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S 2163 99th Congress Senate

Interlocking Directorate Act of 1986

Official title: A bill to make necessary and appropriate amendments to the antitrust laws governing service as a director of competing corporations.

Introduced: March 7, 1986 See on congress.gov
Commerce Antitrust lawAntitrust policyCorporation directorsCorporations and Stocks
This bill died when the 99th Congress ended
It never became law before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) 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 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 1986
Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-716.
Mar 21, 1986
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Federal Trade Commission.
Mar 7, 1986
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Mar 7, 1986
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 28, 1986

Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-716.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Interlocking Directorate Act of 1986 - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any person from serving as a director in two or more corporations if each (currently, any) of such corporations has capital, surplus, and undivided profits aggregating more than $10,000,000 (currently, $1,000,000). Establishes exceptions to such interlocking directorate prohibition where the sales of each corporation of each product or service sold in competition with the other corporations: (1) are less than five percent of such corporation's total sales, unless such corporation's sales of all such products or services exceed 25 percent of its total sales; (2) added to such corporation's sales of all other such products or services are less than $1,000,000; or (3) are less than three percent of the total sales in each line of commerce in each section of the country in which such corporations compete. Increases the $10,000,000 and $1,000,000 threshold amounts by the percentage increase in the gross national product for the preceding fiscal year.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2163: Interlocking Directorate Act of 1986. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2163/
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