The ultimate views contained in this Report draw on those hearings,
as well as hearings held in late 1975 and early 1976 by the Ad Hoc
Subcommittee on the Antitrust Laws, the Robinson-Patman Act, and
Related Matters of the U.S. House of Representatives Small Business
Committee, and further research by the Antitrust Division. The
Report is intended to provide officials of the Executive Branch,
Members of Congress, and the public with a clearer understanding
of the costs and benefits of a price discrimination statute to
our complex economy and of the various possibilities for legislative