Cartel Restriction Act of 1979
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cartel Restriction Act of 1979 - Amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to require any U.S. person, partnership, or corporation to notify the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General, if it is requested to engage, or is engaged in concert with any competing foreign concern, in: (1) establishing prices; (2) allocating markets or customers; or (3) restricting the availability of any product or service. Requires any U.S. person, partnership, or corporation engaged in a joint venture with a foreign concern which is engaged in such activities to notify the Commission and the Attorney General. Directs the Commission to, in turn, notify the Secretary of State, the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Establishes civil penalties for violations of such notification requirements. Directs the Commission to require that such notice contain information which will enable the Commission to determine whether certain trade practices violate this Act or any antitrust Act. Prohibits courts enforcing this Act or any antitrust Act from declining jurisdiction solely on the ground that the complaint would require the court to examine the motivation for the official action of a foreign state. Requires courts to take into account the vital national interests of the United States and the foreign state and U.S. commercial interests in determining whether to exercise jurisdiction in a case involving laws of a foreign state which are inconsistent with this Act or the antitrust Acts.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on June 28, 1979. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 28, 1979: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
ALBERT GORE (D-TN) introduced it on June 28, 1979, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 28, 1979, 17288 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17288 days ago, on June 28, 1979.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers