[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2856 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2856

To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain tax-exempt 
                             organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2023

 Mrs. Spartz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain tax-exempt 
                             organizations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Combatting Hospital Monopolies 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION OVER CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is 
amended, in the undesignated paragraph relating to the definition of 
the term ``Corporation''--
            (1) by striking ``, and any'' and inserting ``, any''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and any hospital organization or cooperative 
        hospital service organization that is described in section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
        taxation under section 501(a) of such Code''.
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