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H.R. 6830

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 6830, the Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Dec 17, 2025 by Rep. Maxine Waters (D) with 20 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on Dec 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

H.R. 6830 has 20 co-sponsors.

hb6830/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 6830 IH: Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-17
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I
 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 6830
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 December 17, 2025
  Ms. Waters  (for herself,  Mr. Nadler ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Thompson of Mississippi ,  Mr. Auchincloss ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Fields ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ,  Ms. Balint ,  Mr. Carson , and  Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary
 A BILL
To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025  .
2.
Amendment
Section 4C(a)(1) of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 15c(a)(1) ) is amended by inserting  or section 2 of this Act  after  any violation of the Sherman Act .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-17
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Maxine Waters (D) sponsors H.R. 6830, and 20 members have co-sponsored it, 11 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 6830 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary
Judiciary
Referred To · Dec 17, 2025 · 2,181 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6830 has taken 2 actions since Dec 17, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 17, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Dec 17, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.Judiciary Committee

Votes

H.R. 6830 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 6830, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 6830 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Fair Competition for Small Business Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Clayton Act to permit a State attorney general to bring a civil action for damages as parens patriae for injuries sustained by reason of price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act amendments to the Clayton Act, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 24 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6830 in 1 quarterly filing, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, Education, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Medicare/Medicaid.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUNDsocial welfare organization to promote equal rights and opportunities for womenDistrict of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 24.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ADRIENNE DERVARTANIAN111
AMY MATSUI111
AMY ROYCE111
BAYLISS FIDDIMAN111
DIANA RAMIREZ111
DORIANNE MASON111
EMILY MARTIN111
FATIMA GRAVES111
GALINA VARCHENA111
GAYLYNN BURROUGHS111
GRETCHEN BORCHELT111
JACQUELYN WANG111
JULIE VOGTMAN111
KATHERINE O'CONNOR111
KATHERINE SANDSON111
KATHYRN MENEFEE111
LAURA NAREFSKY111
LAUREN KHOURI111
LEILA ABOLFAZLI111
MARIBEL RAMOS111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUNDNATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND2025 second_quarter$110K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6830 under Commerce, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6830’s is Commerce.

hr6830/policy-areas.txt
CommerceAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6830, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WATERS:H.R. 6830.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution ofthe United States.[Page H6025]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com