My Administration further reaffirms the coverage stated in Executive Order 13725 of April 15, 2016 (Steps to extend Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy), and the Federal Government’s dedication to the rules that led to the passage of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (Public Law 67-51, 42 Stat. 1125), the Bank Merger Act (Public Law 86-463, seventy four Stat. To ensure Americans have selections amongst financial establishments and to guard in opposition to excessive market power, the Attorney General, in session with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Comptroller of the Currency, is encouraged to evaluation present practices and undertake a plan, not later than 180 days after the date of this order, for the revitalization of merger oversight underneath the Bank Merger Act and the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (Public Law 84-511, 70 Stat.

’ and smaller food processors’ access to retail markets, not later than 300 days after the date of this order, in consultation with the Chair of the FTC, submit a report to the Chair of the White House Competition Council, on the effect of retail concentration and retailers’ practices on the situations of competition in the meals industries, including any practices that will violate the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Robinson-Patman Act (Public Law 74-692, 49 Stat. No Surprises Act (Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. To deal with agreements which will unduly restrict workers’ capability to change jobs, the Chair of the FTC is encouraged to think about working with the rest of the Commission to exercise the FTC’s statutory rulemaking authority below the Federal Trade Commission Act to curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that will unfairly limit worker mobility.

Nothing in subsections (a) via (c) of this part shall be construed to counsel that the statutory customary applied by an agency, or its impartial assessment beneath that standard, needs to be displaced or substituted by the judgment of the Attorney General or the Chair of the FTC. The Council shall work throughout businesses to provide a coordinated response to overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competitors in or immediately affecting the American economic system. Sec. 4. The White House Competition Council. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, submit a report back to the Chair of the White House Competition Council, enumerating and describing any related concerns of the Department of Agriculture and methods for addressing these issues throughout mental property, antitrust, and different relevant legal guidelines. There is established a White House Competition Council (Council) throughout the Executive Office of the President. The Council shall be led by the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council, who shall serve as Chair of the Council. The Chair could coordinate subgroups consisting exclusively of Council members or their designees, as acceptable. Members of the Council shall designate, not later than 30 days after the date of this order, a senior official inside their respective company or office who shall coordinate with the Council and who shall be answerable for overseeing the agency’s or office’s efforts to handle overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competitors.

This order recognizes that a complete-of-authorities approach is critical to deal with overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competition within the American economic system. Agencies can and will additional the polices set forth in section 1 of this order by, among other issues, adopting pro-competitive laws and approaches to procurement and spending, and by rescinding laws that create pointless boundaries to entry that stifle competition. This order reasserts as United States coverage that the answer to the rising power of overseas monopolies and cartels isn’t the tolerance of home monopolization, however relatively the promotion of competitors and innovation by companies small and huge, at house and worldwide. While the EPA imposes no federal necessities on CAFO air pollution, some states have rules on odor administration or abatement; some additionally regulate pollutants similar to hydrogen sulfide or mud. 2066), and the FDA’s implementing laws. Packers and Stockyards Act to strengthen the Department of Agriculture’s rules concerning unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or misleading practices and undue or unreasonable preferences, advantages, prejudices, or disadvantages, with the aim of furthering the vigorous implementation of the law established by the Congress in 1921 and fortified by amendments. Department of Justice or FTC oversight activities beneath the Sherman Act or Clayton Act.