II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 443 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 A BILL To improve the investigation of criminal antitrust offenses.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Antitrust Criminal Investigative Improvements Act of 2005.

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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 .