[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 809 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 809

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2001

Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hyde, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Underwood, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mrs. Christensen, and Mr. Acevedo-Vila), 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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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 Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Act of March 3, 1913.--The Act of March 3, 1913 (chapter 114, 
37 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 30) is repealed.
    (b) 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''.
    (c) Sherman Act.--Section 3 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 3) 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 in any Territory of the United States 
or of the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and 
another, or between any such Territory or Territories and any State or 
States or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between 
the District of Columbia, and any State or States or foreign nations, 
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 three 
years, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.''.
    (d) Wilson Tariff Act.--
            (1) Technical amendment.--The Wilson Tariff Act (28 Stat. 
        509; 15 U.S.C. 8 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking section 77, and
                    (B) in section 78--
                            (i) by striking ``76, and 77'' and 
                        inserting ``and 76''; and
                            (ii) by redesignating such section as 
                        section 77.
            (2) Conforming amendments to other laws.--
                    (A) Clayton act.--Subsection (a) of the 1st 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''.
    (e) Clayton Act.--The first section 27 of the Clayton Act (15 
U.S.C. 27) is redesignated as section 28 and is transferred so as to 
appear at the end of such Act.
    (f) Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.--Section 
5(a)(2) of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act 
(Public Law 105-271) is amended by inserting a period after 
``failure''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application to Cases.--(1) Section 2(a) shall apply to cases 
pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) The amendments made by subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 
2 shall apply only with respect to cases commenced on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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