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[S. 1764 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 352
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1764

    To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to 
                        references to such laws.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 21, 1999

 Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Kohl) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            October 28, 1999

                Reported by Mr. Hatch, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
    To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to 
                        references to such laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Antitrust Technical Corrections and 
Improvements Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Panama Canal Act.--Section 11 of the Panama Canal Act (37 Stat. 
566; 15 U.S.C. 31) is amended by striking the undesignated paragraph 
that begins ``No vessel permitted''.
    (b) Sherman Act.--Section 3 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 2) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``Sec. 3.--''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, 
or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize 
any part of the trade or commerce among the territories or possessions 
of the United States and the District of Columbia, or between any of 
the several States and any territory or possession of the United States 
or the District of Columbia, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on 
conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding $10,000,000 
if a corporation, or, if any other person $350,000, or by imprisonment 
not exceeding 3 years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion 
of the court.''.
    (c) Wilson Tariff Act.--
            (1) Technical amendment.--The Wilson Tariff Act (28 Stat. 
        509, 570) is amended--
                    (A) by striking section 77;
                    (B) by redesignating section 78 as section 77; and
                    (C) in section 77, as redesignated by subparagraph 
                (B) of this paragraph, by striking ``76, and 77'' and 
                inserting ``and 76''.
            (2) Conforming amendments to other laws.--
                    (A) Clayton act.--Subsection (a) of the first 
                section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)) is amended 
                by striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (B) Federal trade commission act.--Section 4 of the 
                Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended 
                by striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
                    (C) Packers and stockyards act, 1921.--Section 
                405(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
                U.S.C. 225(a)) is amended by striking ``77'' and 
                inserting ``76''.
                    (D) Atomic energy act of 1954.--Section 105 of the 
                Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135) is amended 
                by striking ``seventy-seven'' and inserting ``seventy-
                six''.
                    (E) Deep seabed hard mineral resources act.--
                Section 103(d)(7) of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral 
                Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1413(d)(7)) is amended by 
                striking ``77'' and inserting ``76''.
    (d) Clayton Act.--The section designated as section 27 of the 
Clayton Act that was added by section 3 of the Curt Flood Act of 1998 
(Public Law 105-297) is redesignated as section 28 of that Act.
    (e) Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.--Section 
5(a)(2) of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act is 
amended by adding a period after ``failure''.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 352

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               S. 1764   

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                                 A BILL

    To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to 
                        references to such laws.

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                            October 28, 1999

                       Reported without amendment