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HR 1415 98th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Antitrust law Automobile industry Automobile prices Business and commerce Civil actions and liability Courts and Civil Procedure Foreign Trade and Investments Franchises (Retail trade) Imports Lawyers and legal services Legal fees Motor Vehicles and Driving Motor vehicles Price discrimination Restrictive trade practices

A bill to protect franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination in the sale by the manufacturer or importer of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 10, 1983 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 98th Congress (1983–1984) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 1983
Field Hearings Held in Jackson, Mississippi.
Feb 16, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Feb 14, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Feb 10, 1983
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Feb 10, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 10, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Automobile Dealers Day in Court Act to prohibit a manufacturer from selling, leasing, or offering to sell or lease any passenger car, truck, or stationwagon to any person (or any other dealer) at a price lower than the price at which the same model is sold to its franchised dealers. Prohibits a manufacturer from imposing restrictions on some purchasers of automobiles, but not others.

Requires that all rebates, discounts, refunds or other promotional inducement or benefit be provided to all ultimate purchasers of the same model of motor vehicle during the same period of time.

Establishes an exception to the Act for the sale of automobiles to Federal, State or local governmental units.

Applies this Act to importers of covered motor vehicles who import directly or through distributorships.

Allows an automobile dealer to recover reasonable attorneys fees resulting from an action under this Act.

Limits standing for a cause of action for termination of an agreement under this Act to dealers who comply with all reasonable provisions of the franchise agreement in question.

What's happening now December 19, 1983

Field Hearings Held in Jackson, Mississippi.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 25, 1984
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 25, 1984
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 12, 1983
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 25, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1415: A bill to protect franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination in the sale by the manufacturer or importer of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1415/
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"H.R. 1415: A bill to protect franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination in the sale by the manufacturer or importer of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1415/.
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H.R. 1415, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1415/.
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