Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§34 Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 34
Summary
For sections 34 to 36, three words get specific meanings. "Local government" means cities, counties, towns, school districts, sanitary districts, or other state-created general or special government units; "person" means the Clayton Act definition (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) but not local governments; "State" means the Clayton Act definition (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).
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Title 15, §34
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(1)the term “local government” means—
(A)a city, county, parish, town, township, village, or any other general function governmental unit established by State law, or
(B)a school district, sanitary district, or any other special function governmental unit established by State law in one or more States,
(2)the term “person” has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12(a)], but does not include any local government as defined in paragraph (1) of this section, and
(3)the term “State” has the meaning given it in section 4G(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).
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Effective Date
Pub. L. 98–544, § 6, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2751, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section, section 35 and 36 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title] shall take effect thirty days before the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 24, 1984].”
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15 U.S.C. § 34
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73