Title I: Statement of Antitrust Policy - Amends the Clayton Antitrust Act to set forth Congressional findings that private antitrust suits are a vital part of the effort to enforce the antitrust laws and that taxation of punitive damages received by private antitrust litigants discourages such litigants from filing suit.
Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income punitive damages (two-thirds of antitrust treble damages) received by a private litigant if such litigant brings suit against a particular defendant before the Federal Government institutes criminal proceedings. Disallows tax deductions for antitrust punitive damages paid or incurred by a taxpayer.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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