HR 4538
115th Congress
House
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Merger Retrospective Act of 2017
Introduced: December 4, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Dec 4, 2017
Introduced in House
Dec 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Plain-English summary
Merger Retrospective Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to each conduct annually at least five retrospective reviews of the economic effects of mergers to which premerger and notification requirements of the Clayton Act apply and that have been resolved by such agency.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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