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1 Fan Freedom and Community Protection Act of 1996 1 (1996)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 104TH CONGRESS REPT.104-656 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 FAN FREEDOM AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT OF 1996 JUNE 27, 1996.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following R E P O R T together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 2740] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2740) to protect sports fans and communities throughout the Nation, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page The Amendment ...................................................................................................... 2 Purpose and Sum m ary .......................................................................................... 5 Background and Need for Legislation .................................................................... 6 Background ....................................................................................................... 6 Antitrust Implications of Franchise Relocations ........................................... 8 Current Legal Environm ent ................................................................... 8 Objective Criteria and Procedural Mechanisms ..................................... 9 Sports Leagues as Single Entities ........................................................... 10 Other Sports Antitrust Exem ptions ........................................................ 11 The Hyde Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute ......................................... 11 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 12 C om m ittee C onsideration ....................................................................................... 13 V otes of the C om m ittee .......................................................................................... 13 Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 17 Committee on Government Reform and Oversight Findings ............................... 17 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 17 Congressional Budget Office Estim ate .................................................................. 17 Inflationary Im pact Statem ent .............................................................................. 24 Section-by-Section A nalysis .................................................................................... 24 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill as Reported ...................................... 27 Dissenting Views ..................................................................................................... 28 29-006

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