Competitive Prices Act.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8633 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8633 To specify the standards governing claims of consciously parallel pricing coordination in civil actions under the Sherman Act, and to clarify the meaning of contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy under the Sherman Act. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2026 Ms. Scanlon (for herself and Mr. Nadler) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To specify the standards governing claims of consciously parallel pricing coordination in civil actions under the Sherman Act, and to clarify the meaning of contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy under the Sherman Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Competitive Prices Act.'' SEC. 2. PLEADING AN ANTITRUST VIOLATION THROUGH PARALLEL CONDUCT AND PLUS FACTORS. (a) Definitions.-- (1) The term ``antitrust laws'' means the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, et seq.), the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12, et seq.), and the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41, et seq.). (2) The term ``parallel conduct'' means two or more persons acting similarly to raise, lower, maintain, stabilize, or manipulate price, output, capacity, supply, or other terms of competition for reasonably interchangeable commodities or services. Parallel conduct need not be uniform and can be varied in timing, method, and amount. (3) The term ``person'' has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of the 1st section of the Clayton Act (5 U.S.C. 12(a)). (4) The term ``plus factors'' means allegations other than parallel conduc