[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 443 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 443

      To improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses.

    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 Criminal Investigative 
Improvements Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF PREDICATE CRIMES FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR 
              INTERCEPTION OF WIRE, ORAL, AND ELECTRONIC 
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    Section 2516(1) of title 18, United State Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (q), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (r) as subparagraph (s); 
        and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (q) the following:
            ``(r) any criminal violation of section 1 (relating to 
        illegal restraints of trade or commerce), 2 (relating to 
        illegal monopolizing of trade or commerce), or 3 (relating to 
        illegal restraints of trade or commerce in territories or the 
        District of Columbia) of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. 1, 2, 3); 
        or''.
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