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Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025

H.R. 6830 · House bill Commerce

A Democratic bill with 21 Democratic cosponsors · See all 21 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025'', seeks to amend the Clayton Act. The amendment would allow a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages. These actions would be brought as parens patriae for injuries caused by price discrimination. This price discrimination would specifically violate the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +6

    Does this make it easier to run a small business?

    The bill empowers small businesses by allowing state attorneys general to seek damages for price discrimination violations.

  • Scored +5

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Small business owners may benefit from increased legal recourse against price discrimination.

  • Scored +5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    The bill expands the authority of State attorneys general to pursue civil actions.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.