- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 9
- Latest action
- May 15, 2025
What it does
The HART Act would amend the Clayton Act to require premerger notifications for certain acquisitions of residential property, treating all such acquisitions by a single person within a calendar year as one aggregated transaction for reporting purposes. It would eliminate an existing exemption for transactions involving residential or investment rental property not intended for personal use, thereby expanding antitrust review to include these holdings. The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to issue rules defining the required documentation and thresholds for such notifications to assess potential antitrust violations. These changes…
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