HR 13665 · 95th Congress · Sports and Recreation

A bill to amend the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from imposing certain territorial restrictions on any club in the league.

Introduced 1978-08-01· Sponsored by Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1978-08-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from granting to its member clubs an exclusive right to exhibit football games if such right includes a territorial limit and if a league rule would prohibit a home area that had a club from acquiring another club in the event the original club moves to a different site within the territorial limit.…

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (12)

12 Democrats