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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§5909 Relationship to antitrust laws

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 74— - NONNUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT › § 5909

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

No part of this chapter protects people, companies, or other businesses from being sued or criminally charged under antitrust laws. It does not create any legal defenses against antitrust cases. “Antitrust law” here means the Sherman Act (law against restraints and monopolies, approved July 2, 1890); the Clayton Act (strengthening antitrust rules, approved October 15, 1914); the Federal Trade Commission Act (creating the FTC); sections 73 and 74 of the Act approved August 27, 1894; and the Act approved June 19, 1936 (chapter 592).

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Title 42, §5909

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(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to convey to any individual, corporation, or other business organization immunity from civil or criminal liability, or to create defenses to actions, under the antitrust laws.
(b)As used in this section, the term “antitrust law” means—
(1)the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies”, approved July 2, 1890 (15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended;
(2)the Act entitled “An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes”, approved October 15, 1914 (15 U.S.C. 12 et seq.) as amended;
(3)the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), as amended;
(4)section 73 and 74 of the Act entitled “An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes”, approved August 27, 1894 (15 U.S.C. 8 and 9), as amended; and
(5)the Act of June 19, 1936, chapter 592 (15 U.S.C. 13, 13a, 13b, and 21a).

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Act of
July 2, 1890, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act
July 2, 1890, ch. 647, 26 Stat. 209, known as the Sherman Act, which is classified to sections 1 to 7 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1 of Title 15 and Tables. Act of October 15, 1914, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is act Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, 38 Stat. 730, known as the Clayton Act, which is classified generally to section 12, 13, 14 to 19, 21, and 22 to 27 of Title 15, and section 52 and 53 of Title 29, Labor. For further details and complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 12 of Title 15 and Tables. The Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), as amended, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of Title 15 and Tables. Act of
June 19, 1936, chapter 592, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is act
June 19, 1936, ch. 592, 49 Stat. 1526, popularly known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act and also as the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act, which enacted section 13a, 13b, and 21a of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and amended section 13 of Title 15. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 13 of Title 15 and Tables.

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42 U.S.C. § 5909

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73