[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7036

 To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 
                  2004 to repeal the sunset provision.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 2020

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Jordan, and Mr. 
Sensenbrenner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 
                  2004 to repeal the sunset provision.

    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 Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, 
        and allocate markets are categorically and irredeemably 
        anticompetitive and contravene the competition policy of the 
        United States.
            (2) Cooperation incentives are important to the efforts of 
        the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to 
        prosecute and deter the offenses described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act, and the amendments made by 
this Act, is to strengthen public and private antitrust enforcement by 
providing incentives for antitrust violators to cooperate fully with 
government prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the 
sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 
Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note).

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.

    (a) In General.--Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 212 of the 
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 
U.S.C. 1 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (6); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
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