{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3843","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3843","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To promote antitrust enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, and increasing antitrust enforcement resources.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To promote antitrust enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, and increasing antitrust enforcement resources."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Official Titles as Amended by House","title":"To protect competition and promote antitrust enforcement by adjusting premerger filing fees to increase antitrust enforcement resources."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-06-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-29","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h460","question":"On Passage","title":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act","result":"Passed","yea":242,"nay":184,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll460.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2022-10-11"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-29","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies and expands the schedule for graduated merger filing fees and requires that such fees be adjusted each year based on the Consumer Price Index. It also (1) requires parties to disclose in their premerger notification filings any subsidy received from a foreign entity of concern, (2) modifies the venue rules for multi-district antitrust litigation, and (3) establishes various reporting requirements."}],"words":70},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Changes the fee schedule for premerger notification filings, and adds related reporting requirements, a foreign-subsidy disclosure requirement, and amendments to a federal venue statute for State antitrust actions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-HA57AC1F5CE2C4E72B6DD899B77FDE8D6"},{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-H3859232FACA54C8F9277C3F0463B3628"},{"label":"Sec. 202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-H929E7A8DD78E4F20A6ED3471713AB10D"},{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-HC0DB66E86F9D4F1EA32396D2EB513070"}]},"core_areas":["Premerger notification filing fees","Annual FTC and Department of Justice reports on merger fee collections","Disclosure of foreign entity of concern subsidies in premerger notifications","Venue provisions in section 1407 of title 28 for State antitrust actions"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Replaces the premerger filing fees of $45,000, $125,000 and $280,000 with $30,000, $100,000 and $250,000, and adds fees of $400,000, $800,000 and $2,250,000 for transactions at or above $1,000,000,000, $2,000,000,000 and $5,000,000,000 respectively.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-HA57AC1F5CE2C4E72B6DD899B77FDE8D6"}},{"text":"Increases the filing fees each fiscal year after September 30, 2023 by the percentage rise in the Consumer Price Index, with no adjustment if the rise is under 1 percent, and requires the Federal Trade Commission to publish adjusted amounts by January 31.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-HA57AC1F5CE2C4E72B6DD899B77FDE8D6"}},{"text":"Requires the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to report jointly to Congress each year for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 on fee funds received, fee revenue by tier, and gross cost of operations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-H3859232FACA54C8F9277C3F0463B3628"}},{"text":"Requires the Federal Trade Commission to include in that report a list of actions decided on a 3 to 2 vote and the percentage of its voted actions decided that way.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-H3859232FACA54C8F9277C3F0463B3628"}},{"text":"Requires a person filing a premerger notification under section 7A of the Clayton Act who received a subsidy from a foreign entity of concern to include content about that subsidy, effective when the implementing rule takes effect.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-H929E7A8DD78E4F20A6ED3471713AB10D"}},{"text":"Amends section 1407 of title 28, United States Code, by inserting \"or a State\" after \"United States\" in subsection (g), removing an exception for section 4A of the Act of October 15, 1914, and striking subsection (h).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 301","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh#toc-HC0DB66E86F9D4F1EA32396D2EB513070"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-09-29","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3843/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3843.png","v":"3d43f7f47b57","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3843, 117th Congress: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022. House: 242 Yea, 184 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 29 Sep 2022."}}