Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 16, 2017 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 4, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to prohibit an employer from discharging, demoting, suspending, harassing, or in any other manner discriminating against an employee, contractor, subcontractor, or agent of such employer (covered individual) who: (1) provided information to the federal government or a person with supervisory authority over the covered individual (or such other person working for the employer who has the authority to investigate, discover, or terminate misconduct) concerning a violation of antitrust law or of another criminal law committed in conjunction with a potential violation of antitrust law or in conjunction with an antitrust investigation by the Department of Justice; or (2) filed, testified, participated, or otherwise assisted in an investigation relating to such a violation. This protection does not extend to any covered individual who planned and initiated such a violation or an obstruction to its investigation.
A violation with respect to the antitrust laws shall not be construed to include a civil violation of any law that is not also a criminal violation.
A covered individual who alleges discharge or other discrimination by an employer in violation of such prohibition is authorized to seek relief: (1) by filing a complaint with the Department of Labor; or (2) if Labor has not issued a final decision within 180 days of such filing, by bringing an action at law or equity in the appropriate U.S. district court. A covered individual who prevails in any such action is entitled to all relief necessary to make such individual whole, including reinstatement with the same status, back pay plus interest, and compensation for special damages sustained.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 4, 2017 to Nov 14, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Apr 4, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Nov 2, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Nov 14, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 4, 2017Markup Nov 2, 2017Reported Nov 2, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2017Received in the House.
- Nov 16, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 16, 2017Held at the desk.
- Nov 15, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7266-7267; text: CR S7266-7267)
- Nov 2, 2017Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7266Text printed S7266 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Nov 15, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 12, 2018S. 807, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017As passed by the Senate on November 15, 2017
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 15, 2017Engrossed in Senate
- Nov 2, 2017Reported to Senate
- Apr 4, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
