House Passes Three Antitrust Reform Bills and All Eyes Turn to the Senate

Hogan Lovells – This Congress, both the House and Senate have engaged in a high-profile, high-stakes effort to reform antitrust rules for the tech industry.  While efforts to pass a large scale tech competition bill have been stymied thus far, last week the House passed a package of three modest, but none-the-less consequential, antitrust bills (H.R.3843). The package passed the House by a vote of 242-184, with 168 Republicans and 16 Democrats (mostly from the California delegation) opposing the bill. The package now moves to the Senate where it (or some of its component bills) could either be added to a must-pass, end of the year bill or could receive standalone votes, especially if Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) cannot reach a deal on larger antitrust legislation.

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