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The Most Frequently Asked HSR Questions

1. Where are the Act and the rules located? 16 CFR § 801-803, 15 U.S.C. § 18a and e-CFR 2. How much is the filing fee? $45,000 for transactions more than $50 MM but less than $100 MM (as adjusted)...

Defense Production Act of 1950

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 81–774, 123 Stat. 2006, codified in relevant part at 50 U.S.C. § 4558
Section 708 of the Act requires the Commission and the Department of Justice to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on voluntary agreements among industry members...

Energy Policy and Conservation Act (1975)

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 94-163, 89 Stat. 871, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6272-6273, 6294
This Act (a) directs the Commission and the Justice Department to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and reporting on voluntary agreements and plans established by oil companies to...

Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, codified in relevant part at 49 U.S.C. §10706
Section 102(a) of this Act, authorizing rail carrier rate agreements exempt from the antitrust laws, requires the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, in consultation with the Department of Justice, to file with...

Packers and Stockyards Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Aug. 15, 1921, ch.64, 42 Stat. 159, codified in relevant part at 7 U.S.C. §§ 181-229, in particular, § 227
Section 406 of this Act (7 U.S.C. § 227) provides the Commission with jurisdiction over transactions in poultry products and margarine; and over retail sales of meat, meat food products, and livestock...

Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Act

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 96-283, 94 Stat. 553, codified in relevant part at 30 U.S.C. § 1413
Under Section 103(d) of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce must provide the Attorney General and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade...

Lanham Trade-Mark Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. 87–772, 76 Stat. 769; codified in relevant part at 15 U.S.C. § 1064
Section 14 of this Act authorizes the Commission, under certain conditions, to apply to the Patent and Trademark Office for the cancellation of registered trademarks.

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-417, 120 Stat. 2831, codified in relevant part at 42 USC 247d–6a note
Section 405 of the Act provides for the Commission and the Department of Justice to participate in developing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on consultations among, and voluntary agreements...

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sections 3012 and 4001

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, codified in relevant part at 42 U.S.C. § 280j note and 42 U.S.C. § 300u-10
This Act to reform health care provides for the FTC to participate in the Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality and the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council, both...

Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 7601-7610
The Act imposes on contact lens prescribers and sellers several requirements intended to enhance prescription portability. Among other things, prescribers must release a contact lens prescription to a...

Webb-Pomerene Act

Mission
Competition
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 61-68
Under this Act, the Commission is responsible for receiving certain filings from export trade associations organized under the Act; investigating association operations that may adversely affect...

Muhammed Ali Boxing Reform Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 6301-6313
This Act, amending the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, specifies that a sanctioning organization may not receive any compensation from a boxing match unless it files its bylaws and a complete...

Energy Policy Act of 2005

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-58, 119 Stat. 594, codified in relevant part primarily at 42 U.S.C. §§ 6294, 7545, 16471
Under this Act, the Commission is required to: (a) issue regulations for energy efficiency labeling of a number of household appliances and plumbing fixtures, if specified conditions are met (Section...

Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-435, 120 Stat. 3198, codified in relevant part at 39 U.S.C. § 409
Section 404 of this Act (39 U.S.C. § 409), among other things, makes the United States Postal Service subject to FTC enforcement under the FTC Act with respect to unfair methods of competition.

U.S. SAFE WEB Act

Mission
Competition
Consumer Protection
Law
Pub. L. No. 109-455, 120 Stat. 3372, extended by Pub. L. No. 116-173, 134 Stat. 837, codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 41 et seq.
This Act, amending the FTC Act, provides the FTC with a number of tools to improve enforcement regarding consumer protection matters, particularly those with an international dimension, including...

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

Mission
Competition
Law
15 U.S.C. § 18a
This Act, amending the Clayton Act, requires companies to file premerger notifications with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department for certain acquisitions...

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003

Mission
Competition
Law
Pub. L. No. 108-173, 117 Stat. 2066, codified in relevant part at 21 U.S.C. § 355(j) (Section 1102), 21 U.S.C. § 355 note (Sections 1111-1118)
Section 1102 provides that an applicant for an abbreviated new drug approval may forfeit certain exclusive marketing rights in specified circumstances, including an FTC or court determination that the...

National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993

Mission
Competition
Law
15 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4306
This Act establishes certain protections for any joint research, development, or production venture as to which a voluntary, prior written notification has been filed with the Attorney General and the...