Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter 53 — Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection
§ 5303. Antitrust savings clause
Statutory text
Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws, unless otherwise specified. For purposes of this section, the term “antitrust laws” has the same meaning as in subsection (a) of section 12 of title 15, except that such term includes section 45 of title 15, to the extent that such section 45 applies to unfair methods of competition.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Pub. L. 111–203 § 6 · 124 Stat. 1376
Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 5303
(Pub. L. 111–203, § 6, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1390.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–203, § 6, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1390.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. ANTITRUST SAVINGS CLAUSE. Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws, unless otherwise Definition. specified. For purposes of this section, the term “antitrust laws” has the same meaning as in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act, except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, to the extent that such section 5 applies to unfair methods of competition.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 111–203, , 124 Stat. 1376, known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which enacted this chapter and chapters 108 (§ 8201 et seq.) and 109 (§ 8301 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and enacted, amended, and repealed numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 1 day after , except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.