My Administration further reaffirms the coverage said 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 ideas that led to the passage of the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (Public Law 67-51, forty two Stat. 1125), the Bank Merger Act (Public Law 86-463, seventy four Stat. To make sure Americans have selections among 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 review present practices and undertake a plan, not later than 180 days after the date of this order, for the revitalization of merger oversight beneath 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 session with the Chair of the FTC, submit a report to the Chair of the White House Competition Council, on the impact of retail focus and retailers’ practices on the conditions of competitors within the meals industries, together with any practices which will violate the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Robinson-Patman Act (Public Law 74-692, forty nine 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 address agreements that may unduly restrict workers’ potential to change jobs, the Chair of the FTC is encouraged to contemplate working with the remainder of the Commission to train the FTC’s statutory rulemaking authority beneath the Federal Trade Commission Act to curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and different clauses or agreements which will unfairly restrict worker mobility.

Nothing in subsections (a) through (c) of this part shall be construed to recommend that the statutory customary applied by an company, or its impartial evaluation below that normal, needs to be displaced or substituted by the judgment of the Attorney General or the Chair of the FTC. The Council shall work across companies to provide a coordinated response to overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competition in or instantly affecting the American economy. 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 to the Chair of the White House Competition Council, enumerating and describing any related issues of the Department of Agriculture and techniques for addressing these concerns across intellectual property, antitrust, and other relevant laws. There may be established a White House Competition Council (Council) within 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 function Chair of the Council. The Chair might coordinate subgroups consisting solely of Council members or their designees, as appropriate. Members of the Council shall designate, not later than 30 days after the date of this order, a senior official inside their respective agency or office who shall coordinate with the Council and who shall be answerable for overseeing the agency’s or office’s efforts to address overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competitors.

This order recognizes that a whole-of-authorities approach is necessary to deal with overconcentration, monopolization, and unfair competition within the American economic system. Agencies can and will further the polices set forth in section 1 of this order by, among different issues, adopting pro-aggressive rules and approaches to procurement and spending, and by rescinding laws that create unnecessary limitations to entry that stifle competitors. This order reasserts as United States policy that the reply 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 firms small and enormous, at home and worldwide. While the EPA imposes no federal necessities on CAFO air pollution, some states have regulations on odor management or abatement; some also regulate pollutants such as hydrogen sulfide or mud. 2066), and the FDA’s implementing regulations. Packers and Stockyards Act to strengthen the Department of Agriculture’s laws regarding unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practices and undue or unreasonable preferences, advantages, prejudices, or disadvantages, with the aim of furthering the vigorous implementation of the legislation established by the Congress in 1921 and fortified by amendments. Department of Justice or FTC oversight actions under the Sherman Act or Clayton Act.