To impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and to establish a commission to review large agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, concentration, and market power.
USA115th CongressHR-6800| House
| Updated: 9/13/2018
Mark Pocan
Democratic Representative
Wisconsin
Cosponsors (8)
Agriculture Committee, Judiciary Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018 This bill places a moratorium on certain acquisitions between large agricultural and retail-related businesses and establishes the Food and Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission. The commission shall report to Congress and the President on (1) the nature and consequences of market concentration in the U.S. food and agricultural economy, and (2) recommended legal and regulatory changes to address such market concentration.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Commerce
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesMeatRural conditions and developmentWages and earnings
To impose a moratorium on large agribusiness, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, and to establish a commission to review large agriculture, food and beverage manufacturing, and grocery retail mergers, concentration, and market power.
USA115th CongressHR-6800| House
| Updated: 9/13/2018
Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2018 This bill places a moratorium on certain acquisitions between large agricultural and retail-related businesses and establishes the Food and Agriculture Concentration and Market Power Review Commission. The commission shall report to Congress and the President on (1) the nature and consequences of market concentration in the U.S. food and agricultural economy, and (2) recommended legal and regulatory changes to address such market concentration.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Mark Pocan
Democratic Representative
Wisconsin
Cosponsors (8)
Agriculture Committee, Judiciary Committee
Commerce
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditCompetition and antitrustCongressional oversightCorporate finance and managementEmployment discrimination and employee rightsFood industry and servicesFood supply, safety, and labelingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesMeatRural conditions and developmentWages and earnings