S 1215
97th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic beverage industry
Antitrust law
Beer
Territorial arrangements (Antitrust law)
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act
Introduced: May 18, 1981
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
Jun 21, 1982
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
May 18, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
May 18, 1981
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act - Declares that no antitrust law shall prohibit the importer, brewer, or trademark licensee of a trademarked malt beverage from entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State, or limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in that area, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in that area.
Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of State law.
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Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
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