce
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.December 17, 2025

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6830 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6830 To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025 Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Fields, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Balint, Mr. Carson, and Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. Section 4C(a)(1) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15c(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``or section 2 of this Act'' after ``any violation of the Sherman Act''. <all>

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