Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019

United States116th CongressHR-2933House of Representatives
Updated: Jun 28, 2019

Summary

Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019 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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S-1596: Food and Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act of 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. 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.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

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