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HR 4686 115th Congress House

21st Century Competition Commission Act of 2017

Official title: To establish the National Commission on Economic Concentration to study the effects of economic concentration on competition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 19, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Dec 19, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 19, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

21st Century Competition Commission Act of 2017

This bill establishes the National Commission on Economic Concentration. The commission shall study the extent of economic concentration in certain business sectors and how such concentration affects factors such as profits, innovation, wages, and quality of products and services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4686: 21st Century Competition Commission Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4686/
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"H.R. 4686: 21st Century Competition Commission Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4686/.
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H.R. 4686, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4686/.
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