[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 443 Referred in House (RFH)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 443


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2005

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
      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''.

            Passed the Senate October 25, 2005.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.