15 USC § 34 - Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36

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title: "15 USC § 34 - Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "34"
section_name: "Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–544, § 2, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)"
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# § 34. Definitions applicable to sections 34 to 36

For purposes of sections 34 to 36 of this title—

**(1)** the term “local government” means—

**(A)** a city, county, parish, town, township, village, or any other general function governmental unit established by State law, or

**(B)** a school district, sanitary district, or any other special function governmental unit established by State law in one or more States,

**(2)** the term “person” has the meaning given it in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act [15 U.S.C. 12(a)], but does not include any local government as defined in paragraph (1) of this section, and

**(3)** the term “State” has the meaning given it in section 4G(2) of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 15g(2)).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–544, § 2, Oct. 24, 1984, 98 Stat. 2750.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “This Act [enacting this section, sections 35 and 36 of this title, and provisions set out as a note under
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