CHICAGO -- With contraction on hold and owners focused on extending Bud Selig's term as commissioner, the House Judiciary Committee announced Tuesday it will hold a hearing next week on baseball's antitrust exemption.

Selig, union head Donald Fehr and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura are among the possible witnesses who may testify at the Dec. 6 session in Washington.

Following the decision by baseball owners to eliminate two teams before the start of next season, legislation was introduced to strip baseball of its exemption from antitrust laws, granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1922.

That legislation has enabled baseball owners to prevent franchise moves, and no team has relocated since the expansion Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season.

Committee spokeswoman Dena Graziano said the witness list will not be finalized until later this week.