[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[H.R. 809 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 12
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 809
[Report No. 107-17, Part I]
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
March 12, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period
ending not later than March 12, 2001
March 12, 2001
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
March 12, 2001
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 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 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37 Stat. 731; 15 U.S.C. 30) is repealed.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.
Union Calendar No. 12
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 809
[Report No. 107-17, Part I]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and to
references to such laws.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 12, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period
ending not later than March 12, 2001
March 12, 2001
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
March 12, 2001
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment