Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

Summary

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Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Amends the Clayton Act to remove an exemption from coverage under the federal antitrust laws with respect to mergers and acquisitions involving rail carriers. Removes from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) the authority to enforce federal antitrust laws with respect to rail carriers (thus vesting such authority in the federal antitrust...

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Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(1/7/09)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Ms. Baldwin

Senate (D) Wisconsin

Cosponsors (20)

SNYDER

(D) AR

Melancon

(D) LA

Fleming

(R) LA

Walz

(D) MN

PETERSON

(D) MN

KIND

(D) WI

Ellison

(D) MN

Herseth Sandlin

(D) SD

Perlmutter

(D) CO

JACKSON LEE

(D) TX

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Business & Finance

Infrastructure

Law & The Judicial System

Latest Action

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 399.

Nov 30, 2010

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