To limit private antitrust damages against occupational licensing boards, to promote beneficial reforms of State occupational licensing, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6515| House
| Updated: 10/1/2018
K. Michael Conaway
Republican Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (1)
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 This bill prohibits any person not affiliated with a state from recovering damages under antitrust law from certain occupational licensing boards or members of such boards. For a board to qualify for this immunity, various conditions must be met, such as the existence of a state law authorizing the board's regulation of a particular profession and the presence of a mechanism for reviewing the board's decisions.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Commerce
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsLabor standardsLicensing and registrations
To limit private antitrust damages against occupational licensing boards, to promote beneficial reforms of State occupational licensing, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6515| House
| Updated: 10/1/2018
Occupational Licensing Board Antitrust Damages Relief and Reform Act of 2018 This bill prohibits any person not affiliated with a state from recovering damages under antitrust law from certain occupational licensing boards or members of such boards. For a board to qualify for this immunity, various conditions must be met, such as the existence of a state law authorizing the board's regulation of a particular profession and the presence of a mechanism for reviewing the board's decisions.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
K. Michael Conaway
Republican Representative
Texas
Cosponsors (1)
Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Commerce
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsLabor standardsLicensing and registrations