Provided“Commerce,” as used herein, means trade or commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States and any State, Territory, or foreign nation, or between any insular possessions or other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or between any such possession or place and any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or any foreign nation, or within the District of Columbia or any Territory or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States: , That nothing in this Act contained shall apply to the Philippine Islands.
The word “person” or “persons” wherever used in this Act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.
“Antitrust laws,” as used herein, includes the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety; sections seventy-three to seventy-six, inclusive, of an Act entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,” of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; an Act entitled “An Act to amend sections seventy-three and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,’ ” approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and also this Act.Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 138 Stat. 730Pub. L. 94–435, title III, § 305(b)90 Stat. 1397Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title IV, § 14102(c)(2)(A)116 Stat. 1921(, ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Words “herein” and “this Act”, referred to in the three paragraphs of subsec. (a), mean the Clayton Act. For classification of the Clayton Act to the Code, see last paragraph hereunder.
act July 2, 1890, ch. 64726 Stat. 209The Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , known as the Sherman Act, which is classified to sections 1 to 7 of this title.
act Aug. 27, 1894, ch. 34928 Stat. 509The Act entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,” of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , known as the Wilson Tariff Act. Sections seventy-three to seventy-six thereof are set out as sections 8 to 11 of this title.
act Feb. 12, 1913, ch. 4037 Stat. 667The Act entitled “An Act to amend sections seventy-three and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled ‘An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes’,” approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , which is classified to sections 8 and 11 of this title.
act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 32338 Stat. 730act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 2162 Stat. 862act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 3962 Stat. 992The Clayton Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is , , which is classified to sections 12, 13, 14 to 19, 21, and 22 to 27 of this title, and sections 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor. Sections 9 and 21 to 25 of the act were repealed by , , eff. , and their provisions are now covered by sections 402, 660, 3285 and 3691 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, except that former section 23 of the act is obsolete and not now covered. Sections 17 to 19 of the act were repealed by , , eff. , and their provisions are now covered by rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, set out in the Appendix to Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
section 53 of Title 29The 3d par. of subsec. (a) is also classified to , Labor.
Amendments
Pub. L. 107–2732002—Subsec. (a). substituted “seventy-three to seventy-six” for “seventy-three to seventy-seven” in first par.
Pub. L. 94–4351976— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Pub. L. 107–273section 14103 of Pub. L. 107–273section 3 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable only with respect to cases commenced on or after , see , set out as a note under .