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HR 5402 113th Congress House

Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014

Official title: To amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers onl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority.

Introduced: September 8, 2014 See on congress.gov
Commerce
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.
Dec 11, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-658.
Sep 10, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 10, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 9, 2014
Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law Discharged.
Sep 8, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Sep 8, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 8, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 11, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5402: Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5402/
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"H.R. 5402: Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5402/.
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