S 1680
98th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Alcohol and Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic beverage industry
Antitrust law
Beer
Restrictive trade practices
Territorial arrangements (Antitrust law)
Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act
Introduced: July 26, 1983
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 1984
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1123.
Nov 7, 1983
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
Jul 26, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jul 26, 1983
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, when such beverage has substantial competition from other malt beverages in an area, from: (1) entering into an agreement granting a wholesale distributor the exclusive right to sell such beverage within any defined geographic area within a State; or (2) limiting such distributor to the sale of such beverage for ultimate resale to consumers in such area.
Declares that this Act shall not affect any provision of State law.
What's happening now
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings concluded. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-1123.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1