II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2010 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 15, 2023 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cruz , Mr. Rubio , and Mr. Hawley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To subject professional baseball clubs to the antitrust laws.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Competition in Professional Baseball Act . 2. Professional baseball subject to antitrust laws (a) Definition In this section, the term antitrust laws — (1) has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 12 ); and (2) includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 45 ) to the extent that such section applies to unfair methods of competition. (b) Removal of exemption Professional baseball clubs shall not be exempt from the antitrust laws. (c) Repeal Section 27 of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 26b ) is repealed.